THE GIVER BY LOIS

LOWRY
LESSON 2
CHAPTERS 2-4
 CHAPTER 2

¡ Important Events
 ‘’The Ceremony’’
 ‘’The Naming”

¡ ‘’[Jonas] remembered when his family received Lily, the day

she was named, the day that she had become a One.’’

¡ Discussion Questions
 Do mothers birth their own children?
 What evidence from the text supports
your answer?
 WEB

Rules
Release and
Rituals
What else do you
learn about
Jonas’s Jonas’s
Community
community in
Chapter 2 that
you can add to
your web?
 RULES AND ASSIGNMENTS

¡Discussion Questions:
 What rules does Jonas’s father disobey?
 How do people receive their Assignments?
 What other rules did you learn about in this
chapter?
 Do you feel these rules are fair? What
evidence from the text supports your opinion?
 Discussion Questions:
 What happens to Elevens after they receive their
assignments?
 Hint: Jonas’s mom says, ‘’After the Ceremony of
Twelve, you’ll be with your Assignment group, with
those in training. No more volunteer hours. So
your friends will no longer be as close.’’
 How will Jonas’s life change after the ceremony? Do
you feel this is fair? Why or why not?
 JONAS

Based on this quotation, describe how

Jonas is feeling at the end of Chapter 2.

‘’Jonas went to his own desk and began

to sort through his school papers for the
evening’s assignment. But his mind was
still on December and the coming
Ceremony…he hadn’t the slightest idea
what Assignment the Elders would be
selecting for his future, or how he might
feel about it when the day came.’’
 MOOD

¡ Remember mood is the feeling you get from reading

a piece of writing. Another way to describe mood is
atmosphere.
¡ Discussion Question:
 Which of the following mood words do you think best
relates to Chapter 2? Explain why.
 Calmness, eagerness, frustration, surprise, concern,
apprehension, fear, and/or impatience
AUTHOR’S PURPOSE
 WHAT’S THE AUTHOR’S PURPOSE FOR
WRITING CHAPTERS 1 AND 2?
¡ Think like a writer…
¡ Remember our plot diagram!
Climax
-Turning Point for Main Character
-Learn outcome of main conflict
(problem)

Rising Action Falling Action

-Main character -Events leading to the
faces a series of end of the story
problems

Exposition
-Introduced to the setting Resolution
(time/place), and -Ending of story
characters
 CHAPTER 3

¡ Gabriel
¡ ‘’Almost every citizen in the community had dark eyes…But
there were a few exceptions: Jonas himself, and a female Five
who he had noticed had different, lighter eyes.”
¡ Lily says to Jonas, ‘’And he has funny eyes like yours!’’
¡ Lily teased, ‘’Maybe he had the same birthmother as you.’’
 DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

¡ How does Jonas respond to Gabriel’s eyes? Why do you think

he responds this way?
¡ Why do you think mirrors are rare in the community? Why is
there ‘’no real need for them’’?
¡ What is a ‘’Birthmother’’? What does Lily say she heard about
birthmothers from her friend? How is a birthmother different
than one’s mother?
¡ What is a comfort object?
WHERE ARE WE ON THE PLOT DIAGRAM?

Discussion Questions:
• Summarize what we
have learned about
Jonas’s society in one
sentence. Climax
• Describe Jonas in one -Turning Point for Main Character
-Learn outcome of main conflict
sentence. (problem)

Rising Action Falling Action

-Main character -Events leading to the
faces a series of end of the story
problems

Exposition
-Introduced to the setting Resolution
(time/place), and -Ending of story
characters
 ‘’ATTENTION, THIS IS A REMINDER TO..’’

¡ Flashback to when Jonas took an apple from the Recreation

Area.
¡ A Flashback is when the writer stops the story to go back to
an earlier moment. This is like a MEMORY.
¡ Read like a writer…Why does the author include this flashback
of Jonas taking the apple?
¡ Flashback to when Jonas took an apple from the Recreation
Area.
¡ ‘’Jonas thought again about that incident...He was still
bewildered by it. Not by the announcement or the necessary
apology, but by the incident itself.’’

¡ As readers, we don’t really know why...

But we will find out soon enough!
 THE APPLE

Discussion Question: What do you

think Jonas means when he says
the apple had ‘’changed’’?
 CHARACTER LIST

¡Add descriptions for these characters. Think

personality traits!
¡Asher
¡Father-caring
¡Mother
¡Lily-talkative
¡Committee of Elders
¡Gabriel
 MOOD AT END OF CHAPTER

¡ ‘’The evening proceeded as all evenings did in the family

unit…quiet, reflective, a time for renewal and preparation for
the day to come. It was different only in the addition to it of
the new child with his pale, solemn, knowing eyes.’’

¡ Discussion Question: Which mood words does the quotation

convey? Explain why.
 Calmness, apprehension, or delight?

¡ Challenge Time! Did you notice how Gabriel is described as

‘’knowing’’? What does he ‘’know’’?
 CHAPTER 4

¡ Volunteer Hours
 Discussion Question: What is the purpose of these
volunteer hours?

¡ ‘’Freedom of Choice’’—when you become an Eight

 ‘’The freedom to choose where to spend those hours
had always seemed a wonderful luxury to Jonas;
other hours of the day were so carefully regulated.’’
 HOUSE OF THE OLD

¡ The attendant says, ‘’We celebrated a release this

morning and that always throws the schedule off a
little..’’
¡ Make a inference (read ‘’between the lines’’ of a the
text):
 What does the attendant mean by ‘’celebrated a
release’’? Remember: This is the house of the old…
 FIONA

Add Fiona to your character list!

‘’Jonas liked Fiona. She was a good student, quiet and polite,
but she had a sense of fun as well.’’
 HOUSE OF THE OLD

¡ Jonas bathes Larissa.

¡ Larissa says, ‘’This morning we celebrated the release of
Roberto…It was wonderful...They told his whole life before they released
him.’’
¡ How does Roberto respond to his own release?
 ‘’He was thrilled. You should have seen that look on his face when
they let him go.’’

¡ Discussion Question:
 What is your opinion of ‘’releasing’’ old people?
 What is the community’s view of ‘’the elderly’’?
 ‘’LARISSA, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN…’’

Important Moment Alert!!!

Jonas asks Larissa what happens when a

person is released.

Larissa responds, ‘’I don’t know…I don’t

think anybody does.’’

When Jonas asks this question, it shows

that he is…
Curious!

Add this character trait to your list!