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Today's Lesson

Task

Giving Information

Vocabulary

dystopian, mischievous, comprehend, innocence

Grammar

Inversion

Book ReportTheme

Reading

Level 7 Unit 6 Lesson 3

Lovely Literature

Get Thinking!

What is your earliest memory?

Text Box A

Idioms

an open booksomeone who is not hiding anythingShe has no ulterior motives, she is a completely open book.

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Reading

Prereading

What things are important to a community?

Reading

dystopian

The Giver by Lois Lowry is a fictional novel that takes place in a dystopian alternate universe. It’s different from the real world, this setting, because people have figured out a way to eliminate all pain. There are downfalls which are caused by this improvement, though. These problems are discovered as Jonas, the main character, begins to learn more about the real world.

Reading

mischevious

Jonas lives a normal life with a typical family. He has caring parents and a younger sister. He goes to school and has friends. He is mischievous and sometimes gets into trouble. But things begin to happen that make Jonas begin to think that not everything is as it should be. It is as he gets older that he realizes he is different from everyone else.

Reading

comprehend

When the young adults are given their assigned job, Jonas is told he will be the receiver of memories. He begins to experience true feelings, colors, and music, all things that his fellow townspeople are unable to comprehend. When he learns about some of the horrible things that are happening in the community, Jonas is forced to make a change to his comfortable existence.

Reading

innocence

This novel discusses ideas of friendship, community and above all, a loss of innocence. It is a heart-breaking story, The Giver. One that shows readers the importance of truth and how important it is to face our fears and stand up for what is right.

What things are missing from the community?

Comprehension

What is Jonas's community like?

What job does Jonas receive?

What is the setting of The Giver?

Check

comprehend

dystopian

innocence

mischievious

Matching

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ignorance

understand

playfully causing trouble

imagined world with suffering

being harmed or intimidated

hidden

Dice Definitions

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Inference

Jonas is forced to make a change to his comfortable existence.

He begins to experience true feelings, colors, and music,

People have figured out a way to eliminate pain.

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Debate the Theme

Is it more important to be comfortable and innocent or wise and with pain?

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Grammar

This novel discusses ideas of friendship, community and above all, a loss of innocence. It is a heart-breaking story, The Giver. One that shows readers the importance of truth and how important it is to face our fears and stand up for what is right.

Noun Inversions

The Giver by Lois Lowry is a fictional novel that takes place in a dystopian alternate universe. It’s different from the real world, this setting, because people have figured out a way to eliminate pain. There are downfalls which are caused by this improvement, though. These problems are discovered as Jonas, the main character, begins to learn more about the real world.

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Check

The flower yellow is.

Bright yellow, is the flower/

Striking flower is yellow.

Beautiful, is the butterfly.

The butterfly is cool.

Beautiful butterly is

Cute are ladybirds the.

The ladybirds are cute.

They are cute, the ladybirds.

It's flying, this bee

Flying away goes the bee.

The bee goes flying

Tick the Box

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Practice

How is pain helpful?

Mind Map

injury

needs

???

learn

warnings

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Listening

What is Matilda about?

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Extension

Write a book report about your favorite book.

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What if you had to choose between no colors or no music?

Would you like to live without pain?

Exit Interview

Goodbye!