September 2016 Mrs. Burchette

Homework and Important Dates: Tuesday, September 13, 2o16 Homework and Important Dates: Read 20 minutes nightly! The Giver Chapters 1-4 Resubmit– 9/15/16 Warm-Up: Update your agenda. If you have your own copy of The Giver, pick it up from the bookshelf. Review chapters 1-4 independently.

The Giver Chapters 1-4 Review Tuesday, September 13, 2o16 Learning Target: I can use citations from many pieces of a text when I give an explanation of the text. I can use citations from many pieces of text to support the inferences I've drawn from a text. Today’s Agenda: RACE Review The Giver Chapters 1-4 Review

Tuesday, September 13, 2o16 RACE Strategy Anytime you are responding to something you have read, you should follow the basic structure of the RACE strategy.

Tuesday, September 13, 2o16 RACE Strategy Restate: restate the question to start the answer Example from The Giver: Why is Jonas apprehensive about the upcoming Ceremony? Jonas is apprehensive about the upcoming ceremony because

Tuesday, September 13, 2o16 RACE Strategy Answer: answer the question Random Example: Why is Jonas apprehensive about the upcoming Ceremony? he did not know what job he would be assigned.

Tuesday, September 13, 2o16 RACE Strategy Cite: cite evidence from the text. Random Example: Why is Jonas apprehensive about the upcoming Ceremony? As stated on page 24, “he hadn’t the slightest idea what Assignment the Elders would be selecting for his future, or how he might feel about it when the day came.” As stated on page 24, “he hadn’t the slightest idea what Assignment the Elders would be selecting for his future, or how he might feel about it when the day came.”

Tuesday, September 13, 2o16 RACE Strategy Extend: extend or explain your answer Random Example: Why is Jonas apprehensive about the upcoming Ceremony? This tells us that Jonas is uncertain of what his future hold and that is enough to make anyone apprehensive. As stated on page 24, “he hadn’t the slightest idea what Assignment the Elders would be selecting for his future, or how he might feel about it when the day came.” This tells us that Jonas is uncertain of what his future hold and that is enough to make anyone apprehensive.

Tuesday, September 13, 2o16 RACE Strategy Once you have written each part of your answer, you should combine it all into one fluid response. This can be done at the bottom of the organizer or on the back of your paper. Random Example: Why is Jonas apprehensive about the upcoming Ceremony? Jonas is apprehensive about the upcoming ceremony because he did not know what job he would be assigned. As stated on page 24, “he hadn’t the slightest idea what Assignment the Elders would be selecting for his future, or how he might feel about it when the day came.” This tells us that Jonas is uncertain of what his future hold and that is enough to make anyone apprehensive. As stated on page 24, “he hadn’t the slightest idea what Assignment the Elders would be selecting for his future, or how he might feel about it when the day came.” This tells us that Jonas is uncertain of what his future hold and that is enough to make anyone apprehensive.

Chapter 1-4 Discussion Questions Tuesday, September 13, 2016 The Giver Chapter 1-4 Discussion Questions What is significant (important- what does it show) about the airplane incident in the opening pages of the story? Why is Jonas apprehensive about the upcoming Ceremony? How are Assignments determined in the community? Why does the community value ‘precision of language’? What are the different ways the community views ‘release’? Explain the role of Birthmother in Jonas’s community. How is conformity encouraged in the community? What is the purpose of the telling of feelings? Why didn’t Jonas share the incident involving the apple with his family at the telling of feelings session that evening? How are the elderly treated in Jonas’s community? Grade Recovery: Keeping in mind the example we have gone over, please select 5 questions to resubmit. You will be able to earn up to 50 points back on your original assignment. (10 points per question) This is NOT optional! Each of your five questions should be answered using the RACE organizers provided. Be sure to include your fluid response on the back!