Thursday, 1/30//14
Tomorrow's Test: Spelling, Warm Up Reruns, Vocabulary, Giver, Husker Du (pronouns)
Warm Up.
1-7: Write the word(s). Could be spelling, could be vocabulary. ONE partner. Spelling counts.
8-10: Copy and write an example pronoun that fits the description. SOLO.
- tasty : delicious :: wordy : ________
- (2) Your job _____ needs a ______(ation) {from a previous employer}.
- mad scientist : concocts :: lazybones : ______(s)
- (2) Joe's ______ did not have the ______ for battle, {so Joe was victorious}. (Hint: Joe's enemy didn't want it badly enough.)
- shirk : atone :: scan :_________
- The hotel ________(ions) were lovely.
- The Latin roots of this word mean "beside one another": _________
- 1st person, singular, object
- 3rd person, singular, subject
- 1st person, plural, subject
Giver 11-12 Q/A.
Quiz.
- Why was it so exhausting for The Receiver to give Jonas the memory of snow? a)
Because it was his favorite one. b) Because he is frightened by
snow. c) Because he had to tug it forward from many
generations back. d) Because he's old and
tired. e) NOTA
- When The Receiver gives Jonas a memory he doesn't have it any more. a) True b) False
- The Receiver says he has _____, but not _____. a)
power, honor b) honor, knowledge c) money,
power d) honor, fun e) honor, power
- When Jonas asks what happened to things like snow and hills, the Receiver calls it... a) the Warming b) the Uniting c) the Institution d) the Beginning e) NOTA
- The Receiver says he started Jonas off with memories of pleasure
because that's what worked last time he trained a new receiver. a) True b) False
- What memory is Jonas given as a small taste of the pain he will feel later? a) broken leg b) frostbite c) cut finger d) headache e) NOTA
- The reason the book is called The Giver is because that is what Jonas is now called. a) True b) False
- Which of these is probably an example of foreshadowing from
chapter 12? a) When Jonas doesn't tell Fiona about his training
when she expects him to. b) When Jonas dreamed there was a place
beyond where the sled stopped. c) When the Giver told him he was
seeing red. d) When the Giver tells Jonas he's going to give him
a memory of a rainbow. e) When the Giver says that "hair like
Fiona's must drive them crazy."
- Even though Jonas is forbidden to talk about his training, he
thinks, even if it were not, it still would have been impossible to
discuss things with his friends. Why? a) He thinks they
wouldn't believe him. b) They would have laughed at him. c)
It would mark him as different. d) His friends couldn't have
understood any of it. e) NOTA
- There are several different races/cultures in the Community,but
they are kept separate from each other. a) True b) False
- When will Jonas begin to see all of the colors? a) When he
becomes The Receiver. b) If he stops taking the pills. c)
In his dreams d) In the presence of The Giver. e) When he
receives the memories.
- Which quote foreshadows a conflict between Jonas and the
community? a) "I apologize for making you wait." p85 b)
"She expected him to describe his first day of training." p85 c)
"You're beginning to see the color red." p89 d) "We shouldn't
have!" p91 e) "Everyone in the community has one-generation
memories." p88-89
- We are in the ________ of the story. a) exposition b)
inciting incident c) rising action d) climax e)
falling action
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