Written Composition
REFLECTION PAPER on Chapter 18
of The Giver
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Size 1
Write a short composition (reflection) on the
given question.
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Please skip
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Write neatly and legibly.
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This is under synthesis
standing.
lines.
25% of your class
What is the significance of the
conversation between the Giver and Jonas
(pages 144 -145)? In other words, why is
this important, or how does this
contribute to the plot?
Guide Questions:
a. Explain how this would affect the Giver and the
rest of the community.
b. Would this be the only solution to Jonas’s
dilemma? Could there have been another/better
way out?
c. In real life, are there situations/problems for
which we try to find drastic solutions?
d. Cite specific and concrete examples where this
may happen.
Thesis
Statement
or main
idea of the
essay
Explanation
or
supporting
details.
Why is your
thesis
statement
correct
Grammar
Vocabulary
Mechanics
Neatness
4
Explanation
is clear,
sufficient,
and has
depth.
Cite
examples
from the
book or real
life.
3
RUBRIC
2
Explanation is
clear and
sufficient, but
lacks depth.
Not just page
numbers.
Summarize the
event.
No errors in
grammar: SVA,
PAA, sentence
structure
Vocabulary is
appropriate
and at the
expected level
Thesis
statement is
clearly
stated.
1
Thesis statement
is present, but
lacks clarity
0
Thesis statement is
unclear or is not
present at all
Explanation is
Explanation is
Explanation is
present and
present, but lacks wrong /
fairly sufficient, clarity and depth. inappropriate.
but lacks
No explanation is
clarity and
given.
depth
Only 1-2
error/s in
grammar
There are 3-4
errors in
grammar
Vocabulary is
appropriate but
is not at the
expected level
Vocabulary is not
appropriate and
is below the
expected level
4 – 5 errors in
spelling,
punctuation,
indention
Less than 3
errors in
spelling,
punctuation,
indention
Student’s work
Sentences are
poorly-constructed;
More than 4 errors
in SVA, PAA
6 or more errors in
spelling,
punctuation,
indention
How to annotate your book
• VOCABULARY
• What is the main character realizing about his
community?
• What is the problem of the main character?
• What is he doing to solve the main character?
• How is the main character’s world different from ours?
• Why are the memories important or how does this
help the main character?
• Review the types of conflict
• SUMMARIZE the events at the end of the chapter to
prepare for sequencing
Identify if active or passive; then
change the voice
• Kira weaves scraps of cloth.
• A trial is faced to prove her innocence .
• Kira was assigned to become the weaver by
Jamison.
• Kira will need the color blue for the robe.
• Someone killed Christopher out of jealousy.
• Kira collets many herbs to use for tie-dying.
• To publish the quartet was decided upon by Lois
Lowry.
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Scraps of cloth is weaved by Kira.
Someone faces a trial to prove her innocence .
Jamison assigned Kira to become the weaver.
The color blue will be needed for the robe by Kira
Christopher was killed by someone out of
jealousy.
• Many herbs are collected by Kira for tie-dying.
• Lois Lowry decided to publish the quartet.
Tense Consistency
• Joanne Rowling is the author of Harry Potter.
She chose/ chose the name JK Rowling
because she thinks/ thought/has been
thinking that people will not read a book by a
girl. To her surprise, many readers enjoy/
enjoyed/ will enjoy this book until today. In
many interviews, she said that she will not
include/ did not include/ included any more
books to the series.
Tense Consistency
• Since the time she publish/ published/ has
published Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s
Stone, many readers enjoy/enjoyed/ have
been enjoying.
• After the Harry Potter series she still
continued/ will continue/ continues to write
other books like The Casual Vacancy and other
books.
SVA
• Randy Pausch famous lecture Achieving
Childhood Dreams, was were made into a book,
The Last Lecture.
• Each of the chapters in the book contain contains
Randy’s memories
• After his diagnosis, Randy Pausch along with his
wife Jai and children, want wants to make the
most out of the time left because 6 months was
were given to him to live.
• Randy’s family always support supports him since
neither Randy nor his family members is are
unsure when he will leave.
• During Randy’s death all of his acquaintances
mourns mourn for the loss of a great lecturer.