The Giver Chapter 15

In in class today we worked in pairs and students then took turns telling their memories to their partner and then writing down what he or she felt.

Homework

-read chapters 16-18
-do Qs chapters 14-16
-do vocabulary Qs chapters 14-16

Chapter 15

Jonas finds The Giver once again incapacitated by pain and offers to take some of it. The Giver transmits to him a horrible scene of war where men, some barely older than he is, are lying injured, dying and thirsty. Jonas experienced lying near death in agony for hours before the memory is complete. When he opens his eyes, The Giver asks him for forgiveness.

The Giver Chapter 14

Chapter 14

The Giver passes a memory of a sledding accident that gives Jonas his first understanding of real pain. Jonas feels the pain of it even after the memory, but is not allowed to take anything for the pain, as has been the usual reaction to pain his whole life. The Giver explains to Jonas that these memories of pain are important so that the Receiver can give good council to the Committee. At home, Gabriel is growing well, but is still sleeping poorly at night. Jonas's father says it is unlikely that a decision would be made to Release him soon, because another Release is already expected due of the upcoming birth of male twins. If identical, one will be Released by Jonas's father. Jonas asks his parents to put Gabriel's crib in his room for the night, and inadvertently sooths the restless newchild with a memory of a beautiful lake. He realizes this was probably an error, and resolves not to tell anyone

The Giver Chapter 13

Today we had a quiz on chapters 8-10.
We then had an in class writing assignment
in which students wrote about their collective
memory of the September school festival.

Students were arranged in groups of four and they answered the following questions:

1. Where do people keep their memories?
2. Where do groups of people keep their memories?
3. How are memories passed from generation to generation?
4. In society who decides which memories are worth teaching?
5. What can we learn from other people's memories?

HOMEWORK
-read chapters 14-16
-do chapter 11-13 book Qs
-do chapter 11-13 vocabulary

QUIZ NEXT THURSDAY ON CHAPTERS 11-13

Chapter 13

Weeks pass and Jonas sees colors more and more. He struggles to understand why there are no choices about color in the community and The Giver explains that if people are given choices then they might make the wrong one, which is why people are protected by Sameness. Jonas tries secretly to show his friends and family some of what he has learned; however, his attempts are rebuffed with unawareness and annoyance. As he continues his training, Jonas tries to understand the importance of his new role. The Giver tells him that his life will become the memories that he holds and the occasional requests for council and advice from the Committee of Elders. He tells Jonas that when the previous Receiver-in-Training failed the memories and knowledge she had were not contained and caused a number of problems until they were re-assimilated. Some days Jonas is unable to train because The Giver is in too much pain because of the memories he carries. Finally, he asks The Giver to give some of that pain to him.

The Giver Chapter 12

Students today worked in pairs and found the top events
for this chapter.

HOMEWORK
-read chapter 13
-story due Friday

QUIZ ON CHAPTERS 8-10 FRIDAY

Chapter 12

At his morning meal, Jonas lies to his parents and tells them that he did not have a dream the night before. At school, he feels strange as he is not allowed to discuss his training like the other Twelves. He notices something different about Fiona's hair that day and tells The Giver about it, and also the way the crowd changed at the Ceremony of Twelve and the apple. The Giver explains to him that he is beginning to see the color red and that soon Jonas will be able to see all the colors.

The Giver Chapter 11

In class we talked about what a MEMORY is and students talked
to their partners about what memory they would have shared first
with Jonas.

HOMEWORK
-read chapter 12

Chapter 11

Lying on his stomach on a bed in the man's office, Jonas experiences the first passed memory. With the man's hands on his back, he finds himself no longer in the office, but on a snowy hill where he takes an exhilarating sled ride. Just as suddenly, he finds himself back in the office. The man passes a few more memories to Jonas, who does not find it unpleasant, even when the memory is of a painful sunburn. The man explains that the memories have to do with weather, something that was taken away with the decision for Sameness. As Jonas leaves for the evening, he asks the man what he should call him. The man tells him to call him The Giver.

The Giver Chapter 10

Today we talked about chapter 10 and we had a chapters 3-5 quiz.

Homework
-Chapters 8-10 Book Qs
-Chapters 8-10 vocabulary sheet
-Unit #9 story due Friday.
-Study for chapters 6-7 quiz on Wednesday.

Reading to do:
chapter 11 before Wednesday
chapter 12 before Thursday
chapter 13 before Friday

Chapter 10

Jonas meets with the Receiver of Memory for his first day of training. This man tells him that his training is going to involve the transmission of all the memories within him, and that he, Jonas, is now the Receiver. He tells Jonas that all of his remaining energy and strength will go into giving the memories of the whole world to Jonas. Jonas is confused by the idea of the whole world and of history. The man tries to explain to him using a metaphor of snow and sledding, but Jonas does not know about those things. So, the man determines that this is the first memory he will pass to Jonas.

The Giver Chapter 9

Chapter 9

Jonas, reeling from his unexpected selection as the Receiver in training, feels separated from the community for the first time in his life. His parents tell him that it is the most important position in the community and a great honor. He asks about the previous failure, and they tell him that they never saw her again and that they are never to mention her name. Jonas reviews the folder with the instructions about his new position. The instructions surprise him as many of them exempt him from what is normally expected of community members, including giving him permission to lie.

The Giver Chapter 8

Chapter 8

The Chief Elder issues an apology both to the community and to Jonas himself, for the anguish she caused them in skipping over his name. She explains that this is because Jonas has not been given an Assignment. Instead, he has been Selected as the community's next Receiver of Memory. This selection has been years in the making and she refers to a previous failure that Jonas does not know about, but clearly discomforts the adults of the community. She tells Jonas that the Receiver must have intelligence, integrity, courage, and wisdom, skills which they believe he has or will have, in addition to the Capacity to See Beyond. Jonas recognizes that this sight is somehow related to the strange incident with the apple, and experiences the sensation again as he looks to the crowd. The community then honors and accepts him in his new role by chanting his name over and over.