![]() No war, no homeless, no hunger, no orphans, no jobless. We talked about persuasive language, as well as biased writing. Infanticide and eldercide, coupled with genetic engineering that resembles Hitler’s master plan to Aryan-ize the world, are heady topics for 13-year olds.Īfter a few chapters, I asked them to create a travel poster with their resource group, convincing me to live in the Community of the novel. One of the concerns I have teaching the novel is that students are not prepared for the true gravity of the topic. ![]() I also laid the groundwork for a major discussion about “unintended consequences.” This is serious stuff As we read the novel, I was able to ask questions that helped them grasp the big picture of community building. But, they were also tasked with forming a “committee” to create a Community of their own that they would then present to their peers.Įach committee’s goal would be to persuade classmates to move to their Utopia. I’ve taken to doing this so that students are able to identify their purpose for reading. I began our unit by introducing our “big project” that we’d be doing at the end. Students are aware, more than ever, of the potential for social discord and the implications that it may have for their own lives if government goes unchecked. Lois Lowry’s The Giver has always been a teacher favorite, but this year there is the added bonus that the movie was released alongside other movie adaptations of dystopic novels such as Divergent and Catching Fire. Check out Amber’s latest, most up to date resources for her The Giver unit at Share My Lesson : her Utopia project and quizzes her Pre-Reading Activity her Advertorial activity and her Review of Literary Terms.
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