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If you prefer to download the booklet version of the activities on this page, here it is:

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Book clubs are the perfect way to keep reading, talk about what you're reading and you don't even have to leave your house to join one!

After you've read the book, join in with our very own 'The Giver' book club below by responding to the questions with your thoughts and opinions...

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Chapters 1-3: How would you feel if your future career was chosen for you at the age of 12?

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Chapters 1-3: How would you feel if your future career was chosen for you at the age of 12?

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Record your personal responses on this worksheet...

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Have a watch of this 60 Second Book Review of the novel to get a feeling for what it is about...

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If you were to give someone a special power, what would it be? E.g. what would it be like to have the ability to be invisible?

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Before Reading, Make Predictions Using The Book Title

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Before Reading, Make Predictions Using The Book Title

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Use this glossary as you read the novel to help you with new, unfamiliar vocabulary.

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In THE GIVER, each family has two parents, a son and a daughter. The relationships are not biological but are developed through observation and a careful handling of personality. In our own society, the makeup of family is under discussion. How are families defined? Are families the foundations of a society, or are they continually open for new definitions?

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The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness

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The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness

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What skills do I need to become a strategic reader?

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What skills do I need to become a strategic reader?

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To become a good, strategic reader you have to monitor your own reading and use these 'Fab Four' reading strategies...

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Pick a scene from one of the chapters and illustrate it. Or, get even more creative and make the scene out of materials you have at home e.g. Lego.

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Before Reading, Make Predictions Using The Front Book Cover

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Before Reading, Make Predictions Using The Front Book Cover

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Answer the comprehension questions below using evidence from your reading.

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Why is the relationship between Jonas and The Giver dangerous, and what does this danger suggest about the nature of love?

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How do we make predictions?

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What inspired Lois Lowry to write 'The Giver'?

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What inspired Lois Lowry to write 'The Giver'?

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Imagine you were a news reporter. You visit the city in The Giver—describe what you see.

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Listen to the novel via Audiobooks.com - free trial for 30 days!

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Listen to the novel via Audiobooks.com - free trial for 30 days!

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Lois Lowry’s The Giver is the quintessential dystopian novel, followed by its remarkable companions, Gathering Blue, Messenger, and Son. Jonas's world is perfect. Everything is under control. There is no war or fear of pain. There are no choices. Every person is assigned a role in the community.

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Think about the kinds of laws you think might improve our current society.

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The ending of THE GIVER may be interpreted in two very different ways. Perhaps Jonas is remembering his Christmas memory - one of the most beautiful that The Giver transmitted to him - as he and Gabriel are freezing to death, falling into a dreamlike coma in the snow. Or perhaps Jonas does hear music and, with his special vision, is able to perceive the warm house where people are waiting to greet him.

In her acceptance speech for the Newbery Medal, Lois Lowry mentioned both possibilities but would not choose one as correct.

Which one do you agree with the most and why?

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Chapters 22-23 Describe an Incredible Journey

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Chapters 22-23 Describe an Incredible Journey

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Can you use your own background knowledge to help you understand the text?

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Rated 12A, this movie was produced in 2014.

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Draw the Rainbow that Jonas remembers—develop your design so that you can see it above the earth.

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Why don't you tweet Lois Lowry at @LoisLowryWriter with a question you had whilst reading?

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Write down 8 new new words you've learned in these chapters and use your glossary to help you write a sentence with each one in it.

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Write the opening of the next chapter...

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We often need to read between the lines and try to infer meaning in the text. But what does it mean to infer?

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Jonas learns about animals that were real in Chapter 13.  Create a montage about all the animals you know about.

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We need to summarise during and after our reading to make sure we have understood a text. What are the main points?

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Write a letter to yourself to be read when you are 30 years old. Write about what your hopes are and what you hope to have achieved by then. What aspects of life do you hope have improved?

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Use evidence from your reading of the novel to help you answer the following questions.

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Skimming and Scanning to Help with Clarifying and Summarising...

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Skimming and Scanning to Help with Clarifying and Summarising...

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Create a guide on ‘How to write a great dystopian story’ for other writers to use.

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A point of view is someone's opinion or perspective on something.

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Critical readers read closely, analysing and exploring the ideas and methods in a text...

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Design your own alternative book cover for The Giver.

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Use evidence from your reading to answer the following questions.

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Use these thinking prompts to help you develop a deeper understanding of a text:

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Create a quiz about the novel that you could share with a friend or teacher.

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Create a mind-map for Jonas' character.

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Turn your book review into a video, where you film yourself reviewing the book.

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Good readers use a range of comprehension strategies when they read. Here are some of the best ones to use: