November 26, 2007
Important notes:
Novel Portfolio: The first part of the novel portfolio is due this Friday, November 30. See your instructions for the portfolio. This first part includes the Main Character Chart, the Cast of Characters, and the illustration for the setting. You do not need to have read the whole book in order to do this part of the portfolio.
You will need to read the whole book before you create Part 2, the picture book, which is due December 14.
Reading Bingo: Your Reading Bingo is also due on Friday, but may be handed in during December for full points. Don't forget to have the teacher put your portfolio novel on your reading bingo card.
Memory Essay on MY Access: If you haven't been able to write or finish your memory essay on GoMyAccess, plan to stay after school on Tuesday, November 27. We'll have a special session in the computer lab for those who need to complete this assignment.
Confusing Words: Don't forget to study your confusing words.
Today we listened to and answered questions about chapters 9 and 10 of The Giver.
Chapter 9 of The Giver
Vocabulary:
requisitioned (page 69) = requested from a government source
excruciating: (page 70) = intensely painful
steeled (70) = strengthened, prepared
integral (70) = essential
Write your answers legibly and in complete sentences.
Questions for chapter 9: Read through these before you read, and answer #1, #2, and then #3 or #4. To answer #3 or #4, discuss it with your small group.
1. What do you think might have happened to the female Receiver?
2. Why does Jonas find the instruction about lying so disturbing?
3. “He is to be alone, apart, while he is prepared by the current Receiver for the job which is most honored in our community.” Why is the position of Receiver the most honored in the community? Think about your own community. Which positions (jobs) are the most honored? How would you compare them to the position of Receiver in Jonas’s community?
4. When Jonas was a four, he had said the words, “I’m starving,” and had been taken aside for a lesson in precision of language. Was he lying or trying to emphasize how he felt by exaggeration?
Most likely, it also would have been considered lying if Jonas had said, “I’m hungry as a horse”. The use of exaggeration is part of the poetry and color of our language.
List at least five other exaggerations people use in our community that would
be considered lies in Jonas’s community.
Chapter 10 of The Giver
Vocabulary: alcove (74) = small area set off from a room
embossed (74) = raised from the surface
transmit (77) = transfer, giver
tentatively (77) = without certainty
exhilarating (78) = exciting and refreshing
Write your answers legibly and in complete sentences.
Read through these before you read the chapter, and answer #1, #2, and #3.
1. How does the Receiver treat Jonas?
2. Why are the memories that The Receiver holds important?
3. Jonas is surprised about certain things in the Giver’s living area.
a. What surprises him about the door? Why?
b. What surprises him about the books? Why is this surprising to him?
c. What surprises him about the speaker? Why?
