Too Late????

If it's not too late, here is another resource for Graphic Novels:

http://www.storyboardthat.com/storyboard-creator


I also have 10 paid apps for Comic Book.  Just come see me and I'll give you the code to download the app.

Discuss

Choose a question in each chapter.  Discuss what you know and understand.  Respond to your peers' Comments.  This is a quiz grade and will weigh 2x in your grade average.  Scoring based on the extent of your comprehension and your insights.  Evidence from the text is a MUST to score a 3 or 4.   Each response needs to be 1 paragraph.

Chapter 16:

1.     How did Jonas feel about his assignment?

2.      How did the Giver help Jonas accept his position?

3.      What new concept does Jonas learn regarding the old people he saw in the memory?

4.      What strong feeling does Jonas encounter?

5.      What happens when Jonas asks his father if he loves him?

6.      What does Jonas continue doing for Gabriel?  Why?

Chapter 17:

1.          What changes have taken place in Jonas?

2.          What game do the children play?  How does the game affect Jonas?

3.          What happens when Jonas tries to explain how he feels?

4.          What is Jonas feeling as he watches Asher and Fiona ride away on their bicycles?

Chapter 18:

1.          What does the Giver tell Jonas about the Receiver he tried to train 10 years ago?

2.          Why was what happened a disaster?

3.          What question does Jonas ask the Giver and what is his response?

Chapter 19:

1.            Write a summary paragraph.  Include Jonas’ feelings.

Chapter 20:

1.          How does the Giver explain why Jonas’ father is able to perform a release?

2.          What does the Giver say is the worst part of holding the memories?

3.          What plan did the Giver and Jonas make?  List the details of the plan.

4.          Where does the Giver want to go when his job is complete?

Chapter 21:

1.          What does Jonas learn about Gabriel and what does he do?

2.          What 4 rules had Jonas broken?

3.          How did Jonas’ memories help them?

Chapter 22:

1.          What new things do Jonas and Gabe see?

2.          What new difficulty does Jonas face?

3.          How does Jonas justify the choice he made?

4.          How does Jonas feel at the end of the chapter?

Chapter 23:

1.          What is Jonas able to share with Gabriel?

2.          What happened to Jonas as he approached the summit of the hill?

3.          What does Jonas find?

4.          What does Jonas hear for the first time?

Your Mission

Welcome back from Vacation.  I hope you are ready to begin your 2nd embedded assessment for Unit One.

1.  Alphabox
2.  Wordle
3.  Reading Summaries of The Giver
4.  Commenting to Questions about The Giver
5.  Responding to your peers Comments.
6.  Viewing a Powerpoint on the Heroes Journey in The Giver.
7.  Choosing your Presentation Plan for your assessment.

Next Week:  Begin Unit 2  and  Assessment Work

Please read...

A Summary of The Giver

http://www.shmoop.com/the-giver/summary.html

Welcome!

Now that you have finished reading our class novel The Giver, you will begin posting Comments and Discussing the novel with your classmates and your teacher, ME!