Name______________________________
Date_____________
The Socratic Seminar The Giver by Lois Lowry
Chapters 8-10 Preparation
Directions: Using the question stems provided in the Ch 1-3 packet create and answer “thick”
questions in the boxes below.
Questions: See question stems, pg 2,3 of first packet!
Comprehension
ANSWER (with page number)
Your question:
Your answer:
Your question:
Your answer:
Your question:
Your answer:
Your question:
Your answer:
Your question:
Your answer:
(story facts)
“Who…?” or
“What…?”
Application
(applying story
facts to show
meaning)
“What
examples
show that…”
Analysis
(Examining ideas
to understand-themes, motives,
etc)
“Why….?”
“What evidence
suggests that?”
Synthesis
(putting different
ideas together to
draw
conclusions)
“What would
happen if…?”
Evaluation
(judging.
defending)
“What would
you do if…?”
RULES and RITUALS
-Rule = law, principle or regulation required by law (“You MUST____” or “You CANNOT ____”)
Example: You cannot drive 45 miles per hour in a zone that has a 25 mile per hour posted speed limit.
-Ritual = an established or repeated procedure, a formal or ceremonial act
Examples: Annual birthday celebrations; brushing teeth before bedtime; back to school shopping in late August
List 5 RULES (not rituals or ceremonies) that the Community follows; can be from previous chapters
1.
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2.
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3.
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4.
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5. ________________________________________________________________________________
List 5 RITUALS (not rules) that the Community observes w/ brief description, can be from previous ch.
EX: Tellings: A celebratory reading of an old person’s accomplishments right before his/her Release.
1. ___________________________________________________________________________
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2. ___________________________________________________________________________
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3. ___________________________________________________________________________
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4. ___________________________________________________________________________
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5. ___________________________________________________________________________
NAME: ______________________________Fill-in-the-Blank, Short Answer Questions (ch 8-10)
1. What specific reason does the Chief Elder offer for skipping Jonas’s name?
He is ____________________________ to be _________________________________________.
2. The Chief Elder mentions these four qualities as requirements for Jonas’s new Assignment:
____________________________
_________________________
___________________________
_________________________
3. A fifth quality, ___________________________________________________________, is hard to
describe, and Jonas is initially confused. What earlier event flashes through his mind?
_______________________________________________________________________________
4. What do Jonas’s parents say about the previous Receiver?
________________________________________________________________________________
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5. Out of all the rules Jonas is given for his new Assignment, which one shocks him the most, given
his upbringing?
____________________________________________________________
6. What strikes Jonas as peculiar as the attendant opens the door to the Annex?
____________________________________________________________
7. What does the Receiver’s room contain that fascinates Jonas? ___________________________
8. The old man compares his burden of memories to _____________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
and so he decides to transmit the memory of _________________________________.
Name______________________________
Date_____________
The Socratic Seminar
The Giver
Chapters 11-13 Preparation
Focus:
 Choices
 Memory
 Responsibilities of the Receiver
 Allusions (references in one literary work to another).
Questions: See question stems, pg 2,3 of first packet!
Comprehension
ANSWER (with page number)
Your question:
Your answer:
Your question:
Your answer:
Your question:
Your answer:
Your question:
Your answer:
Your question:
Your answer:
(story facts)
“Who…?” or
“What…?”
Application
(applying story
facts to show
meaning)
“What
examples
show that…”
Analysis
(Examining ideas
to understand-themes, motives,
etc)
“Why….?”
“What evidence
suggests that?”
Synthesis
(putting different
ideas together to
draw
conclusions)
“What would
happen if…?”
Evaluation
(judging.
defending)
“What would
you do if…?”
NAME:
Fill-in- the-Blank, Short Answer Questions: ch 11-13
1. Why is there no snow in the Community?
2. Why are there no hills in the Community?
3. What is the first memory transmitted that involves physical pain? _______________________
4. Since Jonas is the new Receiver, the old man is now the _______________________________.
5. As Jonas works with the Giver, he realizes the apple and Fiona’s hair appeared to change
because _________________________________________________________________________
6. What does Jonas protest as unfair in the Community?
Lack of __________________________ and __________________________
7. After thinking it through, what does Jonas say about the reasoning behind Sameness/taking away
choice?
8. Jonas receives a powerful and disturbing memory about elephant poachers. As he sees Lily with
her comfort object later that night, what does he realize?
9. What does the Giver reveal about the last Receiver, and what happened to the memories she had
received?
NAME:_______________________________ Per: _________________
The Socratic Seminar The Giver
Chapters 14-16 Preparation
Questions: See question stems, pg 2,3 of first packet!
Comprehension
ANSWER (with page number)
Your question:
Your answer:
Your question:
Your answer:
Your question:
Your answer:
Your question:
Your answer:
Your question:
Your answer:
(story facts)
“Who…?” or
“What…?”
Application
(applying story
facts to show
meaning)
“What
examples
show that…”
Analysis
(Examining ideas
to understand-themes, motives,
etc)
“Why….?”
“What evidence
suggests that?”
Synthesis
(putting different
ideas together to
draw
conclusions)
“What would
happen if…?”
Evaluation
(judging.
defending)
“What would
you do if…?”
NAME:
Fill-in-the-blank, Short Answer Questions (ch 14-16)
1. After the broken leg memory, what does Jonas realize while going to bed that night?
2. Years ago, why did the citizens push for an increase the required number of births for
Birthmothers?
3. What advice did the Giver offer to the Committee of Elders about this (see #2 above)?
4. Father explains that the birth of twins is not allowed. How does he decide which gets released?
______________________________________________________________________
5. Jonas thinks about how the released people go to _________________________________ (name
the place).
6. What does Jonas do when Gabriel awoke at night? _____________________________________
7. In the morning, what does Jonas decide? _____________________________________________
8. Jonas visits the Giver and finds him in much pain. The Giver then shares what memory, in an
attempt to get rid of some of the pain?
9. What favorite memory does the Giver share with Jonas?
10. In this memory (see #9 above), what does Jonas realize about family units long ago?
11. After the Giver shares his favorite memory, what does Jonas ask his parents at home?
12. How do they answer him?
13. What does Jonas decide to stop doing? _____________________________________________