Thursday, 5/22 LessonEnglish 8

Absent students: Use your Agree/Disagree packet with the Lois Lowry speech inside to complete the

tasks listed on the following slides. Due Friday. Spelling and Vocab 14 quiz tomorrow as well!

You will need two highlighter colors and one pen or pencil for today’s lesson

Step 1: number all the paragraphs

Step 2: read the entire document

Step 3: chunk the textChunk 1- paragraphs 1-5Chunk 2- paragraphs 6-8Chunk 3- paragraphs 9-12Chunk 4- paragraphs 13-16Chunk 5- paragraphs 17-20Chunk 6- paragraphs 21-27Chunk 7- paragraphs 28-31

Close Reading: Lois Lowry Speech

Re-read chunk 1Highlight the following words in ONE color (use

only for vocab words):SuperficialImplicationsGlibFlippancy

Discuss synonyms or define the selected vocabulary words with your group – note in the margin as needed

Using your other highlighter color, highlight one piece of evidence in Chunk 1 that identifies how Lowry “knows where to start” with her book The Giver.

Close Reading: Lois Lowry Speech

Re-read chunk 2Highlight the following words in your vocab

color:TributariesEnclave

Discuss synonyms or define the selected vocabulary words with your group – note in the margin as needed

Close Reading: Lois Lowry Speech

Identify settingCircle the date of this particular storyCircle the setting of this particular storyWith your group, research what was going on in

Japan and the United States from 1940-1950Confirm answer with teacher, then note it in the

marginWhat reason does Lowry’s mom give for why

they live in Washington Heights? Highlight it.

Close Reading: Lois Lowry Speech

Re-read chunk 3Highlight the following words in your vocab

color:VigorGarish

Discuss synonyms or define the selected vocabulary words with your group – note in the margin as needed

What reason does Lowry give for why she sneaks in to Shibuya? Circle the word(s)

Focus on paragraph 11Discuss with your group – in what way is

Shibuya different from Lowry’s own life?Highlight the phrase(s)

Close Reading: Lois Lowry Speech

Re-read chunk 4Highlight the following words in your vocab color:

AwryDormitoryValedictoriansRemorseful

Discuss synonyms or define the selected vocabulary words with your group – note in the margin as needed

Discuss with your group- in what way is the “one girl” different?Highlight:

How does she make the other girls feel? What do they do as a result?

Close Reading: Lois Lowry Speech

Focus on paragraph 14Highlight the repeated line that appeared earlier in the speech

How does this situation connect with the incident in Shibuya? Discuss with your group.

Close Reading: Lois Lowry Speech

Re-read chunk 5Highlight the following words in your vocab

color:ImpassionedWhimsical

Discuss synonyms or define the selected vocabulary words with your group – note in the margin as needed

Identify settingCircle the date of this particular storyCircle the setting of this particular story

Discuss with your groupDo some people see color and art differently

than others? In what way? Why is this unique?

Close Reading: Lois Lowry Speech

Re-read chunk 6Highlight the following words in your vocab

color:HolocaustDevil’s advocate

Discuss synonyms or define the selected vocabulary words with your group – note in the margin as needed

Three different situations are discussed in this chunk.Discuss with your group: how might these

situations be related?

Close Reading: Lois Lowry Speech

Focus on paragraph 23Highlight the sentence that is the main idea of

the storyDiscuss with your group- how is this related to

2081?Focus on paragraph 24

Discuss with your group – what is the Holocaust? Note answers in the margin

Focus on paragraph 26What is the main idea of this paragraph?

Highlight it and then rephrase is in the margin

Close Reading: Lois Lowry Speech

Re-read chunk 7Highlight the following words in your vocab

color:DeludedObsolete

Discuss synonyms or define the selected vocabulary words with your group – note in the margin as needed

Focus on paragraphs 30-31Highlight: what does Lowry say she dislikes?Highlight: in order to have a world without those

things that Lowry says she dislikes, what freedoms does Lowry say cannot exist?

Close Reading: Lois Lowry Speech

Prediction paragraph:Based on what you learned about the

background of Lowry’s writing The Giver, what do you think the novel will be about?

Close Reading: Lois Lowry Speech