The Giver by Lois Lowry

A. Read the following pages each week.  Please resist the temptation to read ahead. We will be doing some predicting and inferring during our class discussions.  Questions should be answered based only on what has been read up to that point in time.

Novel	Week One Jan 12 - 16		Week Two Jan 19 - 22	Week Three Jan 26 - 30	Week Four Feb 2- 6
The Giver		Pg 1 - 39	Pg 40 - 87	Pg 89 - 138	Pg 139 - 179
Tiger Rising		Pg 1 - 25	Pg 26 – 55	Pg 56 – 86	Pg 87 - 116
The White Giraffe		Pg 1 - 45	Pg 46 – 86	Pg 87 – 134	Pg 135 -181
No Such Thing as Dragons		Pg 1 – 49	Pg 50 – 102	Pg 103– 145	Pg 146 - 186
Hatchet		Pg 1 - 55	Pg 56 - 118	Pg 119 - 146	Pg 147 - 195
Loser		Pg 1 - 49	Pg 50 - 100	Pg 101 - 160	Pg 161 - 218-

B. Summarize each week’s reading in your own words.  Include all important events. Leave out minor details.

C. In your language notebook answer the questions.  Include the page numbers when giving evidence from the text.  

Week One Jan 12 - 16

Week Two Jan 19 - 22

Week Three Jan 26 - 30

Week Four Feb 2- 6

Questions

1, 2, 3 Wanted Poster

4,5,6

7, 8, 9

10, 11 Portrait

* Create a “Wanted Poster” for the “giver”(template will be provided).

* Draw and colour a portrait of either Jonas or Gabriel. Label your portrait with evidence from the text (a large sheet of blank paper will be provided).

1. In Jonas’ community, every person and his or her experience are precisely the same. Everything is controlled to create “Sameness”. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this “Sameness”.

2.  What is a Birthmother? Why does Lily wish to be one?

3. What is “Elsewhere”? How would you explain it to Jonas?

4. Describe Jonas reaction during the Ceremony of the Twelves. Why do you think he was feeling this way?

5. Describe how the Giver transmitted memories.

6. Explain Fiona’s experience of her first day of training?

7. Why did this society remove choice making?

8. How did Jonas comfort Gabriel?

9. Why did the Giver ask for forgiveness? If you were in Jonas’ position how would you react?

10. There are communities in Canada that actively seek to maintain an identity outside of mainstream culture (Mennonites, Hasidic Jews). What are some advantages and disadvantages of living in such a community? What pressure does mainstream culture put on these groups?

11. The ending of the Giver can be interpreted in two different ways. Perhaps Jonas is remembering his Christmas memory-one of the most beautiful that the Giver transmitted to him, or perhaps he does hear music and with his special vision is able to perceive the warm house where the people are waiting to receive him. What is your interpretation of the final scenes of the novel.