The Giver Novel Study, Unit Plan, Themes for The Giver Final Projects, Questions

Save 20% off with this exciting The Giver Novel Study for Lois Lowry's The Giver. This 4-6 week bundle includes a variety of fun and enriching activities that include everything you need to teach a meaningful Unit Plan for The Giver. This Novel Study forThe Giver includes engaging passages with discussion questions, 2 creative projects, paragraph writing activities, The Giver: final essay, and a final project.

What is included:

The Giver Chapter Questions

Students complete a series of close readings that cover the most interesting and important passages from the novel. Students practice literary analysis skills by answering discussion questions that move beyond comprehension and instead provide students the opportunity to engage with themes from The Giver as well as key ELA literary devices such as imagery, personification, mood, symbolism, theme, tone, and more. These book discussion questions and activities support your students in building reading and writing skills that prepare them for their final writing assessment. There are a total of 13 chapter question activities in this bundle.

The Giver Paragraph Writing

This bundle includes 3 structured literary analysis paragraph writing activities with step-by-step outlines that teach students the skill of paragraph writing. The outlines include sentence starters and built-in writing supports to guide students during the writing process.

Creative Projects

This bundle includes two creative projects that your students will LOVE. These are some of my students' favorite activities in the bundle. Both projects take about a week to complete in total.

Scene Comparison Project: For the first project, students watch two different versions of a scene from the novel (a play version and a film version). They complete a graphic organizer after reviewing each scene where they gather evidence and make connections and comparisons between all three scenes. After, they write a structured paragraph response comparing the scene. The paragraph outline has built-in support to guide students through the writing process. After, students create their own interpretation of Lowry’s scene using details from the text. Students love this part of the activity because they are given a lot of creative flexibility for how they wish to represent their scene visually. Included in the assignment are links to digital platforms to support students who would like to digitally represent their scene. Students also have the option to choose more traditional routes such as painting or drawing the scene. Ensure you have art supplies for this lesson (markers, colored pencils, crayons, etc.).

Creative Writing Narrative Essay Project: Students complete the second project near the end of the unit. This is a project that can be completed digitally or by hand, depending on each student's interests. Students complete a digital or handmade project that documents their understanding of emotions. Students are provided a list of emotions to explore. Then, they choose several emotions and write about experiences where they felt those particular emotions. The final product of this piece is a narrative writing piece where they write a story about one of their most impactful memories using the emotions they explored earlier in the project. They showcase their work in a medium of their choice. Some students make a handmade book or poster while some create a digital piece.

The Giver Essay: Argumentative Speech

This is another student-favored activity! Students write an argumentative speech after having read through chapter 12. Students create an argumentative speech from the perspective of Jonas, arguing to do away with the harsh restrictions of their society. Included in this purchase is a speech outline template and grading rubric. The speech template includes detailed instruction with specific scenes and page numbers to support students with the writing process. Included in the outline are transitional phrases to support students with structuring each of their paragraphs. Students love this activity because they get to practice their persuasive writing techniques in a fun and meaningful way. This is a great end-of-unit assessment or it can be used as a mid-way through the unit assessment. I love this essay for my students because it allows students to practice structured writing in a creative way. I have student volunteers share their speeches with the class and so many students are eager to share! :)

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Each product in this purchase includes a grading rubric. Reading questions include teacher keys for ease of use. Activities were created on Google Docs. and are compatible with Google Classroom. Products in this bundle were intended to be completed digitally but, If you prefer your students work by hand, you can print assignments out and have them complete their work on a separate sheet of paper.

All you need in the class novel! Enjoy :)

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