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sample includes the following:
 Lesson Plans at a Glance
 Vocabulary Practice for Chapters 1-2
 Multiple Choice Comprehension Quiz for
Chapters 1-2
 Constructive Response Question and Organizer
for Chapters 1-2
 Skill Lesson 1 – Using Context Clues
 Sample Classroom Display Items
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The Giver Table of Contents
Introduction
2
Table of Contents
3
Lesson Plans at a Glance
5
Common Core Correlation
6
Vocabulary Practice Chapters 1-2
7
Vocabulary Practice Chapters 3-5
8
Vocabulary Practice Chapters 6-7
9
Vocabulary Practice Chapters 8-10
10
Vocabulary Practice Chapters 11-12
11
Vocabulary Practice Chapters 13-14
12
Vocabulary Practice Chapters 15-17
13
Vocabulary Practice Chapters 18-19
14
Vocabulary Practice Chapters 20-21
15
Vocabulary Practice Chapters 22-23
16
Vocabulary Test
18
Comprehension Quiz for Chapters 1-2
19
Constructive Response - Setting
21
Comprehension Quiz for Chapters 3-5
23
Constructive Response – Character Traits
25
Venn Diagram Comparing Communities
27
Comprehension Quiz for Chapters 6-7
28
Constructive Response – Point of View
30
Constructive Response - Summarizing
33
Comprehension Quiz for Chapters 8-10
36
Constructive Response – Comparing Characters
39
Constructive Response – Character Traits
41
Comprehension Quiz for Chapters 11-12
43
Constructive Response – Responding to Text
45
Comprehension Quiz for Chapters 13-14
47
Constructive Response – Course of Action
49
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Comprehension Quiz for Chapters 15-17
51
Constructive Response – Comparing Events in Story
53
Comprehension Quiz for Chapters 18-19
54
Extension Activity - Twins
56
Constructive Response – Writing an Argument
57
Comprehension Quiz for Chapters 20-21
63
Constructive Response –Theme
65
Comprehension Quiz for Chapters 22-23
68
Constructive Response – Narrative Writing - Ending to the Story
71
Story Elements Mini Book
73
Answer Keys for Story Elements Mini Book
78
Skill Practice
80
Lesson 1 – Context Clues
81
Lesson 2 - Reference Sources
98
Lesson 3 – Prefixes
103
Lesson 4 – Prefixes Meaning Not and Verifying Meaning
109
Lesson 5 - Suffixes
123
Lesson 6 - Root Words
140
Lesson 7 - Analogies
168
Lesson 8 – Connotation
201
Classroom Display
218
Common Core State Standards Mini Posters
219
Lesson Goals Mini Posters
237
Essential Questions Mini Posters
245
Vocabulary Word Wall
253
Answer Keys
257
Password Information for Interactive Quizzes
271
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Lesson Plans for The Giver
aptitude
Comprehension
Quiz
Chapters 1-2
Constructive
Response
Setting
Character Traits
petulantly
meticulously
chastisement
Chapters 3-5
Comparing
Communities
Point of View
Chapters 6 – 7
Chapters 8 – 10
Summarizing
Comparing
Characters
Activities
Lesson 1
Context Clues to
Determine
Meanings of
Words
Lesson 2
Reference
Materials
Venn Diagram to
Compare Jonas’s
Community to
Your Community
Lesson 3
Prefixes
phenomenon
Chapters 11 – 12
Responding to
Text
Lesson 5
Suffixes
Lesson 6
assuage
Chapters 13 – 14
Couse of Action
Lesson 6
Roots
Lesson 7
obsolete
Chapters 15 – 17
Responding to
Text
Lesson 7
Word
Relationships
Lesson 8
Lesson 4
Prefixes Meaning
Not and Verifying
Word Meaning
imploringly
Chapters 18 – 19
Writing an
Argument
Lesson 8
Connotation
Lesson 9
Character Traits
Skill Practice
solace
Chapters 20 – 21
Theme
Lesson 10
Lesson 5
Lesson 4
Lesson 3
Lesson 2
Lesson 1
Vocabulary
transgression
Chapters 22 – 23
Writing a
Narrative
Vocabulary Test
Story Elements
Organizer
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Bar Graph to
show Twin and
Triplet Statistics
A web address, username, and password are included with the full
version. At this site students may take the comprehension quizzes
online receiving immediate feedback.
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The full unit contains
10 printable
vocabulary practice pages.
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10 printable
comprehension quizzes
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14 printable
constructive response questions
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Enjoy the samples provided
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Vocabulary Word for Chapters 1 - 2 of
The Giver - aptitude
( ap-t - t(y)üd )
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His father smiled his gentle smile. "Well, it was clear to me ---- and my parents later confessed that it
had been obvious to them, too ---- what my aptitude was. I had always loved the newchildren more
than anything. When my friends in my age group were holding bicycle races, or building toy vehicles or
bridges with their construction sets, or ----"
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Write a short definition for the word aptitude.
aptitude _________________________________________________________________________
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Circle the 6 words that mean the same as aptitude.
ability
adored
fabric
suitability
transportation
proficiency
talent
kind-hearted
gift
anxious
qualification
overpass
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Write a sentence with the word aptitude.
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True or False
______________ Aptitude means having a natural ability or talent.
______________ You must practice and practice to have an aptitude for playing the piano.
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The Giver Chapters 1 - 2 Pages 1 - 19
1. What had frightened Jonas about a year before the first scene in the book?
a) a thunderstorm
b) a lion
c) a jet
d) a policeman
2. The effect of committing a wrongdoing in Jonas's community is -----.
a) death
b) community service
c) jail
d) release from the community
3. After the evening meal Jonas's family -----.
a) talked about their feelings
b) watched television
c) read a book together
d) helped clean up
4. Lily told about -------- during her sharing time with her family.
a) wanting to go on a vacation
b) a boy who cut in line
c) how her math class was too hard
d) falling and cutting her knee
5. What concern did Father have?
a) He had to wait in line to buy gasoline.
b) One of the newborns wasn't growing fast enough.
c) He wanted a new job working with the elderly.
d) He wanted a raise in his salary.
6. What is a family in Jonas's community?
a) two children - one male and one female
b) Parents could have as many children as they wished as long as they had enough funds for their
care.
c) The number of children in a family depended on the jobs the parents had.
7. What was unusual about the number of children of any one age in Jonas's community?
a) The number of children varied from year to year.
b) There were always more girls than boys.
c) There were always 50 children of each age.
d) There were always more boys than girls.
8. What rule had Father broken?
a) He walked to work instead of riding his bicycle.
b) He didn't go to the December ceremony.
c) He asked for three children.
d) He looked up Gabe's name.
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9. The Receiver was -----.
a) the most important Elder
b) the person getting a child
10. How were people in Jonas's community assigned jobs?
a) Everyone registered for the jobs they wanted at the court house.
b) The elders assigned the jobs.
c) You took a test in school to determine which job best suited you.
d) You drew a job place out of a hat.
11. At what age did everyone stop celebrating birthdays?
a) 50
b) 18
c) 12
d) 21
12. Comfort objects were ----.
a) "imaginary" animals such as bears and elephants
b) blankets
c) heating pads
d) pajamas
13. From which point of view is The Giver written?
a) first
b) second
c) third-person limited
d) third-person omniscient
14. The main problem Jonas is facing in Chapters 1-2 is -------.
a) his father breaking the rules to learn the name of the weak infant at the nursery
b) the nightly ritual called “the telling of feelings"
c) the punishment of the pilot of the unidentified aircraft that flew over his community
d) apprehension over the upcoming Ceremony of Twelve
15. Read this passage from The Giver.
Frightened was the way he had felt a year ago when an unidentified aircraft had overflown the
community twice.
Which literacy device is being used?
a) flashback
b) chronological order
c) foreshadowing
d) logical order
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Constructive Response – Setting
The setting often helps create the mood in a novel. The mood is the feelings the reader gets from
a passage. Even as early in The Giver as Chapters 1-2 the reader gets a feeling that Jonas’s
community is very different from the average American community of today. Fill in the chart
below to help you organize your feelings about Jonas’s community.
Jonas lives in a community that
Positive Things about Jonas's Community
________________________________
________________________________
________________________________
________________________________
________________________________
________________________________
________________________________
________________________________
Setting
Upsetting Disquieting Things about Jonas's
Community
________________________________
________________________________
________________________________
Mood the Reader Feels about Jonas's
Community
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________________________________
________________________________
________________________________
Write a paragraph describing Jonas’s community. Be sure to include the mood the novel portrays.
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.3 Describe how a particular story’s or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the
characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.3 Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters
or plot).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.3 Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal
aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.
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Constructive Response – Setting
The setting often helps create the mood in a novel. The mood is the feelings the reader gets
from a passage. Even as early in The Giver as Chapters 1-2 the reader gets a feeling that Jonas’s
community is very different from the average American community of today. Fill in the chart
below to help you organize your feelings about Jonas’s community.
Positive Things about Jonas's
Community
Everything is orderly.
Jonas lives in a community that
People feel safe.
is different
rights of citizens do not exist
the government has total authority
Jobs are suited to everyone’s strengths and
abilities.
Citizens share feelings with their families
each evening.
Parents teach children to respect others.
clear communication
Setting
Upsetting Disquieting Things about
Jonas's Community
Punishment for breaking rules seems too
harsh.
Jobs, spouse, and children are all assigned
by the government.
loudspeakers transmitting orders
little competition
Mood the Reader Feels about Jonas's
Community
The pilot that made a mistake is released
from the community. This seems like a harsh
punishment. Right away the reader feels on
edge or unsettled that the government would
treat its citizens in such a harsh way.
Write a paragraph describing Jonas’s community. Be sure to include the mood the novel portrays.
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.3
Describe how a particular story’s or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the
characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.3 Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters
or plot).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.3 Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal
aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.
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Skill lessons present rules with graphic organizers.
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Sample Skill Lesson
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Using Context Clues
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You will find the PowerPower to go with this lesson here
http://bookunitsteacher.com/reading_giver/giver.htm Using the PowerPoint
will make presenting the information on pages 67-68 much easier.
Hook
Run off page 65 – one for each two students.
Instructions: Leave the page I am passing out upside down until I give the signal. When the signal
is given, you and your partner will fill in the missing blanks on the page. You will have only one
[two –Depending on your students decide if one or two minutes would be needed for students to
complete most of the page but not all] minute to complete as many blanks as possible. The group
with the most correctly filled in blanks will be the class champions.
Discussion
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How did you know which words should go in the missing blanks?
What clues did you use to help determine which words belonged in the blank spaces? (NOTE: The
answers are provided on the page 66.)
Were all the clue words the same type of clue? For example, in some sentences a definition was
stated in the sentence. Was this true for all sentences?
The process you just went through to determine the missing words is the same as when you come
to a word that you do not know while reading. You must use context clues in the sentence to
determine the meaning of the word. We will study this process in more detail in today’s lesson.
Essential Question - How can I use context clues to understand unknown words?
Activity 1 – Graphic Organizer
Provide each student with the graphic organizer. You will discuss each of the eight types of context clues
listed in this lesson. After going over a type of context clue ask the students to find three sentences from
the Hook activity that follow this type of context clue.
After discussing each type of context clue, have students create a sentence of their own following the
pattern. This sentence should be written in the place provided on the organizer.
Activity 2 – Practice Handout
Sentences from chapters 1-2 of The Giver are listed. Students are to determine the meanings of the
bolded words by using context clues. Students should underline clue words. If devices, for example - such
as or however pointing to an example context clue, are in the sentences have students circle these
devices.
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1. _____________, the war between the Northern States and the Southern States, lasted for four years.
2. _____________ materials such as pesticides, plastics, detergents, oil, and gasoline pollute the
Mississippi River.
3. The twins were as different as night and day. One was outgoing and talkative; the other was
____________ and a loner.
4. Logan threw the ______________ through the net to score a three pointer.
5. Meg wanted to impress everyone with the southern dish of shrimp and grits that she had learned
how to prepare when she went to ________________ school in Charleston, South Carolina.
6. Joe picked up the steaming slice of pizza and yowled as he ___________ roof of his mouth.
7. Relocating information from the ____________, or ball-shaped, surface of Earth onto a flat
piece of paper is called projection.
8. The longest line of latitude circling the earth, called the ____________, is also the warmest
location on the earth.
9. Words that are mirror images of each other such as ANNA, OTTO, MADAM, NOON and MOM are
called ____________________.
10. When a person enters a brightly lit room the pupils of the eyes contract; however when they
enter a dark room the pupils __________.
11. At the birthday party, Stephanie served nuts, candy, ice cream, and ____________.
12. During the circus the young girl chuckled when she saw the dog act, yet when the clowns came
into the ring she let out a large ________________.
13. The humpback whale squirted water from its ________________ located on the top of its head
before taking a deep breath and submerging back into the ocean.
14. __________________ bodies including the sun, moon, and the stars are fascinating to study.
15. While on a strict diet the man said he couldn’t eat deep-______ chicken; it must be baked.
16. _______________________ lines means that the two lines lie in the same plane and are the
same distance apart over their entire length so that they never intersect.
17. Tiffany wanted her frankfurter with chili and mustard, but Dalton said he liked his
_____________ with just ketchup.
18. The dog gave a startled _________________ when he saw himself in the mirror for the first
time.
19. African’s top five big game animals include the rhino, leopard, lion, buffalo, and of course the
________________________.
20. During her grandmother’s funeral the girl’s shoulders shook, tears flowed down her cheeks, and
her legs ______________.
21. The mother tenderly __________________her newborn child on his forehead.
22. __________________ creatures, such as unicorns, mermaids, and dragons, are in fantasy stories.
23. Winning members of the Super Bowl received a cash bonus of $88,000 and a
________________.
24. The mountainous road between Mountain City and Abingdon was so full of twists and turns than
many students became _______________ on the field trip to Barter Theatre.
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Answers to Page 65
1. The American Civil War, the war between the Northern States and the Southern States, lasted for
four years.
2. Toxic (Deadly, Lethal, Noxious, Contaminated) materials such as pesticides, plastics,
detergents, oil, and gasoline pollute the Mississippi River.
3. The twins were as different as night and day. One was outgoing and talkative; the other was shy
and a loner.
4. Logan threw the basketball through the net to score a three pointer.
5. Meg wanted to impress everyone with the southern dish of shrimp and grits that she had learned
how to prepare when she went to culinary school in Charleston, South Carolina.
6. Joe picked up the steaming slice of pizza and yowled as he burned roof of his mouth.
7. Relocating information from the spherical, or ball-shaped, surface of Earth onto a flat piece of
paper is called projection.
8. The longest line of latitude circling the earth, called the equator, is also the warmest location on
the earth.
9. Words that are mirror images of each other such as ANNA, OTTO, MADAM, NOON and MOM are
called palindromes.
10. When a person enters a brightly lit room the pupils of the eyes contract; however when they enter a
dark room the pupils dilated.
11. At the birthday party, Stephanie served nuts, candy, ice cream, and cake.
12. During the circus the young girl chuckled when she saw the dog act, yet when the clowns came into
the ring she let out a large laugh (giggle chortle snicker hoot).
13. The humpback whale squirted water from its blowhole located on the top of its head before taking
a deep breath and submerging back into the ocean.
14. Heavenly (Celestial) bodies including the sun, moon, and the stars are fascinating to study.
15. While on a strict diet the man said he couldn’t eat deep-fried chicken; it must be baked.
16. Parallel lines means that the two lines lie in the same plane and are the same distance apart over
their entire length so that they never intersect.
17. Tiffany wanted her frankfurter with chili and mustard, but Dalton said he liked his hotdog with just
ketchup.
18. The dog gave a startled bark when he saw himself in the mirror for the first time.
19. African’s top five big game animals include the rhino, leopard, lion, buffalo, and of course the
elephant.
20. During her grandmother’s funeral the girl’s shoulders shook, tears flowed down her cheeks, and her
legs trembled.
21. The mother tenderly kissed her newborn child on his forehead.
22. Imaginary (Made-up, Make-believe, Fictional) creatures, such as unicorns, mermaids, and
dragons, are in fantasy stories.
23. Winning members of the Super Bowl received a cash bonus of $88,000 and a ring.
24. The mountainous road between Mountain City and Abingdon was so full of twists and turns than
many students became car sick (queasy, troubled with motion sickness) on the field trip to
Barter Theatre.
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Eight Specific Types of Context Clues
Examples from Hook Activity
Definition Context Clue
The longest line of latitude circling the earth, called
the equator, is also the warmest location on the
earth.
An explanation of a word is given in the text.
This is often in an appositive. That is is a signal
to the reader that a definition is coming.
The American Civil War, the war between the
Northern States and the Southern States, lasted for
four years.
Parallel lines means that the two lines lie in the
same plane and are the same distance apart over
their entire length so that they never intersect.
Repeated or Synonym Context Clue
A synonym for the word is given in the text.
Relocating information from the spherical, or ballshaped, surface of Earth onto a flat piece of paper is
called projection.
(Note: The synonym and definition examples in this
practice are very similar. Students may wish to
place the palindromes sentence under definition.
This is fine.)
Tiffany wanted her frankfurter with chili and
mustard, but Dalton said he liked his hotdog with
just ketchup.
Contrast or Antonym Context Clue
When a person enters a brightly lit room the pupils of
the eyes contract; however when they enter a dark
room the pupils dilated.
An antonym for the word is given in the text.
Words like although, however, and not ____ but
may signal contrast clues.
Words that are mirror images of each other such as
ANNA, OTTO, MADAM, NOON and MOM are called
palindromes.
The twins were as different as night and day. One
was outgoing and talkative; the other was shy and a
loner.
While on a strict diet the man said he couldn’t eat
deep-fried chicken; it must be baked.
Association Context Clue
The dog gave a startled bark when he saw himself in
the mirror for the first time.
Information is given to help figure out the
meaning to the word.
Logan threw the basketball through the net to score
a three pointer.
The humpback whale squirted water from its blow
hole located on the top of its head before taking a
deep breath and submerging back into the ocean.
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Example Context Clue
Heavenly (Celestial) bodies including the sun,
moon, and the stars are fascinating to study.
Example context clues often use words like
including, such as, and for example to point out
an example.
Imaginary (Made-up, Make-believe, Fictional)
creatures, such as unicorns, mermaids, and
dragons, are in fantasy stories.
Toxic (Deadly, Lethal, Noxious, Contaminated)
materials such as pesticides, plastics, detergents,
oil, and gasoline pollute the Mississippi River.
Series Context Clue
Winning members of the Super Bowl received a cash
bonus of $88,000 and a ring.
The unknown word appears in a series or list of
words.
African’s top five big game animals include the
rhino, leopard, lion, buffalo, and of course the
elephants.
At the birthday party, Stephanie served nuts, candy,
ice cream, and cake.
Tone and Setting Context Clue
The reader finds a clue based on the general
mood or tone of the passage.
During the circus the young girl chuckled when she
saw the dog act, yet when the clowns came into the
ring she let out a large laugh (giggle chortle
snicker hoot).
During her grandmother’s funeral the girl’s
shoulders shook, tears flowed down her cheeks, and
her legs trembled.
The mother tenderly kissed her newborn child on
his forehead.
Cause and Effect Context Clue
A cause and effect situation is what happened
and why or the result.
The mountainous road between Mountain City and
Abingdon was so full of twists and turns than many
students became car sick (queasy, troubled with
motion sickness) on the field trip to Barter
Theatre.
Meg wanted to impress everyone with the southern
dish of shrimp and grits that she had learned how to
prepare when she went to culinary (cooking)
school in Charleston, South Carolina.
Joe picked up the steaming slice of pizza and yowled
as he burned the roof of his mouth.
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Instructions
For each boldfaced word, underline the clue words and circle any signal words or punctuation
marks that you find. Then write a definition of the word.
1. Page 1 - Occasionally, when supplies were delivered by cargo planes to the landing field across
the river, the children rode their bicycles to the riverbank and watched, intrigued, the
unloading and then the takeoff directed to the west, always away from the community.
Intrigued means ____________________________________________________________
2. Page 1 - It was not a squat, fat-bellied cargo plane but a needle-nosed single-pilot jet.
Squat means _______________________________________________________
3. Page 2 - NEEDLESS TO SAY, HE WILL BE RELEASED, the voice had said, followed by silence.
There was an ironic tone to that final message, as if the Speaker found it amusing; and Jonas
had smiled a little, though he knew what a grim statement it had been.
Ironic means ______________________________________________________________
4. Page 2 - Within minutes the speakers had crackled again, and the voice, reassuring now and
less urgent, had explained that a Pilot-in-Training had misread his navigational instructions
and made a wrong turn.
Reassuring means __________________________________________________________
5. Page 3 - Now, thinking about the feeling of fear as he pedaled home along the river path, he
remembered that moment of palpable, stomach-sinking terror when the aircraft had streaked
above.
Palpable means _______________________________________________________
6. Page 4 - But there was a little shudder of nervousness when he thought about it, about what
might happen. Apprehensive, Jonas decided. That's what I am.
Apprehensive means ______________________________________________________
7. Page 4 - Their parents, of course, were part of the ritual; they, too, told their feelings each
evening.
Ritual means ______________________________________________________________
8. Page 5 - She held up a clenched fist and the rest of the family smiled at her small defiant
gesture.
Defiant means _____________________________________________________________
9. Page 5 - But like all parents all adults they didn't fight and wheedle for their turn.
Wheedle means _____________________________________________________________
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10. Page 7 -He and the other Nurturers were responsible for all the physical and emotional needs
of every new-child during its earliest life.
Nurturers means _______________________________________________________
11. Page 7 - He's a sweet little male with a lovely disposition.
Disposition means _______________________________________________________
12. Page 7 – We have him in the extra care section for supplementary nurturing.
Supplementary means _______________________________________________________
13. Page 8 - Most of the people on the night crew had not even been given spouses because they
lacked, somehow, the essential capacity to connect to others, which was required for the
creation of a family unit.
Essential capacity means _____________________________________________________
14. Page 9 - Today a repeat offender had been brought before her, someone who had broken the
rules before. . . . .You know that there's no third chance. The rules say that if there's a third
transgression, he simply has to be released. "
Transgression means _______________________________________________________
15. Page 9 -No one ever mentioned it; the disgrace was unspeakable.
Disgrace means _______________________________________________________
16. Page 12 - It was right there in the office, and I looked up number Thirty-six that's the little guy
I've been concerned about because it occurred to me that it might enhance his nurturing if I
could call him by a name.
Enhance means _______________________________________________________
17. Page 12 - It didn't seem a terribly important rule, but the fact that his father had broken a rule
at all awed him. He glanced at his mother, the one responsible for adherence to the rules, and
was relieved that she was smiling.
Adherence means _______________________________________________________
18. Page 13 - She became a Nine that year, and got her bicycle. I'd been teaching her to ride mine,
even though technically I wasn't supposed to.
Technically means _______________________________________________________
19. Page 17 - "There are very rarely disappointments, Jonas. I don't think you need to worry about
that, "his father reassured him. "And if there are, you know there's an appeal process.
Appeal means _______________________________________________________
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Definition Context Clue
Repeated Context Clue
Contrast Context Clue
Association Context Clue
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Example Context Clue
Series Context Clue
Tone and Setting Context
Clue
Cause and Effect Context
Clue
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Definition Context Clue
Repeated Context Clue
Contrast Context Clue
Association Context Clue
An explanation of a word is given
in the text. This is often in an
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___ is a signal to the reader that a
definition is coming.
A ________________ for the
word is given in the text.
An ________________ for the
word is given in the text. Words
like ____________,
_________________, and not
____ but may signal contrast
clues.
__________________ is given to
help figure out the meaning to the
word.
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Context Clues
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Example Context Clue
Series Context Clue
Tone and Setting Context
Clue
Cause and Effect Context
Clue
Example context clues often use
words like __________________,
______________ _____, and
___ ___ _________________ to
point out an example.
The unknown word appears in a
_________________ or
__________ of words.
The reader finds a clue based on
the general ______________ or
_____________ of the passage.
A cause and effect situation is
_________________ happened
and ______________ or the
_______________.
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Definition Context Clue
Repeated Context Clue
Contrast Context Clue
Association Context Clue
An explanation of a word is given
in the text. This is often in an
appositive. That is is a signal to
the reader that a definition is
coming.
A synonym for the word is given
in the text.
An antonym for the word is given
in the text. Words like although,
however, and not ____ but may
signal contrast clues.
Information is given to help figure
out the meaning to the word.
When a person enters a
brightly lit room the pupils of
the eyes contract; however
when they enter a dark room
the pupils %$#@*&^.
The dog gave a startled
%$#@*&^ when he saw
himself in the mirror for the
first time.
The %$#@*&^ tornado, that
is the most destructive type,
was so violent that frame
houses were leveled off their
foundations and swept away.
This morning's rainstorm
%$#@*&^ when the clouds
separated and disappeared.
Context Clues
%$#@*&^, such as frogs,
toads and salamanders, live
close to water.
Cake, candles, %$#@*&^,
balloons, and ice cream are all
necessary items for a
successful birthday party.
Example Context Clue
Series Context Clue
Example context clues often use
words like including, such as, and
for example to point out an
example.
The unknown word appears in a
series or list of words.
During the circus the young girl
chuckled when she saw the
dog act, yet when the clowns
came into the ring she let out a
large %$#@*&^.
Because of the %$#@*&^
storm, schools were closed for
a week until the snow could be
removed.
Tone and Setting Context
Clue
Cause and Effect Context
Clue
The reader finds a clue based on
the general mood or tone of the
passage.
A cause and effect situation is
what happened and why or the
result.
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Answer Key
Lesson 1 – Context Clues
1. Intrigued: fascinated, interested, captivated, attracted to
2. Squat: short and thick, low to the ground
3. Ironic: sarcastic, mocking
4. Reassuring: comforting, calming
5. Palpable: tangible, capable of being touched or felt
6. Apprehensive: anxious, uneasy, worried, nervous, fearful
7. Ritual: customary, usual, normal, expected
8. Defiant: disobedient, rebellious
9. Wheedle: coax, persuade
10. Nurturers: someone who trains and brings up a child
11. Disposition: temperament, outlook, mood
12. Supplementary: extra, additional
13. Essential capacity: vital, needed, or necessary ability
14. Transgression: wrongdoing, misbehavior, offense
15. Disgrace: shame, dishonor, humiliation
16. Enhance: improve, boost, enrich
17. Adherence: obedience, loyalty
18. Technically: strictly, precisely
19. Appeal: petition, application, request
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The full resource contains 37 pages of
classroom display including word wall,
Common Core Standards, lesson goals,
and essential questions.
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.6.4a
Use context (e.g., the overall
meaning of a sentence or
paragraph; a word’s
position or function in a
sentence) as a clue to the
meaning of a word or
phrase.
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.8.4a
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.7.4a
Use context (e.g., the overall
meaning of a sentence or
paragraph; a word’s
position or function in a
sentence) as a clue to the
meaning of a word or
phrase.
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This is a preview for The Giver Book Unit which may be purchased at
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Now correlated with the Common Core Standards The Giver unit contains vocabulary practice and test,
comprehension questions, skill practice, and activity suggestions to make teaching The Giver a successful
unit. You’ll find the following when you purchase the complete unit:
Vocabulary
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10 Vocabulary Pages which include definitions and sample sentences from the text as well as
practice with the word of the day
Vocabulary Test
Comprehension – Ten comprehension quizzes are included containing:
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multiple choice questions which require students to recall details from the chapters
multiple choice higher level thinking questions such as sequencing, main idea, plot
development, summary, drawing conclusions, inference, predicting, theme, understanding
vocabulary, interpreting literary devices, etc.
Fourteen constructive response questions are included. Most of these contain a graphic
organizer to help students organize and plan a response.
A Story Elements Organizer
Skill Practice
Skill Practice aligned to the Common Core Standards – This practice includes graphic organizers,
activities, printable worksheets, and card activities.
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Context Clues
Reference Sources
Prefixes
Suffixes
Root Words
Analogies
Connotation
Classroom Display Materials
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Common Core Standards Covered in Skill Lessons
Essential Questions
Lesson Goals
Vocabulary Word Wall
Answer Keys
Password Information for Interactive Quizzes
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