Transcript The Giver Intro

The Giver
By Lois Lowery
Memories
• In your Reader’s Notebook create
the following chart:
Memories
Emotion
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Memories
• Brainstorm distinctive memories from growing up.
– Create a list of happy, sad, exciting, etc. times from your
childhood
– Write as many as you can think of!
• Share memories with a partner
• Pick a memory or two you want to share with the
class
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Categorize your Memories!
• Now go back and reread the list.
• Next to each memory, categorize the
description based on the remembered
emotion.
– For example, a child's first trip to Disney
World would be labeled as "exciting."
– A child's memory of a grandparent dying
might be labeled as "traumatic" or "very
sad."
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Reflection
• Would you choose to forget any of
these memories?
– Maybe in order to forgo the painful
remembrance of an event
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Chapter One
Reflection Questions:
1) What is the community like?
2) How would you feel if your family
had a feelings ritual like the one in
which Jonas’ family participates?
3) What do you think happens when
someone is released?
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Chapter Two
Reflection Questions:
1) There are two times that rules are
broken in this chapter. Explain each
time and whether you think it was ok
to break the rules.
2) What kind of job do you think Jonas
will get? Why do you think this?
3) What is the role of The Receiver?
4) Why does the narrator refer to the
elephant as an “imaginary creature”
on page 18?
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Chapter Three
1) What do you think of the way
differences are treated in the
community? How do they feel about
mirrors?
2) How do the people in the community
feel about birth mothers? How does
our society differ?
3) Why does Jonas keep the apple to
investigate? What do you think
happened with the apple?
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Chapter Four
1) In what areas of life do the people
have free choice and what areas are
regulated?
2) Do you think the rule about bragging is
a good rule? Why or why not?
3) What advantages and disadvantages
does Jonas see in the way he decided
to complete his volunteer hours?
4) What do you think about being
released now?
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Chapter 6
1) What do you think of the pledge the
family has to sign about Gabriel?
2) Why according to the narrator,
would it have been especially sad if
they needed to release Gabe? What
do you think about this?
3) What do you think about the
concept of replacement child?
4) What is strange about the Ceremony
of Loss?
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Chapter 7
• Do the Assignments given seem
appropriate to you? Why or Why not?
• Why do you think the Chief Elder
skipped Jonas? List as many
possibilities that you can think of.
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Chapter 8
• How is it possible that Jonas has
never noticed The Receiver before?
• What makes choosing a Receiver
exceptionally difficult?
• What do you think a Receiver of
Memory might do? Is there a job in
today’s culture that would compare?
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Chapter Nine
1) Jonas thinks “Things couldn’t
change with Asher”. Do you think
he’s right?
2) What do you think happened to the
female Receiver?
3) What rule do you think is the worst
for Jonas?
4) Do you think other members of the
community lie? Why or why not?
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Chapter Ten
1) How did the Receiver treat Jonas?
2) Why are the memories the Receiver
holds important?
3) What things does Jonas learn that
surprise/puzzle him?
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Chapter Eleven
1) Why do you think the Receiver does
not respond to Jonas’ comment
about understanding the pain of
being the new Receiver?
2) In what ways do we preserve
memories in our society?
3) The old man refers to himself as the
Receiver and as the Giver. Why
does he refer to himself as both?
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Chapter Twelve
1) How does the way Jonas answers his
mother about his sleep and dreams
reveal a change in him?
2) What do you think Jonas’ dream
meant?
3) What did you think the change that
Jonas sees in Fiona’s hair, and saw in
the audience faces, and with the
apple were?
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Chapter Thirteen
1) What does it mean that Jonas’ life is
no longer ordinary?
2) Why do you think Jonas tries to
share colors with Asher even
though he thinks The Giver would
have refused permission?
3) Why do you think no one else can
receive the memories Jonas wants
them to receive?
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Chapter Fourteen
1) Do you think it is better to share
sorrows or for each person to bear
his or her pain themselves?
2) How do you feel when you read
about Larissa’s release?
3) How did Jonas feel about giving
Gabriel a memory?
4) Why do you think he could give a
memory to Gabriel and no one else?
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Chapter Fifteen
1) How is Jonas now a Giver?
2) Does this chapter change your view on
whether or not its better to share
memories or bear them alone?
3) Do you think the Giver needs to ask
Jonas’ forgiveness? If you were Jonas
what would you have said in response to
the Giver’s request for forgiveness? Why?
4) How do you think Jonas will feel about
the Giver and his Assignment now?
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Chapter Sixteen
1) Why does Jonas go back to the
Giver?
2) Why is the memory of the birthday
party so special to Jonas?
3) Why did Jonas lie on page 127?
4) Why do you think Jonas confides in
Gabe?
5) What do you think of Jonas’
decision to stop taking the pills?
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Turn and Talk
With a partner – list ways Jonas has
changed since he was an Eleven.
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Chapter Seventeen
1) How is the game of war a turning
point in Jonas’ experience?
2) Why does Jonas refuse Fiona’s
invitation?
3) Everyone seems to accept the idea
of releasing a twin simply because
it’s a twin. What do you think of
this?
4) What do you think of being released
now?
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Chapter Eighteen
1) What do you think led Jonas to the
topic of release?
2) Why do you think Jonas continues to
apologize even after a full year of
training?
3) How is the way the Giver feels about
Jonas different from his parents?
4) How does Jonas react to The Giver
telling him about the first painful
memory he gave Rosemary?
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Chapter 19
1) What do you think of Jonas’
explanation of why the twin is being
released?
2) Why do you think the Giver
suggested that Jonas watch (on page
147)?
3) What do you think Jonas will do
now?
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Chapter Twenty
1) How do you feel about Fiona now?
2) Now what do you think pale eyes
signify?
3) How do you feel now that the Giver
can no longer see colors?
4) Why can Jonas lie easily now?
5) Why does the day of Ceremony seem
like the best time for Jonas to leave
the community?
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Chapter Twenty-One
1) Do you think the Giver knows that
Jonas said goodbye? Why do you
think this?
2) How did you feel about the plan to
release Gabe?
3) How do you feel about Father now?
4) What do you think happened in the
community the day that Jonas left?
What do you think the Giver did?
5) Why do you think planes stopped?
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Chapter Twenty-Two
1) If Jonas and Gabe starve to death
do you think their journey will still
be worth it? Explain your answer.
2) Why is Jonas crying for Gabe but
not himself?
3) What do you think will happen next?
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Chapter Twenty-Three
1) How are Jonas’ memories changing
as he approaches the top of the hill?
2) What do you think awaited Jonas
and Gabe at the end of the sled
ride?
3) Do you think Jonas really heard
music or do you think he heard an
echo? Why?
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