Statements and Discussions in an Ideal Community

2. In small groups, discuss which of the statements was: • Easiest to agree on. Why? • Most controversial. Why? • Most difficult to answer. Why? • Of these 10 statements, which 1 concept (i.e. no starvation, competition, full employment) can you agree is essential to an ideal community? Why? Answer TRUE or FALSE to these statements • An ideal community would not have any hunger or starvation. • An ideal community would not have any competition. • An ideal community would not have any unemployment. • Families are much closer when they share their feelings. • There is no real need to learn about world history. • There is no real need to learn about one’s own family’s history. • Life would be better and easier if we did not carry bad memories in our heads. • Overpopulation is such a problem that families should not be allowed to have more than two children. • One’s job or occupation in life should be a careful match of one’s interests, talents, and skills. • All children should have equal possessions and privileges at a certain age, regardless of the status of their families.

3. Introduction Page ix-xiii Individual reflections in notebook (to turn in). Write at least 3 good sentences per question. • What can you say about Lowry’s personality after reading this? • Lowry brags about who has contacted her regarding her book.  Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Why? • In your opinion, how does writing on a word processor change an author’s attitude toward his/her work? Toward the writing process?

4. Vocab Chapter 1 • Palpable (p. 4) • Tunic (p. 5) • Distraught (p. 5) • Apprehensive (p. 6) • Usages (p. 8) • Attentive (p. 9) • Disposition (p. 9) • Nurture (p. 9)

6. Evidence • What indicates to you that Jonas’ (or Jonas’s) world is not like ours? Find a quotation from the book, along with the page number. Prepare to share your quote and reasoning with the class. • Example on next slide.

7. They don’t have animals. Lily considered, and shook her head. “I don’t know. They acted like…like…” “Animals?” Jonas suggested. He laughed. “That’s right,” Lily said, laughing too. “Like animals.” Neither child knew what the word meant, exactly, but it was often used to describe someone uneducated or clumsy, someone who didn’t fit in. (p. 7)s

8. Notes • Jonas is 11. • Lily is 7. • Father is a Nurturer. • You can be released from the community (p. 3) • You are given a spouse. • You are assigned a job. • Each family has exactly one male child and one female child.

9. Example quiz questions • Name two ways you can be released from the community. • Name three jobs and what each of them entail. • Correctly use (and spell!) each of the new vocabulary words in a sentence.

10. Homework • Read pages 46-48 in your Cambridge book. This will be on the quiz but will not be discussed in class. • Read chapter 1-3 and be ready to answer questions about it.

11. October 12

12. Narrators • Narrator vs. author • Multiple narration • First vs. third person narration • Omniscient narrator • Unreliable narrator • What are the benefits and setbacks of each of these types of narrator?

13. Chapter 2 and 3 discussion questions • How are families formed in this community and how does that change the meaning of a family? • Are there secrets in this community? Find 2 pieces of evidence to answer this (include the page number). • At what age does selection occur? Comment on the suitability of one’s future to be determined at this age. • The symbol for the book The Giver is usually an apple. What happened with Jonas’ apple? Why is it significant?

14. Writing devices: Why use them? • Personification • Imagery • Contrast • Juxtaposition • Repetition • Parallelism • Parallelism

15. Reading Chapter 4 • Practice making one difficult comprehension/discuss question. • Bad example: What color are Gabe’s eyes? • Good example: What attitude does the community have toward the elderly? How does this differ from Indonesian culture’s attitude?

16. If time: The Giver video clip

17. Homework • Read through Chapter 7 • Write 1 difficult comprehension question for each of the chapters 4-7. This will be collected in class on Wednesday, October 17.

18. October 19, 2018

19. Vocab Chapter 8 • Ill at ease (idiom) • The audience was clearly ill at ease [because Jonas’s number had been skipped] (Lowry 74). • I’m usually ill at ease when I have to speak in front of a crowd. Refer (verb) • “We failed in our last selection,” the Chief Elder said solemnly….Jonas didn’t know what she was referring to, but he could sense the discomfort of the audience (Lowry 76). • If you don’t know the answer, you should refer to your book. • Unanimous (you-nan-ah-miss) (adjective) • “Therefore the selection must be sound. It must be a unanimous choice of the Committee. Thay can have no doubts…” (Lowry 77) • The vote for the new OSIS president was unanimous.

20. Chapter 8: Jonas’ job selection • What is the difference between being assigned and being selected? Is there a significance? • They know everything about him; he is being watched. What are your thoughts on this? • What are the 5 essential attributes one must have to become a Receiver?

21. Chapter 9: Jonas learns the rules • Hypothesize why this community cares so much about precision of language. • What is a rule in your life that would shake you to the core to be told you no longer have to follow it? Or, what is a belief in your life that would shake you? • Paranoia of not knowing who was lying or not. (p. 90)

22. The Novel • Chronological arrangement (p. 60) • Coming of age novel (p.64) • Characterization (round and flat characters) (p. 66)

23. Utopia • An imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect. • A place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions • The word was first used in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More. • Synonyms: paradise, Heaven (on earth), Eden, Garden of Eden, Shangri La, Elysium, idyll, Nirvana, God’s country, literature: Arcadia.

24. Dystopia • an imaginary place where people lead dehumanized and often fearful lives

25. Posit • A statement assumed to be fact.

26. Agree/Disagree (posits) 1. Color is important.  2. Emotional pain is necessary for human life.  3. The more a government knows about its citizens, the better.  4. A utopian world is desirable. 

27. Small Groups Avent, Dave, Jason Bryant, Hubert, Veve, Steven Clarissa, Ferrell, Jessica, Yobby Jolin, Joshua, Abraham, Vanessa Juan, Sebastian, Vania Benson, Queeney, Sharon, Samuel

28. Small Groups (4) 1. Draw a picture (Just one person can draw it) that represents the government of the Community. Discuss the role of the government in The Giver. What do the different words such as Committee, the Giver, Chief Elder, the loudspeaker, Elsewhere represent?  2. Make a timeline of Jonas' maturation. (Everyone should have it in their notes.) 3. Make a table that classifies the utopian/dystopian aspects of the Community. (Everyone should have it in their notes.) 4. What makes us human? (Everyone should have it in their notes.)