Mr. Jonas reached the opposite side of the school courtyard, stopped briefly, and looked back. The classroom where his entire career had been lived lay behind him now, sleeping. At dawn, the orderly, disciplined lesson plans he had always known would continue again, without him. The lesson plans where nothing was ever unexpected. Or inconvenient. Or unusual. Lesson plans without color, pain, or past.
He had moved on to better lesson plans, like these Giver Lesson Plans and Activities.
Great teachers deserve great lesson plans.
The Giver Lesson Plans and Activities
You probably arrived here after a search engine query of “The Giver lesson plans and activities,” so that’s what I’m gonna give you.
This one works well before reading or after the first chapter or two: Giver Photo Analysis. You could download this and be good or you could make it great.
Let’s take this Giver activity to the next level.
The Giver Photo Analysis Instructions
- Download the chart and photos here.
- Go through the photos one by one, giving students a few minutes to ponder each slide and fill out the chart. I’ve made this even easier by creating a powerpoint.
You can instruct students to fill out the chart and be done or you can incorporate collaborative digital learning and amaze your friends, colleagues, and administrators.
- Take the powerpoint you downloaded above and upload it into Google Drive or whatever file sharing app your school uses. Make sure you turn on comments when you share it.
- Assign an outside of classroom discussion by requiring students to create a comment for at least two slides and then responding to at least three comments made by their classmates.
- Discuss their discussion in class using the rubric included in the Powerpoint that I hope you downloaded.
- As you continue to read the novel, tie its themes into the pictures.
Since we all love objectives, here you go:
- RL 9-10.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
- SL.9-10.1 Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions.
- SL.9-10.1a Come to discussions prepared, having read and researched material under study; explicitly draw on that preparation by referring to evidence from texts and other research on the topic or issue to stimulate a thoughtful, well-reasoned exchange of ideas.
- SL.9-10.1b Work with peers to set rules for collegial discussions and decision-making (e.g., informal consensus, taking votes on key issues, presentation of alternate views), clear goals and deadlines, and individual roles as needed.
- SL.9-10.1c Propel conversations by posing and responding to questions that relate the current discussion to broader themes or larger ideas; actively incorporate others into the discussion; and clarify, verify, or challenge ideas and conclusions.
- SL.9-10.2 Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each source.
