Friday, September 21, 2018
Today we will locate the quotations that support the theme in The Giver.  Yesterday's work on themes and nouns:
Possible themes for The Giver:
Don't be afraid of the risky parts of life.
It's better to have love and get hurt instead
of staying safe.
Some pain isn't the worst thing.
Sameness isn't the best.
Celebrate difference.
Don't blindly do what others tell you.
Be a leader, not a follower.
Some rules are meant to be broken.
Possible nouns:
sled
pale eyes
apple
choice freedom
path
pain
love
colors
memories
community
Giver
Receiver
bicycle
planes
release
Elsewhere
family
Christmas
Then you will take the Reading Counts test for The Giver. Finally, you will study for the cumulative vocabulary test next Wednesday, September 26.