The Giver by Lois Lowry by Tara Vanarsdel https://padlet.com/tara_vanarsdel/e4iwg2dqa7l9 Let's discuss the book! en-us 2017-12-18 18:12:36 UTC 2018-01-09 21:23:06 UTC hello@padlet.com Determine the genre for The Giver and explain it. tara_vanarsdel https://padlet.com/tara_vanarsdel/e4iwg2dqa7l9/wish/217058342 2017-12-18 18:34:17 UTC https://padlet.com/tara_vanarsdel/e4iwg2dqa7l9/wish/217058342 Explain the point-of-view of the story. tara_vanarsdel https://padlet.com/tara_vanarsdel/e4iwg2dqa7l9/wish/217063890 2017-12-18 18:47:44 UTC https://padlet.com/tara_vanarsdel/e4iwg2dqa7l9/wish/217063890 Describe/Explain the characteristics The Receiver must possess. tara_vanarsdel https://padlet.com/tara_vanarsdel/e4iwg2dqa7l9/wish/217064194 2017-12-18 18:48:18 UTC https://padlet.com/tara_vanarsdel/e4iwg2dqa7l9/wish/217064194 In The Giver, Lois Lowry uses very little figurative language, which is unusual in literature. Why do you think she chose to write this way? tara_vanarsdel https://padlet.com/tara_vanarsdel/e4iwg2dqa7l9/wish/217068698 2017-12-18 18:58:44 UTC https://padlet.com/tara_vanarsdel/e4iwg2dqa7l9/wish/217068698 Discuss the "age milestones" in the book: 1 year old, 7 years old, 8 years old, 9 years old, and 11 years old. tara_vanarsdel https://padlet.com/tara_vanarsdel/e4iwg2dqa7l9/wish/217068908 2017-12-18 18:59:20 UTC https://padlet.com/tara_vanarsdel/e4iwg2dqa7l9/wish/217068908 Name several things The Receiver is not allowed to have or do and explain why. tara_vanarsdel https://padlet.com/tara_vanarsdel/e4iwg2dqa7l9/wish/217069268 2017-12-18 19:00:25 UTC https://padlet.com/tara_vanarsdel/e4iwg2dqa7l9/wish/217069268 Why are there so many books in the home of The Receiver? tara_vanarsdel https://padlet.com/tara_vanarsdel/e4iwg2dqa7l9/wish/217069377 2017-12-18 19:00:42 UTC https://padlet.com/tara_vanarsdel/e4iwg2dqa7l9/wish/217069377 Explain why The Receiver looks so much older than he actually is. tara_vanarsdel https://padlet.com/tara_vanarsdel/e4iwg2dqa7l9/wish/217069469 2017-12-18 19:00:59 UTC https://padlet.com/tara_vanarsdel/e4iwg2dqa7l9/wish/217069469 At the end of a memory session, Jonas was told to call the old man "the giver" rather than "the receiver." Explain why. tara_vanarsdel https://padlet.com/tara_vanarsdel/e4iwg2dqa7l9/wish/217069682 2017-12-18 19:01:35 UTC https://padlet.com/tara_vanarsdel/e4iwg2dqa7l9/wish/217069682 Complete the following sentence with a phrase, and explain if necessary: tara_vanarsdel https://padlet.com/tara_vanarsdel/e4iwg2dqa7l9/wish/217069771 As Jonas receives more and more memories, he begins to . . .]]> 2017-12-18 19:01:48 UTC https://padlet.com/tara_vanarsdel/e4iwg2dqa7l9/wish/217069771 Describe/Explain what happened to the previous "receiver." (Rosemary) tara_vanarsdel https://padlet.com/tara_vanarsdel/e4iwg2dqa7l9/wish/217070129 2017-12-18 19:02:54 UTC https://padlet.com/tara_vanarsdel/e4iwg2dqa7l9/wish/217070129 Describe the different ways Jonas "rebels" against authority. tara_vanarsdel https://padlet.com/tara_vanarsdel/e4iwg2dqa7l9/wish/217070247 2017-12-18 19:03:13 UTC https://padlet.com/tara_vanarsdel/e4iwg2dqa7l9/wish/217070247 Lois Lowry was inspired to write The Giver after visiting her father in a nursing home, who had lost most of his long-term memory. How did she incorporate this aspect of memory loss into her book? tara_vanarsdel https://padlet.com/tara_vanarsdel/e4iwg2dqa7l9/wish/217070416 2017-12-18 19:03:45 UTC https://padlet.com/tara_vanarsdel/e4iwg2dqa7l9/wish/217070416 Take a side: the value of celebrating differences between people versus the value of making everyone in a society feel they belong. Explain. tara_vanarsdel https://padlet.com/tara_vanarsdel/e4iwg2dqa7l9/wish/217071035 2017-12-18 19:05:50 UTC https://padlet.com/tara_vanarsdel/e4iwg2dqa7l9/wish/217071035 The ending of the novel can be interpreted in two different ways. Discuss these two possibilities. tara_vanarsdel https://padlet.com/tara_vanarsdel/e4iwg2dqa7l9/wish/217071355 2017-12-18 19:06:56 UTC https://padlet.com/tara_vanarsdel/e4iwg2dqa7l9/wish/217071355