Below are a few questions for your to think about as you read chapters 1-10 of Lois Lowry's The Giver. Please post your comments and your own questions to the blog.
1. When you were first reading about the society that Jonas lives in what were your initial feelings, thoughts, or reactions?
2. How is the community described in The Giver different from the community you live in; do you think there are more rules to abide by, or less?
3. How did you feel about the schooling structure described in the book; about the different ceremonies of passage that every child goes through each year?
4. What are you thoughts about the morning ritual of telling dreams, described in chapter 5? How would you feel if you had to share your dreams every morning with your parents?
5. What were your thoughts and feelings as Jonas was skipped during the Ceremony of 12 and then given his assignment at the end? Were you concerned about the assignment he was given?
6. On page 68 of The Giver the rules that Jonas must obey as part of his training to become the Receiver of Memory are listed. What are your thoughts about the rules he was given to follow?
7. How were you feeling when you realized that Jonas did not understand the concept of snow before he was to receive his first memory at the end of chapter 10?
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Features & Tools!
Please check out the new features the YA Literature Corner has to offer!
At the bottom of the blog you'll see that I've added a Google Book Search gadget. You can now search for the books that we read and discuss right here on the blog. Most of the time you should be able to preview them. You can also search for books in the search box from Amazon.com on the right side of the page. These are two great tools you can use to find the books you are interested in right here in the Lit. Corner! Please post suggestions of books you'd like to read after we finish The Giver!
Also, I've set up a Google Calendar for this book discussion group and have shared it with all of you blog followers. The calendar for the Lit. Corner should now be feeding into your Google Calendar on your iGoogle homepage.
Please note that you should finish reading Chapters 1-10 of The Giver by March 11, 2010. Then, within the next week post your questions and/or comments about the book on the blog. Let's try to finish reading the whole book my March 31, 2010. These target dates are outlined on the Calendar.
Let me know if you have any questions!
At the bottom of the blog you'll see that I've added a Google Book Search gadget. You can now search for the books that we read and discuss right here on the blog. Most of the time you should be able to preview them. You can also search for books in the search box from Amazon.com on the right side of the page. These are two great tools you can use to find the books you are interested in right here in the Lit. Corner! Please post suggestions of books you'd like to read after we finish The Giver!
Also, I've set up a Google Calendar for this book discussion group and have shared it with all of you blog followers. The calendar for the Lit. Corner should now be feeding into your Google Calendar on your iGoogle homepage.
Please note that you should finish reading Chapters 1-10 of The Giver by March 11, 2010. Then, within the next week post your questions and/or comments about the book on the blog. Let's try to finish reading the whole book my March 31, 2010. These target dates are outlined on the Calendar.
Let me know if you have any questions!
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