Grade ELA Unit The Giver

Grade 8 ELA Unit 6: The Giver

SAUSD Spring 2016

Teacher Edition

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Contents

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Style Unit

Unit Plan

Lesson 1:

Resource 1.1 Anticipation Guide

Resource 1.2 Theme Pre-Assessment

Resource 1.3 Gallery Walk Pictures and chart

Resource 1.4 Academic Language

Resource 1.5 Utopia vs. Dystopia

Resource 1.6 Cornell Notes

Lesson 2:

Resource 2.1A Vocabulary Notebook

Resource 2.1B Dialectical Journal

Resource 2.1C Google Slide Summary Worksheet

Resource 2.2 Community of ¡°Life Schedule¡±

Resource 2.3 Text- Dependent Questions

Resource 2.4 Double-Bubble

Resource 2.5 Compare and Contrast Paragraph Frame

Resource 2.6 Picked Baby¡¯s Name? Not So Fast, in Denmark

Lesson 3:

Resource 3.1

Vocabulary Notebook

Resource 3.2

Dialectical Journal

Resource 3.3

Google Slide Summary Worksheet

Resource 3.4

Job Application

Resource 3.5

Freedom of Choice Activity

Resource 3.5B The Giver Job Assignments

Resource 3.6 The Giver Job Assignment Activity

Resource 3.7 Non-Fiction Reading Activity for The Giver

Resource 3.7A Why Utopias Fail

Resource 3.7B The Amish Lifestyle

Resource 3.7C Four Utopian Communities that Didn¡¯t Pan Out

Resource 3.7D Want to Escape the Modern World? Nine Utopias that Really Exist

Resource 3.7E Austin¡¯s Utopian Homeless Village is Becoming a Reality

Resource 3.8

Let Teen-agers Try Adulthood

Lesson 4:

Resource 4.1 Vocabulary Notebook

Resource 4.2 Dialectical Journal

Resource 4.3 Google Slide Summary Worksheet

Resource 4.4 Philosophical Chairs

Resource 4.5 Connotation Chart

Resource 4.6 Philosophical Chairs Discussion Scoring Rubric

Lesson 5:

Resource 5.1 Vocabulary Notebook

Resource 5.2 Dialectical Journal

Resource 5.2B Is Love Too Strong a Word

Resource 5.2C Debate

Resource 5.3 Viewing with a Focus

Resource 5.4 Post-Reading Survey

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Resource 5.4B Transcript for The Giver Movie Clip

Resource 5.4C Virtual Gallery Walk Presentation Slide

Resource 5.5 Last page of Ch. 20 from The Giver

Resource 5.5 Conceptual Analysis by Character

Resource 5.7 Newbery Acceptance Speech (Lois Lowry)

Resource 5.8 Socratic Seminar Preparation

Resource 5.9 Socratic Seminar Guidelines

Resource 5.9A Socratic Seminar Observation Form/Rubric

Resource 5.10 S.O.A.P.S.Tone Analysis

Resource 5.11 Argumentative Essay Structure Outline

Resource 5.12 Argumentative Essay Frame

Resource 5.13 Cohesive Word List

Resource 5.14 Discourse Features for Embedding Quotations/Evidence

Resource 5.15 Parenthetical Citation

Resource 5.16 Argumentative Essay Writing Reflection

Resource 5.16 SAUSD Argumentative Writing Rubric

Lesson 6:

Resource 6.1 Independent and Dependent Clause Cornell Notes

Resource 6.2 Culture Project

Resource 6.3 Color Project

Resource 6.4 Island Project

Resource 6.5 The Giver Utopian Community Project

Resource 6.6 Multimedia Digital Presentation Rubric

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Santa Ana Unified School District Common Core Unit Planner for The Giver

Unit Title:

The Giver

Grade Level/Course:

8th Grade ELA

Time Frame: 4 to 6 Weeks

Big Idea (Enduring Understanding): Societal structure has the power to promote or limit freedom, choice, and desire.

Essential Questions:

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How can societal rules help or hurt us?

How can society balance individualism with responsibility to community?

Think of our current society ¨C what aspects of utopias and dystopias do we have?

When should one conform to the wishes or rules of others?

How do personal choices impact a society?

Instructional Activities: Activities/Tasks

21st

Century

Skills:

Learning and Innovation:

Critical Thinking & Problem Solving

Communication & Collaboration

Creativity & Innovation

Information, Media and Technology:

Information Literacy

Media Literacy

Information, Communications & Technology Literacy

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