The Giver by Lois Lowry Reading 7

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The Giverby Lois Lowry Reading 7
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Bell Work
Introduction

• What is a Utopia?
• What is a Dystopia?
• Pay careful attention to the underlined words on
  the following slide. On a piece of notebook
  paper, write down what you think each word means.
  Note what it is from the passage that makes you
  think this.

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• Massive dehumanization, totalitarian government,
  rampant disease, post-apocalyptic terrains,
  cyber-genetic technologies, societal chaos and
  widespread urban violence are some of the common
  themes in dystopian films which bravely examine
  the ominous shadow cast by the future.
• Maybe, people speculated, if any society were
  completely reorganized, it could be regenerated
  and, ultimately, perfected. Utopia was sought in
  America through the creation of model communities
  within the greater society.

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Lois Lowry speaks
Introduction

• About growing up
• About the importance of education
• about The Giver

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Novel Journals
Introduction

• As you read the novel, you will be asked to
  record your thoughts.
• You will set up a Novel Journal.
• The front page should have your name, the title
  of the book you are reading, and your class
  period.
• You will add to this journal each day, so bring
  it to class! Better yet, leave it in the room!
• Label each page with the title from that days
  slide.

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Anticipation Guide
Introduction

• You will complete an anticipation guide over The
  Giver.
• This will start you thinking about some of the
  big questions the novel addresses.
• Likert scale
• Explanation of opinion

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Essential Questions
Introduction

• We will consider the following questions during
  our study of The Giver.
• What are the characteristics of a community?
• How do members of the community affect one
  another?
• Is belonging to a community a good thing?
• Should the government restrict personal freedoms
  for the good of the community?
• Record these in the first page of your journal.

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The Right Way
Introduction

• What is the Bill of Rights?
• Bill passed with the Constitution granting
  certain personal freedoms
• How does the Bill of Rights protect us?
• Complete the matching activity in your teams.
• Once you have completed the activity, discuss
  should the government restrict personal freedoms
  for the good of the community?

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Rules
Pre-reading Chapters 1-2

• As you listen to Chapters 1 and 2, write down at
  least 3 rules from the community in your novel
  journal.
• You will share these rules with your teammates
  the class once we are finished reading.

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Journals Rules
Chapters 1-2

• What rules did you notice? Discuss in rally
  partners in your team.
• With your partner, write in your novel journal
  some rules that we have to follow in our
  community. Which one is your least favorite rule
  and why?
• Individually, write down a rule that you have
  broken. Turn this in to me. Do not write your
  name on this paper!

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Learning Activity Setting
Chapters 1-2

• Setting is (write it in your journal!)
• Cloze activity in teams
• Haiku in your journal
• select a key scene from the novel where the
  setting is described.
• reread the passage and copy the important
  descriptive words.
• choose 2-3 images that stand out.
• arrange words in Haiku form 5-7-5

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Learning Activity A letter home
Chapters 1-2

• You just read chapters 1 and 2 that described
  Jonas family and their lives. Pretend you just
  went on a visit to Jonas house.
• Write a letter to one of your family members
  describing the experience and the way Jonas and
  his family live.
• Compare how your life is similar or different
  than Jonas life.

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Bell Work
Pre-reading Chapters 3-4

• In your journal, write a few sentences answering
  the following question. Support your opinion with
  inferences (at least 2) you have made from the
  text.
• Is Jonass community a utopia or a dystopia?

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Euphemism
Pre-reading Chapters 3-4

• a word or phrase used in place of a term that
  might be considered too direct, harsh,
  unpleasant, or offensive
• examples
• pass away (die)
• break wind (fart)
• be sick (vomit)
• pink slip (get fired)
• other examples??

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Learning Activity Language of Utopia
Pre-reading Chapters 3-4

• People in Jonass community use a lot of special
  words. Youll have to use context to figure out
  their meaning.
• Complete the first eight words by going back and
  looking at the context from the first two
  chapters.
• As you read chapters 3 4, be on the lookout for
  more special words.

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Journals Assignments
Chapters 3-4

1. List at least three assignments that have been
   mentioned in the book so far.
2. Which of the assignments, if you had to choose,
   would best fit your personality?
3. What can you infer about this community based on
   these assignments?

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Bell Work
Chapter 5-6

• Your homework is due!
• Get out the vocab in context assignment and a
  differently colored writing utensil.
• We will grade it as a class.

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Journals Choices
Chapter 5

• What choices you can make in your daily life?
• What choices can Jonas and the citizens in this
  community make?
• How are your choices different then the choices
  Jonas can make?
• What can we infer about the community based on
  what we know about the choices citizens can make?

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Journals Ceremony
Chapter 6

• Read the following passage
• We dressed the baby in the white gown and went
  to church for the ceremony. Water was sprinkled
  on his head and prayers were said. A candle was
  lit. Afterward, we posed for pictures and ate
  cake. Our baby was baptized.
• Based on the passage, what is a ceremony? What
  characteristics do all ceremonies share?

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Journals Ceremony
Chapter 6

• What types of ceremonies have you attended in
  your life? What stands out to you as important
  about each of the ceremonies?
• Ceremony is defined as a formal event to
  celebrate or honor something a rite or ritual.
• How close was your definition?

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Bell WorkJournals Assigned vs. Selected
Pre-reading Chapters 7-8

• Read the following passage from the novel. Pay
  careful attention to the underlined words.
• Jonas has not been assigned. Jonas has been
  selectedThe selection must be sound. It must be
  a unanimous choice of the Committee (48).
• What does assigned mean?
• What does selected mean?

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Ceremony of 12
Chapters 7-8

• Dear Student,
• Today you will go through the Ceremony of Twelve
  and be assigned a job from the world of The
  Giver. You will be given the opportunity to write
  about your feelings after being given this
  Assignment. Finally, we will have a sharing of
  feelings as a class.
• Thank you for your childhood!
• MRS.

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Learning Activity Assignment
Chapters 7-8

• As you write your response to your Assignment,
  use the following questions to guide your
  thinking.
• Introduce me to your Assignment. What job have
  you been assigned? What activities will you be
  expected to perform for this job?
• Tell me about your views of this job. Do you
  think you will enjoy this job? Do you think this
  will be a job you will be able to do
  successfully?
• Tell me whether or not you think this job fits
  your personality. Do you think your personality
  fits with what you will be required to do?
• Imagine if you were assigned this job in real
  life, then tell me about what you think would be
  the best thing about having this job and what
  would be the worst thing about having this job.
• Your written response should be a minimum of 8
  sentences (thats two sentences for each bullet
  point!).

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Bell Work
Chapters 9-10

• Free write for about five minutes on the topic
  of
• Some questions to spur your thinking are
  memories always good? how do our memories affect
  our lives? our future?

MEMORY
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Learning Activity Town Historian
Chapters 9-10

• You are Lawrences town historian. You are tasked
  with recording the memories of older people in
  the community so the citys past is not
  forgotten.
• You will conduct an interview with a Lawrence
  resident who has resided here for most of their
  life.
• You will write a narrative account based on your
  interview.

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Journals Memories
Chapter 11
The memories Jonas receives are very detailed.
These details give the reader a mental picture of
what is happening. These pictures are created
using imagery.

• Write down at least 3 of the phrases from Chapter
  11 that help you create a mental picture.
• Tell me which of the five senses you used to
  create the image of this scene.

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Learning Activity Jonass Characteristics
Chapter 12

• In pairs, discuss the context of the words used
  to describe Jonas. Then write down what you think
  each of the words means based on this and the
  synonyms we discussed.

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Bell Work
Pre-reading Chapter 13

• What is your favorite color?
• Why do you love this color so much?
• What do you think your favorite color says about
  you?

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Journals Color
Chapter 13

• Jonas now understands that he can see COLOR.
• The Giver explains that one time everything had a
• quality called color, but that when they went to
• Sameness the colors went away.
• What do you think about their decision to lose
  color?
• If they lost color, what do you think they
  gained?

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Learning Activity True Colors
Chapter 13

• You will complete a survey that seeks to define
  your personality based on colors.
• Complete the survey
• Meet up with your classmates who are the same
  color as you
• Discuss do you think your personality really
  fits the description for the color you wound up
  with? why or why not?

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Learning Activity Color Jonass World
Chapter 13

1. Pick your favorite scene from the book so far.
2. Draw the scene the way everyone in the community
   sees it (black and white, shades of gray).
3. Draw it again the way Jonas and The Giver see it
   (in full color).
4. Write a paragraph explaining what you think is
   good and bad about having color in our lives
   today.

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Pre-reading Chapters 14 and 15
Bell Work

• In your journal, write about a time you felt
  lonely. Were you able to make yourself feel
  better? How?
• Read chapters 14 15.
• Return to your journal. How is Jonass loneliness
  different from yours? Are there similarities?
  What are they?

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Chapters 14 and 15
Journal Choices

• Go back to your journal from chapter 5 and look
  at the choices you are able to make each day.
• How would your choices be different in this
  community? What sorts of things would be
  completely out of your hands?

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Chapters 14 and 15
Journal Choices

• Now that we know a little more about the choices
  that were made for the community, lets stop and
  think about them. You will answer four questions
  about the following parts of the community.
• Climate Control
• Sameness
• Assignments
• Matching of Spouses
• Family Units

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1. What caused the community to choose to implement
   these changes? Make an inference for each.
2. What effect does each change have on the members
   of the community? Give examples from the text
   and/or make inferences.
3. Which of the choices listed do you think is the
   most beneficial for the community? Why? Support
   your answer with at least two reasons. You have
   to pick one!
4. Which of the choices listed do you think is the
   least beneficial, or even harmful, for the
   community? Why? Support your answer with at least
   two reasons.

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Chapters 16 and 17
Journal Memories The Good and The Bad

• Now that we have seen that not all the memories
  are good, does that change your views on the need
  for one person to hold all the memories for the
  community?
• Why do you think Jonas first lie to his parents
  was important?
• What do you think Jonas means when he tells Gabe
  that things could change?

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Chapter 18
Journal Rosemary

• How does Rosemarys training impact Jonass
  training?
• Why do you think The Giver tells Jonas about
  Rosemarys failure?
• The Giver says I suppose I could help the whole
  community the way Ive helped you (106). Infer
  what he might be thinking here.

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Bell Work Release
Pre-reading Chapters 19 and 20

• Now that weve progressed further into the novel,
  what do you think it means to be released?
  Support your opinion with inferences from the
  text. Write your answer in your journal.

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Chapter 19
Journal Climax

• Why is Chapter 19 a turning point in the book?
• What do you think will be the outcome of Jonass
  new realization?
• What would you do if you were Jonas?
• Make a prediction about what Jonas will do and
  then read chapter 20 to find out.

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Chapter 20
Journal Escape

• What do you think about Jonass plan? How does it
  match up with your prediction?
• What problems do you foresee for Jonas as he
  attempts his escape?
• Answer these questions in your journal first.
  Next, you will share with a partner.

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Chapters 19 and 20
Journal Rules Revisited

• Remember the list of broken rules you made at the
  start of the novel?
• We are going to revisit those rules now that we
  know what release is.

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Learning Activity Release
Chapters 19 and 20

• Complete the assignment about Release on your
  own.

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Pre-reading Chapters 21 and 22
Journal Predictions

• Make some predictions about Jonass escape. What
  problems might he encounter?

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Chapters 21 and 22
Journal Predictions

• Look back at your predictions for chapters 21 and
  22. Do you need to revise them? If so, do that
  now.
• In your teams, share your predictions and the
  revisions you had to make.

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Bell Work Final chapter!
Pre-reading Chapter 23

• Write what you think will happen to Jonas and
  Gabe in the last chapter. Include at least five
  sentences.

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Chapter 23
Journal The End

• How will Jonass leaving change his community?
• Given what you know now about utopias and
  dystopias, how would you classify Jonas
  community? Give me at least two reasons for your
  choice.
• How does this book affect your views of a perfect
  world?
• Why do you think this book has been challenged by
  so many people?

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Chapter 23
Learning Activity Letter to Elders

• You have been chosen by the Council of Elders to
  create a new experimental form of government on
  an island upriver from the community.
• This new community will be subject to the
  community rules except for changes you will
  implement.
• The elders are interested in seeing how community
  members would handle going back to some of the
  old ways of life.

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Chapter 23
Learning Activity Letter to Elders

• You will address the following issues in your
  experimental community
• marriage
• family planning
• euthanasia
• career educational choices
• govt monitoring of individual behavior
• elimination of feelings memories
• book censorship
• necessity for a Receiver

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Chapter 23
Learning Activity Letter to Elders

• Choose three (3) of the most important issues and
  state how and why you would change them.
• You must justify your reasons in a proposal to
  the Council of Elders.
• Must be in business letter format.