August 2016 Mrs. Burchette

Homework and Important Dates: Wednesday, August 24, 2016 Homework and Important Dates: Read 20 minutes nightly! Warm-Up: Update your agenda and pick up your notebook. (I have not been able to cover all of them yet, so be careful when picking them up.)

Wednesday, August 24, 2016 Learning Target: I will develop a better understanding of what good readers do. Today’s Agenda: The Giver– Chapter 1 and 2

Wednesday, August 24, 2016 Let’s discuss! The Giver– Chapter 2 In your journal, choose one of the following questions to respond to. How would you feel not to have your own individual birthday? If you were attending the Ceremony of Twelve with Jonas, what Assignment do you think the Elders would select for you? Journal Table of Contents Date Title Page 8/10/16 Do You Understand? 1  8/11/16 Book Character    8/24/16 The Giver– Chapter 2 Let’s discuss!

Wednesday, August 24, 2016 Let’s discuss! The Giver– Chapter 3 As we read, pay attention to the following questions: What was so different about the new child? What was the newchild’s comfort object? How many years could you serve as a birthmother? What had Jonas taken from the Recreation Area and was reminded by public announcement that he was not to do that? What was it about the apple that concerned Jonas What were Jonas and Asher doing to the apple? Why was the newchild , Gabriel, staying with Jonas’s family unit? Let’s discuss!

Wednesday, August 24, 2016 The Giver Title the Chapter After identifying the main idea, come up with an appropriate title for each chapter.