Warm Up.

1. The _____ colors of his Hawaiian shirt were completely inappropriate for the funeral. a)  whimsical b) garish c) delude  d) ebb e) presume
2. Mary's teacher always _____(s) that her students have done their homework and begins the lesson from there. a) presume b) glib c) manifest  d) garish  e) delude
3. Tom's feelings for Amy  _____(ed) as the school year wore on. a) delude  b) vigor c) glib d) manifest  e) ebb
4. My hair is always _____ when I get up in the mornings! a) enclave  b) delude  c) ebb  d) awry  e) whimsical
5. The teacher had a very _____ way of speaking that immediately put his students at ease.  a) manifest  b) garish  c) glib  d) enclave   e) vigor
6. ("The Pedestrian") What profession does Leonard Mead say he has?  a) artist  b) teacher  c) builder  d) he says he doesn't have one  e) NOTA
7. ("The Pedestrian") Why do they arrest Leonard Mead?  a) He violated the curfew law.  b) He was surly to the police.  c) He said things against the government.  d) He had wandered out of his specified enclave.  e) NOTA
8. Old Glory is a nickname for... a) God  b) the USA  c) the US government  d) the national anthem  e) NOTA
9. Uncle Sam is a nickname for...  a) God  b) the USA  c) the US government  d) the national anthem  e) the president

"Old Glory."
"I'd rather be a free man in my grave, than living as a puppet or a slave."  Jimmy Cliff
Agree? Disagree? Why? What would you give up to be free?
How much freedom is too much?

"Old Glory" Prereading Activity. 

Read "Old Glory" by Bruce Coville (Page 203 in Giver book)

Closing Questions.

1. How are GranDa and Leonard Mead alike?
2. Would you go back and change your warm-up activity at all after reading the short story? What, why, how, etc.?
3. How do The Giver and "Old Glory" relate/connect? How are they similar? Different? Think of/share/write down at least 3 connections between the novel and the short story.