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Home Characterization
What does it mean to be color-blind? Investigate this medical condition and make a report to the class? The Great Debate Create two teams--pro-sameness and pro-diversity. Prepare a debate on the question, "Is it better for all people to be alike or for people to be different?" A New Ending Many
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Introduction
"It was almost December, and Jonas was beginning to be frightened." Thus opens this haunting tale in which a boy inhabits a seemingly ideal world.
Objectives
Task You will submit a completed portfolio inclusive of a pre-reading assignment, vocabulary work, writing assignments, character studies and the three activities listed below. Your teacher and classmates will form The Committee that reviews your submissions including presentations and written reports. Vocabulary work for each section should be completed PRIOR to reading the text. Use an online dictionary to look up each word. Create a file for vocabulary words. Chapters 1 - 5 | Chapters 6 - 10 | Chapters 11 - 15 | Chapters 16 - 19 | Chapters 20 - 23 Pre-Reading Assignment
Open
Microsoft Word. Save this document as "Utopia". Define "utopia". For 10 minutes, write your thoughts about what a utopian society would be like. What would be the requirements for membership? What are the rules or laws? What happens if someone breaks them? Include as many details as possible. The idea is to write for the full 10 minutes. Spelling, grammar or perfect sentences are not expected. Just let your thoughts stream out onto the paper.
Career
Choices Jonas and his
peers have received their life assignments. For this activity, you
have been assigned a particular job. This is what you will be
trained to do. Click on Activity One and answer the questions about your assignment. Design a Model Utopian Community
(Compose oral,
written and visual presentations that express personal ideas, People historically have been fascinated with the idea of a perfect world--a Utopia. Click on Activity Two to learn more about Utopian societies. Euphemism
(Analyze and
evaluate figurative language that contributes to meaning Although the society in The Giver stresses what it calls "precision of language", it is built upon a language that is NOT precise, but that deliberately clouds meaning. Click on Activity Three to find out about euphemism and how it relates to The Giver.
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The
Giver is a very intriguing story about Jonas, a teenage boy living
in a seemingly perfect
society--a society free
of crime, poverty, injustice, inequality and disease--a place where
everyone is happy and families are perfect. All is going well in
this utopia until Jonas is selected to receive the most
respected job of all. He is assigned to receive special training
from the Giver, who alone
holds the memories of the joys and pains of real life. This is a
story of a boy who experiences something incredible and undertakes
the impossible. This is a novel you will thoroughly enjoy and never, ever forget.