Chapter 3, p. 20-26
Plot Events:
The newchild’s eyes:
Birthmother:
Mirrors:
Playing catch
Vocabulary: Sentence/Definition/Context
chastisement, page 20.
hoarded, page 23.
tunic, page 24.
Making Inferences:
“Three years…Three births, and that’s all. After that they are Laborers for the rest of their adult
lives, until the day they enter the House of the Old,” (page 22).
Explain what is revealed about the Community from this quotation. What inferences can you make from it? FOUR
sentences minimum. One of the sentences must be a compound sentence that uses a semicolon. Highlight it.
Literary technique: Flashback.
Definition: when the setting “flashes back” to the past, to reveal something important that will connect to the
present. On page 23-24, the author flashes back to the previous month when Jonas experiences something
strange.
1. Explain the strange event in the flashback.
2. Explain why you think the event in this flashback is or will be important in the story.
Based on this chapter, questions, ideas, connections I have so far about this story are:
Chapter 4, p. 26-33
Plot Events:
1. Freedom to choose
2. Bragging and rudeness:
3. Larissa:
4. Release of Roberto
Vocabulary: Sentence/Definition/Context
regulated, page 26.
anthem, page 32.
Based on this chapter, questions, ideas, connections I have so far about this story are:
Chapter 5, p. 34-39
1. Plot Events
1. Jonas’s dream:
2. Treatment:
2. Vocabulary: Sentence/Definition/Context
disquieting, page 34.
reluctantly, page 34.
Literary technique: Euphemism. Definition: A euphemism is a word that covers up the real meaning. A
euphemism is a politically correct term used to make something seem less harsh or less embarrassing.
On page 37, Jonas’s mother talks about his first ‘Stirrings’.
1. Explain what ‘stirrings’ is a euphemism for.
2. What do you think this euphemism reveals about Jonas’s community?
Evaluate: Because of the “stirrings” scene, The Giver has been banned (censured) in many public schools in
America. Why do you think so many communities do not want their children reading this scene?
Based on this chapter, questions, ideas, connections I have so far about this story are:
Chapter 6, p. 40-49
Plot Events
1. Gabe labeled Uncertain:
2. First Caleb and replacement Caleb
3. Ceremony of Loss and Murmur-of-Replacement Ceremony:
4. Ceremony of Nine:
5. Ceremony of Ten
6. Matching of Spouses
Vocabulary Words: Sentence/Definition/Context
emblem, page 41.
reprieve, page 42.
relinquish, p. 42.
scrupulously, p. 49.
Literary technique: Euphemism.
On page 43, and later on page 48, the author uses the term ‘Elsewhere’. Explain why you think the Community
uses this euphemism.
Based on this chapter, questions, ideas, connections I have so far about this story are:
Chapter 7, p. 50-58
Plot Events
1. Eleven-Nineteen:
2. “Today we honor your differences”:
3. Madeline’s assignment; Inger’s assignment; Asher’s assignment’ Fiona’s assignment
4. “She skipped me
Vocabulary: Sentence/Definition/Context
tribute, page 52.
meticulously, page 34
prestige, page 53.
avert, p. 57.
Literary technique: Flashback. On page 55, the author flashes back to a setting years before when Asher was
a Three. What new information do we learn about the Community’s values through this flashback? (Your values are
what you view as important in life)
Based on this chapter, questions, ideas, connections I have so far about this story are:
Chapter 8, p. 59-64
Plot Events
1. “I accept your apology.”
2. “Jonas has not been assigned.”
3. “He is to be alone, apart…”
4. “Courage.”
5. “The Capacity to see Beyond”
6. “They changed.”
Vocabulary: Sentence/Definition/Context
crescendo, page 59.
benign, page 59.
indolence, p. 61.
Based on this chapter, questions, ideas, connections I have so far about this story are:
Chapter 9, p. 65-71
Plot Events
1. “It’s not a job, really. I never thought, never expected…”
2. “We never saw her again.”
3. “You may ask question of any citizen and you will receive answers
4. “Do not discuss your training…”
5. “From this moment you are prohibited from dream-telling.”
6. “…do not apply for any medication.”
7. “You may lie.”
8. “Unless…”
Vocabulary: Sentence/Definition/Context
solemnly, page 66.
relish, page 68.
annex, p. 68.
requisitioned, p. 69.
Integral, p. 70.
Based on this chapter, questions, ideas, connections I have so far about this story are:
Chapter 10, p. 72-79
Plot Events
1. “He had never known that other books existed.”
2. “This job has aged me.”
3. “There is all that goes beyond—all that is Elsewhere—and all that goes back, and back, and back.”
4. “I am going to transmit the memory of snow.”
Vocabulary: Sentence/Definition/Context
conspicuous, page 74.
exhilarating, page 78.
apprehensively, page 79.
Based on this chapter, questions, ideas, connections I have so far about this story are: