Plus Minus Worksheet the Giver
Plus (+)In this column, you should list any positives about the novel you read. What do you like about the novel?|Minus (-)In this column, you should list any negatives about the novel you read. What do you dislike about the novel?|Interesting (?)In this column, you should list any questions you have. What would you like to know about this novel?|
I like the whole “utopia” feel about the begging of the book the city seems almost perfect until you continue and find all these under the surface answers that really mess with your head.I also like how you experience the metamorphosis of Jonas's personality from the beginning of the book to where he seems weird and without emotion to where he is like you and me with emotions and own way of thinking. Almost like a granting of free will. |In the book I don't like how the author included the murder of a baby excused so lightly by the word “release”.|Did Gabe and Jonas make it to those lights alive even though they were in the snow and slowly freezing to death before Jonas passed out?|
Looking at the comments in your three lists, try to come up with a theme for the novel you read. Don't worry about writing your theme in "fancy" language; use your own words to capture the larger message in the story.Write a possible theme for the novel here:The importance of the individual.Name another book that has this theme.Harrison Bergeron by Kurt VonnegutHow do you know that it has this theme? List some details from the book. In the book Jonas is going to leave his home his family and his friends to do what must be done in order to enlighten the rest of the community the giver and Jonas are the only people who understand what is right and wrong in the community as well as the value of a single human life being saved like Gabe.Name a movie that has this theme. 2081 by Lee BrooksHow do you know that it has this theme? List some details from this movie.Harrison Bergeron is someone with amazing abilities that were handicapped by the
I like the whole “utopia” feel about the begging of the book the city seems almost perfect until you continue and find all these under the surface answers that really mess with your head.I also like how you experience the metamorphosis of Jonas's personality from the beginning of the book to where he seems weird and without emotion to where he is like you and me with emotions and own way of thinking. Almost like a granting of free will. |In the book I don't like how the author included the murder of a baby excused so lightly by the word “release”.|Did Gabe and Jonas make it to those lights alive even though they were in the snow and slowly freezing to death before Jonas passed out?|
Looking at the comments in your three lists, try to come up with a theme for the novel you read. Don't worry about writing your theme in "fancy" language; use your own words to capture the larger message in the story.Write a possible theme for the novel here:The importance of the individual.Name another book that has this theme.Harrison Bergeron by Kurt VonnegutHow do you know that it has this theme? List some details from the book. In the book Jonas is going to leave his home his family and his friends to do what must be done in order to enlighten the rest of the community the giver and Jonas are the only people who understand what is right and wrong in the community as well as the value of a single human life being saved like Gabe.Name a movie that has this theme. 2081 by Lee BrooksHow do you know that it has this theme? List some details from this movie.Harrison Bergeron is someone with amazing abilities that were handicapped by the