1.+The+Giver

//The Giver// by Lois Lowry

 * Goals:**
 * Students will understand that everyone is entitled to an opinion about a novel, but ideas must be supported with textual evidence.
 * Students will understand how rules and order affect a society.
 * Students will understand how theme is explored through the characters' action, dialogue, and thoughts.

Understandings:** The student will understand that:
 * Stage One:
 * Our memories, painful and positive, affect how we live and learn.
 * The author's theme is developed through the characters' actions, thoughts, and dialogue.


 * Essential Questions:**
 * Can we live without pain or suffering?
 * How are Lowry's themes developed in The Giver?


 * Students will know:**
 * the storyline of The Giver
 * how to support ideas with textual evidence

Students will work together on a group project, discussing and deciding how to create a "perfect" society. Students will propose these changes as a group with a defense of those changes. Self-assessment rubric for group work Persuasive essay on group topic-rubric provided
 * The student will be able to:**
 * outline the basic rules of Jonas' society
 * define terms utopia and dystopia
 * evaluate issues related to individual rights vs government regulation
 * create a new society with different rules from the novel
 * write an essay explaining the changes he/she would make and give examples to support that change
 * Stage Two: Assessment Evidence**
 * Performance Task:**
 * Performance Task:**
 * Other Evidence:**

Daily details in teacher's plans**
 * Stage Three: Learning Plan