The Giver Discovery Guide

This extensive Discovery Guide workbook covers comprehension, spelling, vocabulary, grammar & enrichment ideas related to The Giver. As students read, they complete worksheets, writing topics, hands-on activities and field trips. The Discovery Guide is broken down into weekly units in which students read a section of the novel and answers comprehension questions pertaining to those chapters. Each unit contains a variety of critical thinking activities including projects, drawing, writing assignments, and a puzzles which correlate to chapters in the novel. Writing assignments apply concepts in the story to the student's life and many passages are chosen to emphasize Biblical lessons that relate to the story. Total Language Plus Discovery Guides are designed to take about 8 to 10 weeks to complete. Depending on the number of activities students perform and the degree of emphasis placed on composition skills, this study guide may serve as your complete Language Arts curriculum. Barbara’s Notes: This story is particularly well suited for students who are not strong readers, but desire mature subject matter. Warning: Controversial!   Book Summary — 108 pages Book Category — Fantasy Theme — Truth Setting — The Community Novel Study Highlights — 6 units Spelling-Vocabulary — Light to Medium Critical Thinking — Difficult Biblical Focus — Free will, honesty Related Studies — Abortion, euthanasia, capital punishment, communities, families, educational systems