The+Giver



__The Giver__ by:[|Lois Lowry] 1994 Newbery Medal winner. Twelve-year-old Jonas lives in a seemingly ideal world. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver does he begin to understand the dark secrets behind this fragile community. Book Covers:

-. -. Pull it into Notability for annotation. Happy Reading! (If the link above doesn't work, [|try this one])

For each chapter of the novel, you will create 10 notes (minimum) and 3 questions (minimum). Use Costa's Levels Of Questioning to develop 1 level-one question, 1 level-two question, and 1 level-three question for each chapter of the book. Notes can be done in Notability or on a Cornell Notes Template (1 page per chapter, kept in your folder). Either way, they need to be organized and easily accessible.

__**All Activities for the novel will be posted here: **__
 * (Please note: These are not necessarily the order the activities each year. Check the home page for a more accurate activity list.) **

 - You have the option to do on paper or pull the packet into Notability and work on it there.

__**Activity 1**__:  (10 points)

__**Activity 2** __: 'Freeze-Frame' journal. This is an in-class writing activity. See me for details if you miss this day. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 23px;">(10 points)

__<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 23px;">**Activity 3** __<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 23px;">: <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 23px;">'Englewood December Ceremony' <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">In groups of one, two, three, or four, you will work to plan a Birthday Ceremony for the students in our district - grades K-7. This Ceremony will reflect the values that the group cherishes and wants to pass on.

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">You will prepare an Explain Everything Presentation for this project. This is screen-casting App. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">[|(click here for the tutorial book)] <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">**Screencasting** - recording video of your screen with audio from a microphone to create a video presentation.

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Some questions to consider:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">What kinds of gifts would be given for each grade?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">What expectations would the students be handed as they receive each gift?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">When will the ceremony take place?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Describe the food, music, and clothes.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">What would happen upon "graduation"?

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Now present your ceremony ideas to the class! We'll discuss the similarities and differences between the ideas the various groups came up with. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 23px;">(10 points)

__<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 23px;">**Activity 4** __<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 23px;">: <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 23px;"> - Click or tap the link to access The Venn Diagram to compare our world to Jonas's world. You should have 8-10 items in each category. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 23px;">(10 points)

__<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 23px;">**Activity 5** __<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 23px;">: <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 23px;">For this assignment, you will be assigned your life job, just like characters in the novel receive theirs at The Ceremony of Twelve. Fill out after you've been given your job. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 23px;">(10 points)

__<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 23px;">**Activity 6:** __<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 23px;"> Memory Brainstorm - <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 23px;">Fill out with as many memories that you can about each topic that has been provided. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 23px;">(10 points)

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 23px;">__**Activities 7 and 8**__: Memory Journals - <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 23px;">Using the sheet you filled out for Activity 6, you'll write two journal entries. . <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 23px;">(15 points each)

__<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 23px;">**Activity** 9: __ <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 23px;">"Quick Chairs" <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 23px;">Students will be graded on their participation with the in-class Philosophical Chairs Activity. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 23px;">Statements that we'll debate:
 * Jonas' world would be an easier one to live in than ours.
 * Jonas should try to escape to Elsewhere.
 * Fiona would make a good mate for Jonas.
 * The Giver is taking good care of Jonas and training him well.
 * In order to give citizens peace and safety, it would be ok to eliminate things like color, personal freedoms, and love.

__<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 23px;">**Activity** 10: __ <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 23px;">"Color Squares" <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 23px;">- Check eBackpack for divided into four squares. Pick a color for each square and digitally represent everything you can think of that is symbolized by that color. For example, you may write words or add pictures for anger, fire,'stop', and love for the color red. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 23px;">(10 points) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 23px;">.

__<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 23px;">**Activity** 11: __ <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 23px;">Euthanasia Philosophical Chairs

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 23px;">**Central Statement**:'Terminally' ill people should be able to decide when and how they die.'

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 23px;"> <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 23px;">helpful research links: [|1.] [|2.] [|3.]

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<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 23px;">(30 points - 10 for prep, 10 for participation in debate, and 10 for reflection)

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Videos for euthanasia study:

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<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Theatrical Trailer: <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">media type="youtube" key="iJNNugNe0Wo" width="560" height="315"

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">[|Study Guide and Chapter Summaries Here]

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 114%;"> [|The Giver Lesson Plan Website]

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; line-height: 1.5;">[|The Giver Lesson Plan Website 2]

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Click the picture for the audiobook online: <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">



<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">[|Click here for a .pdf copy of Gathering Blue, the second book in the series.] <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">[|Click here for a .pdf copy of The Messenger, the third book in the series.]