The+Giver

=__Independent Book Study for 6th Grade__=

March 2 to 9 (Week 9)
= Update your self-evaluation =
 * Respond on time to the discussion post. Due March 3
 * Post your last Companion Novel report this week.
 * Add to your Notes as needed. (4 Essentials)
 * Project Planning Page. Due Feb 20 Consider art, poetry, essay, mixed media, or a social science investigation.
 * Make comparisons between the Giver community and your own on a daily basis.
 * Digital Graffiti Board Due March 5 and add to the Class presentation as a JPEG
 * Project will be due the week after Spring Break so work on it.

= [|Discussion Tab link (to the old style list)] =

[|Self Evaluation] Make a copy and link it to your name on the submission page.

 * [|Project Planning Page] Make a copy and link it to your Project on the Submission page. The re-title it and share it with your teacher. **

=**[|The Giver Submission Page Wedel/Sisson]**=

** [|The Giver Submission Page McManness/Penner] **
=** Digital Copy of A [|Brave New World] by Aldous Huxley (1894 -1963) Well worth an attempt at reading. **= =** Digital Copy of [|The Giver Link] compliments of Mallory. **=


 * ** __Discussion Tab Responses__ -- 12 Discussion Tab responses **
 * ** __Companion Novel Responses__ -- 5 or more 100+ word responses about your selected novel. Respond to characters, setting, plot and themes. Develop you own post for this on the Discussion Tab. **
 * ** __Group Discussions__ -- participate actively with critical thinking to class discussion prompts. **
 * ** __Independent Project__ --- develop your own independent and creative product to respond to the themes in the novel. **
 * ** __Thematic Poster__ -- create a poster on Google Draw based on one or more of the themes. **

=__Requirements__= =__Expectations__=
 * =teacher recommendation=
 * =access to the wiki space and Google docs=
 * =independent reading skills that are advanced and above grade level (6th grade)=
 * =motivation to achieve at an exemplary level=
 * =interest in discussing themes and issues related to the literature=
 * =writing skills=
 * =organizational skills=
 * =creativity=
 * =critical thinking skills=
 * =the group will meet M-W-F during Reading Workshop=
 * =there will be up to two discussion posts each week=
 * =there will be an individual project=
 * =there will be an additional novel for you to select and report on.=
 * =there will be additional readings about relevant topics and issues related to the themes=
 * =there will be expectations that you respond critically and regularly to classroom group discussion=

=__**Resources**__=

[[file:Five_Paragraph_Essay_Outline.pdf]] Use for your thematic essay.
=[|Utopian/Dystopian Website] (a great resource explaining the two concepts)=

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=The Giver (link to santafe3rdfloor)=

=**__Project Ideas (talk to your teacher about these if you are interested.__**=



=__Themes, Concepts and Issues for Discussion__=
 * =Utopian Societies=
 * =Dystopian Societies=
 * =Emotions (psychology)=
 * =Group interactions (sociology)=

Consider the the passage by Joseph Warren
== Josiah Warren, who was one of the participants in the New Harmony Society, asserted that community was doomed to failure due to a lack of individual supreme excellence and private property. He says of the community: "We had a world in miniature — we had enacted the French revolution over again with despairing hearts instead of corpses as a result. ...It appeared that it was nature's own inherent law of diversity that had conquered us ...our "united interests" were directly at war with the individualities of persons and circumstances and the instinct of self-preservation..." ==