Giver+Project+Ideas

The Giver Project Choices -One-Generation Memories (things you remember from your own experience) - Two-Generation Memories (memories based upon a parent’s experiences, or upon the experiences of people of your parents’ age, and told to you) -Three-Generation Memories (memories based upon a grandparent’s experiences, or upon the experiences of people that age, and told or handed down to you) -Four-Generation Memories (memories based upon a great-grandparent’s experiences, or upon the experiences of people of that age, and told or handed down to you) 9. Write a dialogue (about 3-4 pages, typed and double spaced) between Jonas and the first person he meets from Elsewhere. 10. Choose three “lessons” to be learned from this book. Explain your choices in a short two-page typed and double spaced paper.
 * 1) Design a game to be played that is based on this book. Be sure to include the directions and all the playing pieces necessary to play this game.
 * 2) Construct a diorama (a three dimensional miniature scene usually made inside an empty shoe box) to represent a scene from this book.
 * 3) Make a newspaper containing the characters, setting, and plot of your novel. The newspaper should be at least two pages long with some pictures.
 * 4) Become a character from this book and be interviewed by a reporter of your choice. You must be in costume, and you must prepare the questions for the reporter. This must be at least 5 minutes.
 * 5) Prepare a puppet show about a scene from the book. You will have to write the script and make the puppets. You will present the puppet show to the class. (5 minutes)
 * 6) Prepare a travel or tourism brochure on the make-believe world in which __The Giver__ takes place. Include a map of the area, types of industry, climate, customs, religions, foods, government, recreational activities, and places to go and see.
 * 7) Suppose you were present when the people were deciding whether or not to “go to Sameness.” State your position about the issue and give reasons for your opinion. Express your opinion in a letter to the editor.
 * 8) Create a Memory Book. Divide the book into the sections described below. Complete each section with photographs, drawings, or written descriptions that capture the memories you’ve chose.