The Giver Questions IV (Chapters 16-19)
Yellow sticky note focus is on emotions/feelings with Jonas and the community members.
1. Jonas begins to experience and understand emotions as a result of his training with the Giver.
Find evidence of this and complete the table below. (YOU MUST INCLUDE PAGE NUMBERS!)
Page #
Emotions/Feeling Jonas experiences as a Evidence of how you know.
result of his training with the Giver.
2. What emotions/feelings do the members of Jonas’s community exhibit? How do they show it?
Find evidence of this and complete the table below. (YOU MUST INCLUDE PAGE NUMBERS!)
Page #
Emotions/Feeling community members
exhibit.
Evidence of how you know.
The Giver Vocabulary IV (Chapters 16-19)
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ecstatic (p. 122) – (adj) – blissful, delighted
solitude (p. 122) – (n) – state of being or living alone; seclusion
pervaded (p. 122) – (v) – spread throughout
luxuriating (p. 123) – (adj) – enjoying oneself
risk (p. 126) – (v) – to expose to the chance of injury or loss; hazard
obsolete (p. 127) – (adj) – no longer in use; out of date
permeated (p. 131) – (v) - penetrated
expertise (p. 134) – (n) – special skill or knowledge
dejected (p. 139) – (adj) – disheartened; low-spirited
ruefully (p. 141) – (adv) – regretfully, sorrowfully
syringe (p. 149) (n) – a small tube for injecting fluids into the body
wretched (p. 151) – (adj) – afflicted, miserable
Questions & Your Answers!!
Answer the question using the vocabulary word in your answer. Your answer has be in a complete
sentence and must show that you understand the word. YOU WILL NOT HAVE A SECOND
CHANCE TO FIX THESE, SO PROOF YOUR WORK THE FIRST TIME!
Example: Pretend the vocabulary word is ‘dog’.
Dog – (n): a domesticated, carnivorous mammal; usually has a long snout and a tail; commonly kept as
a pet. Ms. Sanders has the cutest dog in the world!
Question: Do you know if that dog is dangerous?
Good answer: Yes, that furry dog looks cute but is aggressive and bites people.
Bad answer: Yes, that dog is dangerous.
This is a bad answer because it does not show you understand the word.
1. What news would make you ecstatic?
2. Do you prefer solitude or being around people? Explain.
3. Why did happiness pervade the Giver’s favorite memory that he shared with Jonas?
4. What memory was Jonas was luxuriating in on page 123 of The Giver?
5. Why does wearing a helmet decrease the risk of bike riding?
6. What word did Jonas’ parents explain could not be used because it was obsolete?
7. Why did Jonas’ feelings permeate a greater realm of his life?
8. What is one expertise you possess?
9. Why did Jonas feel dejected in The Giver?
10. Why did she ruefully look at Billy?
11. Why did Jonas’ father use a syringe?
12. What happened when the Giver was wretched with helplessness?
YOU WILL NOT HAVE A SECOND CHANCE TO FIX THESE, SO PROOF YOUR WORK THE
FIRST TIME!