Plot Types
What is a linear plot?
A story told in chronological order from beginning to end.
What does it mean to make a personal connection to a text? Give one short example using a school experience.
Making a personal connection means relating events or feelings in a text to your own experiences.
Example: "I connected to Jonas who was nervous about The Ceremony of Twelve because I felt the same way before my award ceremony."
Define "Inference" in one sentence.
A reasonable conclusion a reader comes to by combining text evidence with prior knowledge.
Who is the narrator of The Giver and what tone is set in Chapter 1?
The narrator is Jonas and the tone is controlled and highlights the community's strict routines.
The term used in early chapters to describe a young person learning a particular job from a skilled worker, often through hands on training before receiving an official Assignment.
Apprentice
A scene that interrupts the present action to show events that happened in the past, and changes the timeline by adding past information that explains a character's motives or background?
Flashback
Name and briefly describe two types of text-to____ connections readers make while reading.
Text-to-self: connecting the story to your own life or feelings
Text-to-world: relating themes or events to real-world issues or history
Text-to-text: relating one text to another
What two things do readers combine to make an inference?
Text evidence and background or prior knowledge
In Chapter 2, why is Jonas nervous about the upcoming ceremony?
Jonas is nervous because the ceremony will assign his future role in the community.
A community worker assigned to newchildren, feeding and tending to infants until they are assigned a family unit.
Nurturer
Describe foreshadowing and give one example about how an author might show it.
Foreshadowing gives hints or clues about future events.
Example: The dark storm clouds gathering in chapter one serve as foreshadowing for the tragedy that would soon strike the town.
"How could the rules in a dystopian society from a book mirror real-world rule or law?
Example answer: Connection to real-world debates about strict surveillance policies
"The character slammed the door and walked away without answering." What is one reasonable inference about the character's feelings and what evidence supports it?
Inference: The character is angry or upset
Evidence: the slammed door (forceful action) and leaving without speaking indicates strong emotion and desire to avoid confrontation.
What rules or societal details introduced in Chapters 1-5 show the community's strict control? List two specific examples mentioned in those chapters.
Examples include:
(1) the scheduling of daily routines
(2) precision of language
(3) Community's system of the family unit with assigned parents and limiting the number of children
(4) Ceremonies regulating life stages
An act that breaks a rule or law; for example speaking loudly about your personal sadness.
Transgression
A secondary storyline that runs alongside the main plot; it can develop characters, reinforce themes, or create contrasts that can deepen understanding of the main plot.
Subplot
Explain how making connections to other texts can deepen the understanding of themes.
Comparing texts helps helps reveal different perspectives of the same theme.
Create a two-part question:
A: Make an inference about why a character would hide an object.
B: List two pieces of evidence you would look for to support that inference.
Example Response:
(A) Inference: The character hides the object because they fear someone will take it or because the object reveals a secret identity.
(B) Evidence: Lines describing the character's anxiety when other's approach the item; descriptions of secrecy surrounding the object
Describe the relationship between Jonas and his family unit and explain how it reflects the community's values.
Jonas' family unit is polite and affectionate in a way that shows they are controlled. They follow the formal rules for conversation and behavior. This reflects the community's rules of order and emotional regulation.
To criticize or punish someone severely
Chastise
Name the two plot types that are being contrasted.
Plot 1: Plot that presents two or more storylines occurring roughly at the same time that may intersect.
Plot 2: Plot that rearranges the timeline of a single storyline (flashbacks) so events are out of chronological order.
Parallel Plot and Non-linear Plot
Name one specific community decision in The Giver that connects to Jonas' worry about The Ceremony of Twelve.
Role Assignment
Describe how foreshadowing can be used as evidence when making an inference about an upcoming plot event.
Foreshadowing provides intentional clues that a reader can use to infer future events; for example, if the narrator repeatedly mentions a broken bridge early on, readers can that a crossing or collapse will be important later.
Identify one example of a ritual or ceremony and explain it's significance to the community's structure and Jonas' feelings?
Example Response:
The Ceremony of Twelve is introduced as the ritual that assigns each child their life role in the Community. This causes Jonas to feel anxious because the ceremony will define his future.
Teacher will select one of the following vocabulary words from Chapters 1-5 and you must define that word based on how it is used in the novel.
release, ceremony, precision of language, appliance
In The Giver, "release" means removal from the community--sometimes death--used to control population or behavior.