42. THE GIVER - THE POWER OF LANGUAGE ESSAY

You must read one chapter every day to keep up! Remember to answer the Study Guide Questions and do the Vocabulary Sheets!

Your new essay assignment is:

Despite the community's emphasis on precise language, language is often used as a tool for social control in The Giver.

Choose two or three words often used in the society (examples are release, newchild, stirrings) that distort or conceal the meaning of the words we use now in order to promote the rules and conventions of the community, and describe how their use affects their behaviors and attitudes of the people in the community.

Make sure your essay is at least 250.

41. VOCABULARY - MYSTERY ESSAY ASSIGNMENT

Below is your set of Vocabulary words to write in your black notebooks.

Please remember to write a definition of the word next to it.

attempt
debt
dentist
intelligent
tense
credit
except
restaurant
schedule
excess
exercise
sense
spaghetti
separate
skeleton
zest
necessary
steadily
measurement
guessed

Write to the Point Essay:

A good mystery keeps you wondering what's going to happen next. What kind of a mystery would you write? Where would the setting be? What kind of main character would you have? Write the first paragraph of your mystery. Try to give readers as much information as possible, and make sure they want to keep reading more!

Use vocabulary words from this lesson in your paragraph.

40. THE GIVER - READ THE BOOK!!

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39. THE GIVER - COMPARE & CONTRAST ESSAY

Below is your essay assigment.

Write your essay in a "word" document and send it to YOUR SITE.

Is the world in The Giver one where everyone is equal? Is it a world where everyone is the same? Is there a difference? Explain your answers with examples from the book. What's the difference between Equality and being The Same ("Sameness")?


At the bottom of your paper, put the word count - a minumum of 250 words. Type AWAY!!!!

38. VOCABULARY - SYNONYMS

Vocabulary Words:

Write these words in your notebooks and think of a synonym, and write that next to the word.

variety
assume
sympathy
career
constant
orchestra
negative
propaganda
parallel
signature
column
surrender
success
formula
sufficient
illustrate
definite
maximum
society
occur


Be ready for a pop-quiz at any time.

37. A MONTH OF PROVERBS - PARAPHRASING

Read a Proverb each day for 31 days!

Definition: A short, popular saying that expresses some practical truth or illuminating thought about everyday life.

Also Known As: saying, maxim, adage

Examples: Benjamin Franklin wrote the proverb, "Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise."

http://www.learnoutloud.com/podcaststream/listen.php?url=http://feeds.feedburner.com/ProverbsPodcast&all=1&title=27867
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE PODCAST.
START WITH PROVERBS 1-5
THEN, PROVERBS 6-10
THEN, PROVERBS 11-15
KEEP GOING - THERE ARE 31 PROVERBS.

THERE ARE ENOUGH PROVERBS FOR EACH DAY OF THE MONTH.



http://www.learnoutloud.com/Catalog/Religion-and-Spirituality/Spirituality/Proverbs-Podcast/27867#listen

IF YOU CAN NOT OPEN THE PODCAST, TRY CLICKING HERE.


My TEACHEREMAIL is "teacherwheeler2008@yahoo.com" - IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

YOUR ASSIGNMENT:

1. PASTE EACH DAY A NEW PROVERB TO YOUR ENGLISH SITE. PASTE A PICTURE THAT GOES WITH IT EACH ONE TOO!

2. PARAPHRASE THE PROVERB FOR EACH DAY INTO YOUR OWN WAY.

I hope you are learning something every day about yourself!
Ms. Wheeler