THE GIVER ANTICIPATION GUIDE

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NOTE TAKING TIME!!!

• Please have out your interactive notebook turned to

page 102 in order to take notes.

ABOUT THE

AUTHORLOIS LOWRY

Birthplace: Hawaii

Birth Date: March 20, 1937

Parents: Robert & Katherine Hammersburg

Education: Brown University,

University of Southern Maine

Her father was in the Army so her

family moved around a lot. Lois has

lived all around the world.

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ABOUT THE

AUTHORLOIS LOWRY

• She married after her

sophomore year at Brown

and had four children.

• They settled in Maine where

she finished her degree at

USM.

• She is currently divorced

living in West Cambridge

with her dog, Bandit.

LOIS LOWRY

• Write down TWO facts about Lois Lowry’s LIFE in your notebook

ABOUT HER WRITINGLOIS LOWRY

• “She fulfilled a childhood dream when she began writing in the mid-1970’s”

• She’s an author of over 20 books for young adults

• Twice the winner of the Newbery Medal

• Winner of the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award.

• Winner of the Boston Globe – Horn Book Award.

• Winner of the California Young Reader’s Medal.

• Winner of the Mark Twain Award.

ABOUT HER WRITINGLOIS LOWRY

• Over 5 million copies of The Giver sold

• The Giver has been translated into 29 languages.

• She has tackled a number of topics in her literature

including adoption, mental illness, cancer, the

Holocaust and futuristic societies.

• Whatever the theme, Lowry portrays realistic life

experiences to her audience.

ABOUT HER WRITINGLOIS LOWRY

• In her books, Lois Lowry throws her characters and

readers into many thought-provoking situations.

LOIS LOWRY

• Write down TWO facts about Lois Lowry’s WRITING

in your interactive notebook.

LOIS LOWRYOnce readers make contact with Lowry’s treasure,

they may never see things exactly quite the same.

LISTENING CHECK

Turn to your shoulder partner, and answer the following:

1. What is the name of Lois Lowry’s dog?

2. Approximately how many copies of The Giver have been sold?

UTOPIA• Utopia = an imagined place or state of things in

which everything is perfect. Word first created

in 1516 by Thomas More

• Beautiful society

• No violence

• No poverty

• No “misery”

• Few laws are necessary

• Money is not necessary

• People only do work they enjoy and benefits all

UTOPIABooks based on a Utopian concept:

• Utopia by Thomas More

• Stupid Perfect World by Scott Westerfeld

• A Modern Utopia by H.G. Wells

• Son by Lois Lowry

EXAMPLES OF UTOPIA

• Garden of Eden (Christianity)

• Atlantis

• Nirvana (Buddhism)

• Twin Oaks (Virginia)

DYSTOPIA• Dystopia (antonym) =

imaginary place; people lead

dehumanized and fearful lives

• Totalitarian dictatorship

• Glorification of violence

• Technology replaces humanity

• Negative social trends taken to

extremes

• Fictional and usually futuristic

• Serve as a warning

• A comment on current society

DYSTOPIABooks based on a Dystopian concept:

• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

• Divergent by Veronica Roth

• The Maze Runner by James Dashner

• Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

EXAMPLES OF

DYSTOPIA• Avatar

• The Walking Dead

• The Matrix

• I, Robot

CREATE YOUR OWN UTOPIA!!!

WHAT YOU NEED FOR YOUR

UTOPIAN SOCIETY

• Name of Society

• Flag for Society

• Motto for Society

• 5+ Bylaws/Rules for the Society

• 5+ Judicial System/Consequences for Society

• Illustrated and detailed map for your Utopia

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