4th 6 WEEKS
Reader Writer Response #1
Rate Your Vacation
Rate your vacation on a scale of 1-10 and why.
Reader Writer Response #2
Polar Bear
Images, sounds and emotions from the commercial –you can find it on youtube
Reader Writer Response #3
Dream
What is your dream for your country and why? 100-150 Words
Reader Writer Response #4
Utopia
If you could create a perfect world what would it be like?
What minor annoyances in our world today would you want to get rid of? Why?
What major problems in our world todeay would you want to eliminate? Why?
Are there any rules in our society that you would like to change? Which ones?
What things in this world would you definitely want to keep just the way they are right now?
100-150 words
Reader Writer Response #5
Archetype
Review notes and complete the archetype sheet using “The Giver”.
Reader Writer Response #6
Why doesn’t the society in “The Giver” need mirrors? Why does ours? How would life be better or worse without mirrors? 100-150 words
Reader Writer Response #7
Appositives
Notes over appositives.
Reader Writer Response #8
Look over the rules for Jonas in Chapter 9. What do you think about Rule#8? What does this mean about Jonas and his community? Which of the rules would be hardest for you to follow? Why?
Reader Writer Response #9
Black and White World
Imagine what a world without any color would be like. Freewrite about this idea using any of these topics:
· What would a world without colors be like?
· What problems would a world with color present to society?
· What problems might be solved if a world had no colors?
· If you had to live in a world with no color, which particular colors would you miss the most? Why?
· Would you want to live in a black and white world? Why or Why not?
· 100-150 words.
Reader Writer Response #10
Explain what is meant by “We gained control of many things. But we had to let go of other.” What had to be given up by the community? Justify your response with examples.
Transmit one of you your own memories. Write about it in such a way that the reader can feel what you are describing. Use all of your senses as you write to capture sights, sounds, flavors, textures, colors, and rhythms. Before you begin think about how Lois Lowry describes Jonas’s first experience of snow.
Reader Writer Response #11
After reading Chapter 16-
What does Jonas learn about love? Why is it risky to live in a world that has love? Grandparents? Explain your answers.
Reader Writer Response #12
Write an outline stating the arguments for and against euthanasia.
I. Euthanasia
a. Arguments for (proponents)
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b. Arguments against
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Discuss the attitude toward euthanasia as expressed in The Giver. Does the novel condemn, promote, or conditionally accept the practice?
Reader Writer Response #13
Do you think Jonas made the right decision in leaving with Gabriel?
What do you think happened when Jonas and Gabriel reached the bottom of the hill? Why?
How do you think the community will change?
Did you like the ending? Why or why not? How would you have liked for the novel to end?