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What has been your favorite section of the book so far? Why? Has there been a part that has been unexpected? Explain your answer. You need to have a good paragraph as your answer.

If you lived in Jonas’s community, what would you want your job to be? What in your personality leads you to believe that the choice would be a good one?

Now that Jonas has received his assignment, do you think that he will be good at it? What in his character leads you to your opinion? Give textual evidence to support your point of view.

Post the titles of your favorite books. Give a short summary of the book and the type of book that it is. What makes it your favorite?

After reading the instructions, CLICK ON “Responses.”

Select your most intriguing passage from Chapters 3-4. Include the page and paragragh number where you found the passage in the book. Skip a line or two under the passage and record a 3-5 sentence response to the selected paragragh. What makes it so intriguing? What connections, inferences, predictions, or deeper meanings can you draw from this passage?

Now that you have read the first two chapters, do you feel that Jonas is right in his pondering about the need for the precision in language? Should we be more precise is our word usage? What are the consequences in our lack of precision?

What do you think of the Giver so far? How is Jonas like you and how is he different? Support your answer with textual evidence.

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