The Giver by: Lois Lowry



WEEK ONE

Literature Chapters 1-5

Exercise 1: Use each of the following vocabulary words correctly in the sentences below:

adherence, aptitude, enhance, palpable, wheedle.

A. Watching the fighter planes streak across the horizon, the civilians felt a moment of ________________________________________ terror.

B. By smiling and offering to help, the little girl hoped to ________________________________________ another cookie from the baker.

C. A quick blood transfusion will ___________________________________ the injured soldier’s chance of survival.

D. In most communities, the police are responsible for enforcing ________________________________________ to the law.

E. It’s important to choose a career based upon your own natural ________________________________________ .

EXERCISE 2: Use each of the following vocabulary words correctly in the sentences below:

chastisement, petulantly, tabulated, remorse, bewildered.

A. The little girl stamped her foot ____________________________________ when she was denied a second helping of cake.

B. Select a toy for your little brother because he will only become ________________________________________ by the many choices in the toy store.

C. Breaking minor rules results only in gentle _______________________.

D. I knew my son felt ________________________________________ for teasing his sister when he offered to take her to the movies.

E. After all the votes were ____________________________________ , it was clear that my candidate had lost the election.

WEEK TWO: Literature Chapters 6-11

EX. 1: Antonyms are word with opposite or nearly opposite, meanings. PUT THE LETTER OF THE ANTONYM FROM COLUMN B NEXT TO THE WORD IN COLUMN A. Then use the words in COLUMN A to fill in the blanks in the sentences below.

Column A Column B

1. benign _______ a. carelessly

2. exuberant _______ b. acquire

3. apprehensive _______ c. harmful

4. meticulously _______ d. downcast

5. relinquish_______ e. tranquil

EX. 2: Use the words in COLUMN A to fill in the blanks in the sentences below.

A. Jonas’s family pledged to _______________________________ Gabe once he was assigned to his own family unit.

B. _____________________________________applause greeted the naming of each award winner.

C. Jonas believed the community was so ___________________ structured that anyone could fit in.

D. The Chief Elder’s ______________________________________ statement reassured the uneasy audience.

E. Elevens who had shown no special ability or interest were ________________________________________ about their Life Assignment.

EX. 3: Use the context to determine the meaning of the underlined word in each of the following sentences. HIGHLIGHT its meaning from the choices listed below each sentence.

A. Any young men with severe vision problems will be exempted from military service.

a. expelled b. freed c. delayed d. acquitted

B. To protect people from nighttime bombings, there was a prohibition against going out after dark.

a. encouragement b. ban c. flight d. permission

C. Instruction in learning to read is an integral part of most first grade programs.

a. essential b. intense c. abhorrent d. unimportant

D. Although some people find a ride on a rollercoaster to be exhilarating, I find it terrifying.

a. amusing b. frightening c. tedious d. stimulating

E. In the fall, the number of daylight hours diminishes.

a. lessens b. expands c. vanishes d. increases

WEEK THREE

Literature Chapters 12-16

Vocabulary Choose a word from the Word Box to replace each underlined word with a more descriptive word that has a similar meaning. Write the word AT THE END OF the sentence.

WORD BOX

admonition assimilated

phenomenon skeptically

vibrance

A. Jonas told The Giver that he had witnessed a strange occurrence when he looked at an apple and at his friend Fiona’s hair._____________________________________

B. Jonas’s life took on a vitality that his friends’ lives lacked. _____________________________________

C. Lily answered doubtfully when Jonas told her that once elephants really existed. _____________________________________

D. When memories were released accidentally, people panicked until the memories were absorbed. ___________________________________

E. When Jonas’s father asked him about his dreams, Jonas remembered the Giver’s warning not to discuss them. _____________________________________

Vocabulary Use each of the following vocabulary words in a sentence of your own: daub, ecstatic, obsolete, ominous, pervade. (ON PAPER)

WEEK FOUR

Literature Chapters 17-20

Vocabulary Word analogies are equations in which the first pair of words has the same relationship as the second pair of words. For example: SHALLOW is to DEEP as FRIVOLOUS is to SOLEMN. Both pairs of words are antonyms. Choose the best word from the Word Box to complete each of the analogies below.

WORD BOX

fleeting glum

horde suppress realm

A. PRESIDENT is to REPUBLIC as MONARCH is to _____________________________________ .

B. ECSTATIC is to JOYOUS as MELANCHOLY is to _____________________________________ .

C. FLOCK is to BIRDS as _____________________________________ is to INSECTS.

D. CENSOR is to BOOKS as _____________________________________ is to SPEECH.

E. PERMANENT is to BRIEF as ETERNAL is to _____________________________________ .

Use the following words in sentences of your own: mimic,

sarcasm, rueful, chaos, solace. (ON PAPER)

WEEK FIVE

Literature Chapters 21-23

1. Vocabulary- Use the following words to fill in the blanks in the sentences below:

augment, fugitives, languid, lethargy, taut.

A. Jonas coaxed Gabe to sleep with the memory of the rhythmic sound

of ________________________________________ water lapping hypnotically against a beach.

B. Facing starvation, Jonas combed the fields to ________________________________________ the food supply.

C. Together the ________________________________________ slept through the first dangerous day.

D. After endless miles on the bicycle, Jonas’s leg muscles were ________________________________________.

E. The memory of sunshine helped Jonas shake off the feeling of ________________________________________ and restored his will to live.

2. Use the following words in sentences of your own:

augment, fugitives, languid, lethargy, taut. (ON PAPER)

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