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THE GIVER ANTICIPATION GUIDE
1. If you have a cell phone, open your web browser and
enter
kahoot.it2. Then enter the game-pin:
https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/5cd4a275-483c-484e-bf8a-1135c8c93141
NOTE TAKING TIME!!!
• Please have out your interactive notebook turned to
page 102 in order to take notes.
ABOUT THE
AUTHORLOIS LOWRY
Birthplace: Hawaii
Birth Date: March 20, 1937
Parents: Robert & Katherine Hammersburg
Education: Brown University,
University of Southern Maine
Her father was in the Army so her
family moved around a lot. Lois has
lived all around the world.
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ABOUT THE
AUTHORLOIS LOWRY
• She married after her
sophomore year at Brown
and had four children.
• They settled in Maine where
she finished her degree at
USM.
• She is currently divorced
living in West Cambridge
with her dog, Bandit.
LOIS LOWRY
• Write down TWO facts about Lois Lowry’s LIFE in your notebook
ABOUT HER WRITINGLOIS LOWRY
• “She fulfilled a childhood dream when she began writing in the mid-1970’s”
• She’s an author of over 20 books for young adults
• Twice the winner of the Newbery Medal
• Winner of the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award.
• Winner of the Boston Globe – Horn Book Award.
• Winner of the California Young Reader’s Medal.
• Winner of the Mark Twain Award.
ABOUT HER WRITINGLOIS LOWRY
• Over 5 million copies of The Giver sold
• The Giver has been translated into 29 languages.
• She has tackled a number of topics in her literature
including adoption, mental illness, cancer, the
Holocaust and futuristic societies.
• Whatever the theme, Lowry portrays realistic life
experiences to her audience.
ABOUT HER WRITINGLOIS LOWRY
• In her books, Lois Lowry throws her characters and
readers into many thought-provoking situations.
LOIS LOWRY
• Write down TWO facts about Lois Lowry’s WRITING
in your interactive notebook.
LOIS LOWRYOnce readers make contact with Lowry’s treasure,
they may never see things exactly quite the same.
LISTENING CHECK
Turn to your shoulder partner, and answer the following:
1. What is the name of Lois Lowry’s dog?
2. Approximately how many copies of The Giver have been sold?
UTOPIA• Utopia = an imagined place or state of things in
which everything is perfect. Word first created
in 1516 by Thomas More
• Beautiful society
• No violence
• No poverty
• No “misery”
• Few laws are necessary
• Money is not necessary
• People only do work they enjoy and benefits all
UTOPIABooks based on a Utopian concept:
• Utopia by Thomas More
• Stupid Perfect World by Scott Westerfeld
• A Modern Utopia by H.G. Wells
• Son by Lois Lowry
EXAMPLES OF UTOPIA
• Garden of Eden (Christianity)
• Atlantis
• Nirvana (Buddhism)
• Twin Oaks (Virginia)
DYSTOPIA• Dystopia (antonym) =
imaginary place; people lead
dehumanized and fearful lives
• Totalitarian dictatorship
• Glorification of violence
• Technology replaces humanity
• Negative social trends taken to
extremes
• Fictional and usually futuristic
• Serve as a warning
• A comment on current society
DYSTOPIABooks based on a Dystopian concept:
• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
• Divergent by Veronica Roth
• The Maze Runner by James Dashner
• Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
EXAMPLES OF
DYSTOPIA• Avatar
• The Walking Dead
• The Matrix
• I, Robot
CREATE YOUR OWN UTOPIA!!!
WHAT YOU NEED FOR YOUR
UTOPIAN SOCIETY
• Name of Society
• Flag for Society
• Motto for Society
• 5+ Bylaws/Rules for the Society
• 5+ Judicial System/Consequences for Society
• Illustrated and detailed map for your Utopia
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