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STARTERS


Chapters 1 - 5   
                             
1. In the opening chapter Jonas uses several words to describe his feeling about the                                                                  Ceremony of Twelve. Which does he use first?
                                2. What is the word he finally settles on, and why?
                                3. What does it tell us about the community that Lily is described as “a Seven”?
                                4. What clues are there in the text that the community the story is set in is unlike                                                                      our own?
                                5. How are birthdays celebrated in the community?
                                6. What is a “newchild”?
                                7. How are families created in the community?
                                8. Why do the family laugh at the idea of the appeals process?
                                9. What advice does Jonas’s mother give him that might not seem out of place to a                                                                    twelve-year-old in our own community?
                              10. What is a comfort object?
                              11. Why might the role of “birthmother” be so lacking in honour? How does this                                                                             compare to our own society?
                              12. Why would bragging be against the rules? What restrictions does that also place                                                                    on conversation?
                              13. Why does Jonas consider the nakedness of old people to make them “free”? What                                                                 are they free from?


Please note we limit the knowledge questions to the opening chapters to avoid spoiling the story for the students.

​MAIN COURSE - 


Are you familiar with any other context of a name “Not-to-be-Spoken”? Are the reasons for this the same? Explain your thoughts on why anyone in this community would become 'unspoken.'

Follow the technique used in the description of snow to create a short paragraph to describe a sensation or experience without revealing the name of it until the end.

How does Lowry maintain some suspense throughout the book about the concept of “seeing beyond”? (Remember to find examples in the text)

What is the Giver’s opinion of the change to ‘Sameness’?
 Explain using evidence from the text.

DESSERT


IF            you could rid the world of pain, would you choose to do so?
IF            you were able to choose your own assignment as in Jonas' community, what would it be?

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