Olivia's+Giver+responce+activities

__Forming and testing hypotheses about the text.__

Story study predictions:

I think that in the story there will be someone who gives people gifts to be kind.

Answer: The people in the story were Jonas and the Giver.

I think that the story will be back in the olden days and take place in the war.

Answer: The story takes place at a community.

I think that in the story someone will come and give the people at a concentration camp gifts. And I think that the overall theme will be give and you shall recieve.

Answer: In the story Jonas becomes the reciever who gets given the mwmories from the Giver and only the Giver and Jonas can see colour.

__Asking Questions:__

__Question 1:__ What gifts do the 9 year olds recieve at the ceremony?

Dana's answer: 9's recieve bikes.

Kirsten's answer: Bikes

__Question 2:__ What is the real colour of Fiona's hair?

Dana's answer: Red.

Kirstens answer: Red

__Question 3:__ What was the first memory Jonas discovered pain in?

Dana's answer: The first memory was of sunburn.

Kirsten's answer: Sunburn

__Question 4:__ What colour did Jonas first start to see and when?

Dana's answer: Jonas first started seeing red when he was playing catch with an apple.

Kirsten's answer: red

__Question 5:__ What gifts do the 11 year olds recieve?

Dana's answer: 11's recieve new underwear.

Kirsten's answer: Calculator

__Identifying and summarising main idea.__

__Timeline:__

Unidentified aircraft landed. Gabrielle the new child joins the family. Jonas is chucking apple and first see's the colour red. Fiona has to wash a man. Jonas has to wash ladies feet. Lily turns eight at the open ceremony and receives jersey. Jonas gets selected instead of assigned. Jonas becomes the reciever. Jonas gets a list of rules. Jonas recieves the memory of snow. Jonas recieves the memory of sunburn. Jonas finds out the name of the Giver. Fiona's hair changed. Jonas can see lots more colours but only for seconds. Jonas spewed in the memory of snow. Jonas gives a memory to Gabrielle. Jonas recieves the memory of christmas. Jonas tells first lie to parents. Jonas can now see all colours fully. Twins were born. One twin has to get released. Jonas finds out what happens when they get released. One of the twins get released. Jonas finds out that the Givers daughter was Rosemary. Gabrielle was going to get released. Jonas biked away and took Gabrielle. Planes came to find Jonas. Jonas started to feel the fear of starvation. Jonas reached snow. Jonas heard music. The End.

__Evaluating ideas and information__

__Rating__

Main character: I give Jonas the rating of 5/10 because he asks questions when he needs to, to find out things that the community doesn't know. Plus he has got special eye sight so he can see colours that other people can't.

Minor characters: I give the Giver the rating of 6/10 because he can give memories to other people and he knows alot about the past, he also knows what release is and no one else in the community knows except for the nurtures, and Jonas.

The plot: I give the plot of the story a rating of 7/10 because it makes you think and it hooks you in so you want to know the rest of the story, which is a good thing.

The setting: I give the setting a rating of 4/10 because it is different and weird, but us also quite plain so there is no suprises or fun which sometimes makes it quite boring.

The illustrations: I give the book cover illustrations a 3/10 because it isn't really that exciting.

The beggining: I rate the beggining 4/10 because it didn't really hook me into the story but was also quite interesting as well.

The ending: I rate the ending a 7/10 because it really made me think and wonder what was going to happen next in the story if there was another part.


 * __Analysing and synthesising:__**


 * __Maybe, Maybe not:__**

Maybe:

Have a family. Tell lies. Recieve gifts. Have meetings. Get assignments. Wash ladies feet.

Maybe not:

Can't see any colours. Get assignments when we turn twelve. Not allowed to have more than one of the same name. Get released. Not allowed to have twins. Do not know what music is. Do not know what christmas is. Do not know what love is. Do not know what pain is.

__Authors purpose and POV__

Between the line and behind the lines:

I think the message that the author was trying to get through to the readers would be to always believe in your self no matter what others say. I think the sort of person that the author would be to write this book would would be that she is thoughtful and tries to make you think, like at the end when you don't really know what is going to happen.