HW for Friday, 3/29

The Giver Questions

Chpts. 21-23

Answer on a separate sheet of paper in COMPLETE SENTENCES!

CHAPTER 21

1.  Why did the plan change?

2.  What rules did Jonas break?

3.  What was their travel ritual?

4.  How did he know they were looking for him?  How did he hide?  

5.  What happened to his memories?

CHAPTER 22

1.  How was the landscape changing?

2.  What are new dangers?

CHAPTER 23

1.  What was the weather like?

2.  What happened to the bicycle?

3.  How does this book end?  Discuss it in some detail.

HW for Thursday, 3/28

The Giver Questions

Chpts. 19-20

Answer on a separate sheet of paper in COMPLETE SENTENCES!

CHAPTER 19

1.  What is release? What was your reaction to learning that?

CHAPTER 20

1.  What are Jonas’ feelings after obtaining this new knowledge?

2.  What are the insights about memory that we read about in this chapter?

3.  Which of the senses did the Giver have?  What was special to him that he hadn’t yet shared?

4.  What is their plan for creating change in the community?  (whole chapter)

HW for Wednesday, 3/27

IRP 5

Please type your answer. Include your name, the date, and the title of the assignment.

Week 5 Question: What morals or lessons do you think the author intends his/her reader to find in this book? (200 words)

HW for Tuesday, 3/26

The Giver Questions

Chpts. 17-18

Answer on a separate sheet of paper in COMPLETE SENTENCES!

CHAPTER 17

1.  How is Jonas changing?

2.  What is his reaction to his friends’ game of “war”?

3.  What are his feelings?

4.   What is Lily’s talent?

CHAPTER 18

1.  Explain what happened to Rosemary and its impact on the community.

2.  Page 145, what do they contemplate?

HW for Monday, 3/25

The Giver Questions

Chpts. 15-16

Answer on a separate sheet of paper in COMPLETE SENTENCES!

CHAPTER 15

1.  What is this memory and what is its result on Jonas?

CHAPTER 16

1.  What are some good memories?

2.  What is the Giver’s favorite memory?  Explain.

3.  How does Jonas feel about this memory?  What are some advantages and disadvantages of this?

4.  What happens when Jonas discusses this feeling with his parents?

5.  What is Jonas’ relationship to Gabriel now?

6.  How does Jonas break the rules at the end of this chapter?  What implications* will this have?

*implication -- a conclusion or consequence

HW for Thursday, 3/21

If you didn't finish your letter in class (Shavar, Nicole, Jackson, Nathan), please do that this weekend.  Remember to refer to the Business Letter Format link that was posted on 3/18.

AND . . .

The Giver Questions

Chpts. 13-14

Answer on a separate sheet of paper in COMPLETE SENTENCES!

CHAPTER 13

1.  What causes frustration for Jonas?

2.  What is Jonas’ first startling and disturbing memory?  What is his reaction?

3.  Is the Giver married?  Explain about his marriage relationship.

4.  Why is a Receiver necessary in the community?

5.  What does Jonas wonder about when he’s not with the Giver?

6.  Why does the Giver sometimes send him away?

CHAPTER 14

1.  What is the first painful memory and what is its effect on Jonas?

2.  What do he and the Giver have to hold painful memories?

3.  Why can’t everyone have memories, to share?

4.  What’s wrong with Gabriel?

5.  What happens when twins are born?

6.  How does Jonas comfort Gabriel?  What does he think of this?

HW for Tuesday, 3/19

IRP 4 
Please type a 200 word response to the following question. Make sure to label the assignment with your name, the title of the assignment, and the date, according to the formatting guidelines (click the link on the right!). DOUBLE SPACE!

What aspects of the plot or story can you relate to your own experiences? Describe how.

HW for Monday, 3/18

The Giver Questions, Chpt. 12



Answer on a separate sheet of paper in COMPLETE SENTENCES!

CHAPTER 12
1.  What is Jonas beginning to see?
2.  How does the Giver help him?
3.  What happens to color in this community (vs. in memory)?
4.  What is Jonas’ opinion of sameness?

Business Letter Format

http://www.letterwritingguide.com/businessletterformat.htm

Daily Warm Up for Monday, 3/18

Let's try something new . . .
Vocab Quiz 4.2 is this week.
Instead of waiting until the day before to study, I'd like you to begin -- today -- making flashcards of the words we have already.
You will have to make your own cards.
Important: on the side with the definition, also use the word in a sentence!

HW for Friday, 3/15

The Giver Questions, Chpt. 9-11



Answer on a separate sheet of paper in COMPLETE SENTENCES!

CHAPTER 9
1.  In this chapter, Jonas receives his rules.  What does he think of each rule?

CHAPTER 10
1.  How is Jonas treated by the secretary?
2.  What is different at the Receiver’s home?  (whole chapter)
3.  What is the Giver’s job?  What must he give Jonas?
4.  Page 78, what does this mean: “I am so weighted with them.”?

CHAPTER 11
1.  What is Jonas’ first memory?
2.  What is Jonas’ reaction to the first memory?  What about the Giver?
3.  What happened to snow?
4.  What is Jonas’ second memory?
5.  What is Jonas’ third memory?
6.  What is Jonas’ title?

HW for Thursday, 3/14

The Giver Questions, Chpt. 7-8

Answer on a separate sheet of paper in COMPLETE SENTENCES!

CHAPTER 7
1.  What is Jonas’ number?  How are they assigned numbers?
2.  What is Asher’s assignment?
3.  Read the quote on Page 56, “Thank you for your childhood.”  Explain what you think it means.
4.  Why do you think Jonas was skipped?

CHAPTER 8
1.  What is the difference between “assigned” and “selected”?
2.  What is Jonas selected to do?
3.  What attributes does Jonas have that will help him in his assignment?
4.  What is this “capacity to see beyond”?

HW for Wednesday, 3/13

IRP week 3

(Please type your response, and include your name, the date, and the title of the assignment in the upper right hand corner.  Don't forget to double space!)

Week 3 Question: Describe the character(s) you most identify with. Why or how do you relate to him/her or them? (200 words)

HW for Tuesday, 3/12

IRP 2 (see the questions under the warm up for yesterday)

and . . .

The Giver Questions

Chpt. 6

Answer on a separate sheet of paper in COMPLETE SENTENCES!

CHAPTER 6
1.  What happened to Sevens?
2.  What wasn’t Gabriel at the Naming?
3.  What was the Ceremony of Loss?
4.  What else do you learn about release?
5.  What happened for Tens and Elevens?
6.  How do people get spouses and children?
7. Review all 6 chapters we’ve read so far.  Update the Community Life Schedule
8. Update the Language Collection Sheet with at least 3 more words.

Prefixes

http://www.prefixsuffix.com/rootchart.php

HW for Monday, 3/11

The Giver Questions

Chpt. 5

Answer on a separate sheet of paper in COMPLETE SENTENCES!

CHAPTER 5
1.  What was Jonas’ dream?
2.  What are stirrings?  
3.  What does Jonas have to do now that he has had stirrings?
4.  Why do you think he has to do that?
5. Review all 5 chapters we’ve read so far.  Include at least one word in each section of the Language Collection Sheet.  

Daily Warm Up for Monday, 3/11

IRP Week 2

(Please type and double-space your response. Be sure to label it with your name, the date, and the title of the assignment -- see the Paper Formatting Guidelines to your right.) 

Week 2, Question 1: Are you liking the book so far? Why or why not? (100 words)

Week 2, Question 2: Describe in detail where and when the book takes place. Cite sections of

the book or lines that give you a sense of place. (150‐200 words)

HW for Friday, 3/8

Read Chapters 2-4, then . . .

The Giver, Chpts. 2-4 Questions

Answer on a separate sheet of paper in COMPLETE SENTENCES!

CHAPTER 2
1.  What happens every December?
2.  What happens when children become Ones?  Nines?
3.  Who is the Receiver and how are rules changed?  (p. 14)
4.  Who is Gabriel and why is Jonas’ father worried about him (ch. 1)?
5.  Why is the Ceremony of 12 so important?
6.  What things do Jonas’ parents share with him about their memories of their assignments and of their friends’ assignments?

CHAPTER 3
1.  What did Jonas notice about the apple?
2.  How do all evenings end in the community?
3.  What else do you learn about the community from this chapter?
4.  What about birthmothers?

CHAPTER 4
1.  What happens to Eights?
2.  Where does Jonas spend his volunteer hours?  What does he do?  What do you learn?
3.  What happens at release?

HW for Thursday, 3/7

Study for tomorrow's vocab quiz!

HW for Tuesday, 3/5

The Giver Questions

Answer on a separate sheet of paper in COMPLETE SENTENCES!

CHAPTER 1

1.  Describe Jonas’ community.
2.  Describe Jonas’ family.  What do his parents do?  
3.  Who is Asher?
4.  What is the word that Jonas feels?  Why?
5.  What is “release”?
6.  What do they discuss in their ritual of feeling sharing?
7.  What is this “Ceremony of 12”?

HW for Monday, 3/4

Complete your "The Lady or the Tiger" ending (written -- 250 words -- or 2 illustrations).

HW for Friday, 3/1

Finish reading "The Lady or the Tiger" and answer the questions.

If you lost your copy of the story, click here: The Lady or the Tiger