The Giver – Authority

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The Giver – Authority

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This unit lesson uses the book "The Giver" by Louis Lowry and has students act as researchers and recorders in the process of finding information on Utopian societies, cults and authority. Students will complete a Powerpoint, Glogster, essay or news broadcast by the conclusion of the lesson.

Education Levels:

6, 7, 8

Subject:

Writing (composition), Process Skills, Literature, Integrating Technology Into The Classroom

Resource Type:

Lesson plan

Medium:

Text/HTML

Fee Status:

Free

Beneficiary:

Students

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Keywords:

Dystopias, Utopias, Lowry, Lois, Authority, Cults

Mediator:

Middle school teachers

Publisher:

Alabama Learning Exchange

Contributor:

Alabama Learning Exchange

Is Part Of:

http://alex.state.al.us/

Language:

English

General

Essential Resources:

Computers with Internet access; DVD player; Projection system; Video camera; Copies of "The Giver" by Lois Lowry

Learning Time:

Greater than 120 Minutes

Referenced Resources/Versions

Required Learning:

http://alex.state.al.us/uploads/30420/TheGiver-DefyingAuthority.xls

Required Learning:

http://alex.state.al.us/uploads/30420/Presentation_Research_Worksheet.doc

Assessment:

http://alex.state.al.us/uploads/30420/newsbroadcastrubric.xls

Assessment:

http://alex.state.al.us/uploads/30420/KWHL.doc

Subjects/Topics

P21 Subject:

Language Arts, English

Instructional Methods

Assessment Method:

Curriculum based assessment

Learning Outcomes:

Broad Correlation

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (2010)

Reading Standards for Literature

Key Ideas and Details

2. Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.

Broad Correlation

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (2010)

Reading Standards for Literature

Craft and Structure

6. Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in a text.

Broad Correlation

Alabama Course of Study: English Language Arts (2007)

Reading

1. Apply strategies, including making inferences to determine theme, confirming or refuting predictions, and using specific context clues, to comprehend eighth-grade recreational reading materials.

Broad Correlation

Alabama Course of Study: English Language Arts (2007)

Reading

4. Apply strategies appropriate to type of reading material, including making inferences to determine bias or theme and using specific context clues, to comprehend eighth-grade informational and functional reading materials.

Broad Correlation

Alabama Course of Study: English Language Arts (2007)

Literature

6. Analyze works of literature for character motivation, mood, tone, theme, similarities across texts, and literary devices.

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