Lois Lowry, Memory, and The Giver

Do Now: Turn in Journals ; all work until RRJs are returned will be on loose leaf paper and stored in a writing portfolio Quickwrite: 10 minutes Revisit the Central Question, How do our individual and collective memories shape who we are today and influence our future(s)? Respond to the question. How has your answer changed after reading The Giver? What insights have you gained? How has the book changed how you think about yourself and your future?

What if You Could Control Memory: Writing The Giver http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGcdEX8QeF4 Take notes on Lois Lowry’s speech

Connect Connect the class discussion to how memory affected and influenced Jonas. What kind of memory most affected him? What did memory enable him to do?

Think-Pair-Share After the reading is completed, discuss your notes with the people at your table Choose the best answer to each question and make sure you have it recorded in your notebook The teacher will then ask a group to share its answer. One person will share the best answer.