Tonight's Homework:
Read chapters 21 and 22 of The Giver. We will finish the book in class tomorrow.
Test Wednesday on the novel
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Monday, January 30, 2012
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
2nd Quarter ends Friday!!
Today's questions for chapters 16 and 17 of The Giver.
Chapter 16
1. What are some good memories that Jonas receives?
2. What is the Giver's favorite memory? Explain.
3. How does Jonas feel about this memory? What are good and bad things that he realizes?
4. What happens when Jonas discusses the felling of love with his parents?
5. What is Jonas' relationship to Gabriel now?
6. How does Jonas break the rules at the end of this chapter?
Chapter 17
1. How is Jonas changing?
2. What is his reaction to his friends' game of "war?"
3. What is Lily's talent?
Today's questions for chapters 16 and 17 of The Giver.
Chapter 16
1. What are some good memories that Jonas receives?
2. What is the Giver's favorite memory? Explain.
3. How does Jonas feel about this memory? What are good and bad things that he realizes?
4. What happens when Jonas discusses the felling of love with his parents?
5. What is Jonas' relationship to Gabriel now?
6. How does Jonas break the rules at the end of this chapter?
Chapter 17
1. How is Jonas changing?
2. What is his reaction to his friends' game of "war?"
3. What is Lily's talent?
Monday, January 23, 2012
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Tonight's Homework: Read chapters 14 and 15 of The Giver.
Extra Credit Opportunity:
Read this quote from chapter 14 and answer the following question in a well developed paragraph. Remember that we can't take for granted that this society knows the simple things that we do.
"He fell with his leg twisted under him, and could hear the crack of bone..."
"Then, the first wave of pain. He gasped. It was as if a hatchet lay lodged in his leg, slicing through each nerve with a hot blade. In his agony he perceived the word 'fire' and felt flames licking at the torn bone and flesh."
Explain how/why Jonas is experiencing pain associated with fire when he has clearly broken his leg in a sledding accident.
Extra Credit Opportunity:
Read this quote from chapter 14 and answer the following question in a well developed paragraph. Remember that we can't take for granted that this society knows the simple things that we do.
"He fell with his leg twisted under him, and could hear the crack of bone..."
"Then, the first wave of pain. He gasped. It was as if a hatchet lay lodged in his leg, slicing through each nerve with a hot blade. In his agony he perceived the word 'fire' and felt flames licking at the torn bone and flesh."
Explain how/why Jonas is experiencing pain associated with fire when he has clearly broken his leg in a sledding accident.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Today in class we will be completing one of our quarterly listening tests. If you are absent, I will be doing makeups for this test on Thursday, January 19.
Tonight's Homework:
Read Chapter 13 of The Giver
There will be a 10 question multiple choice quiz tomorrow on chapters 12 and 13 of the novel. Keep up with your reading!!
Friday, January 13, 2012
Monday, January 9, 2012
All students should be finished through chapter 6 in The Giver by tomorrow. Here are the vocabulary terms for chapters 5-8.
acquisition (n)- the act of obtaining something
buoyancy (n)- ability to float
congregate (v)- to gather
crescendo (n) an increase in volume
disquieting (adj)- upsetting
impulse (n)- an urge
infraction (n)- a violation
infringe (v)- to tresspass or violate
interdependence (n)- a mutual need between two people or things
magnitude (n)- size or degree, usually large
meticulously (adv)- with great care and accuracy
relinquish (v)- to give up
reprieve (n)- a break or temporary postponement
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Today in class, students read chapter 1 from The Giver. Students are to answer the following questions from the chapter using complete sentences. Remember, you have the chapter with you as a printout.
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 does it mean to be "released?"
6. What to they discuss in their ritual of feeling sharing?
7. What is the "Ceremony of 12?"
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 does it mean to be "released?"
6. What to they discuss in their ritual of feeling sharing?
7. What is the "Ceremony of 12?"
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Welcome Back Everyone, and Happy New Year!
This week, we will be starting our first novel for the year, The Giver by Lois Lowry. It is about a fictitious utopia where everyone's future is planned out for them from birth. Here are some notes for the first 4 chapters.
This week, we will be starting our first novel for the year, The Giver by Lois Lowry. It is about a fictitious utopia where everyone's future is planned out for them from birth. Here are some notes for the first 4 chapters.
The Giver
by: Lois Lowry
novel- a long work of fiction usually separated into chapters.
science fiction- a type of fiction that is based on real or scientific ideas
Vocabulary for chapters 1-4
adherence (n)- obedience to a rule
apprehensive (adj)- nervous
chastisement (n)- a punishment
disposition (n)- a person's temperment
ironic (adj)- meaning the opposite of what is literally said
navigational (adj)- directional
nurturer (n)- a caregiver
palpable (adj)- easily felt; obvious
populate (v)- to inhabit
prominent (adj)- important
serene (adj)- calm
transgression (n)- a violation of a rule
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