Week of January 22-26

 This week we will be covering Poetry in class. Please make sure that you study your notes everyday. Also, we will start this week reading "The Giver" Make sure that you read the following chapters and complete the following questions by Jan. 31st. 


The Giver chapter questions:


Chapter 1:
 1. Why had seeing an aircraft flying over his community been a frightening experience for Jonas?
 2. What had Jonas’s friend Asher been required to do when he was late for class?
 3. What was the ritual that Jonas’s family followed at the conclusion of their evening meal?
 4. What explanation did Jonas’s father give to explain why the child visiting Lily’s Childcare group of Sevens did not follow the rules?
 5. Describe the work that Jonas’s father did as a Nurturer.
 6. Why was Jonas’s father worried about the newchild he was nurturing?
 7. Under what two conditions was release from the community not a punishment?
 8. Why wouldn’t Jonas’s family be allowed to keep the troubled newchild that Father wanted to bring home to stay with the them at night?
 9. What position did Jonas’s mother hold?
10. What was the name of the December event that Jonas was worried about?



Chapter 2:
 1. How many new children were in the group presented at the yearly December ceremonies?
 2. What rule had Jonas’s father broken?
 3. What was one of the few rules that was not taken very seriously and was almost always broken in the community?
 4. Explain how Lily had come into Jonas’s family.
 5. How were rules changed in the community?
 6. Why was the Ceremony of Twelve the most important of all Ceremonies?
 7. Explain why Jonas’s father had expected to be given the Assignment as Nurturer at his own Ceremony of Twelve.
 8. How did life change for Elevens after the Ceremony of Twelve?
 9. What was Lily’s comfort object and when did she get it?
10. Though Jonas’s parents had reassured him about the event, why was the boy’s mind still on the December Ceremony?