Instructions for today’s task:

In your literacy workbook add to your vocabulary page.

Chapter 19 vocabulary: access, receptacle

Read Chapter 19 of The Giver.

You can choose to either listen to the audio book video (link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNF-sTGlDtU ) , or read Chapter 19 independently (link to online version of The Giver text: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxjbGFzc2FsYmVydGl8Z3g6NzE3OTEzYzE0YTgxYzUyZA - scroll down to about page 147).

In your literacy workbook, write the heading ‘Chapter 19’, and then write your chapter work responses for Part A, Part B and Part C.

Part A - Write a definition for each of these words:

• access

• receptacle

Here is a link to an online dictionary: https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/

Part B - Plot Events

Describe the plot events linked to these quotes:

1. “With an odd, shocked feeling, Jonas recognized the gestures and posture and expression.”

2. “Bye-bye, little guy…”

Part C - Write a Chapter Reflection

Based on this chapter, write a paragraph that includes some questions, ideas, or connections you have so far about this story.

Optional extension: explore the literary term - irony

“His father was such a gentle man,” (page 146). After reading the chapter, explain the irony of Jonas’ statement.

Irony is the use of words to convey a meaning that is opposite of what is actually said. In literature, we can think of irony in three different forms.

verbal irony: occurs when a speaker’s intention is the opposite of what he or she is saying. For example, a character stepping out into a hurricane and saying, “What nice weather we’re having!” This is also referred to as sarcasm.

situational irony: a contradiction; when something is the opposite from the way it appears to be. For example, if there’s a fire inside the fire station.

dramatic irony: when the readers know something that the characters don’t. For example; When Anne Frank writes in her diary that she can’t wait to ride a bike once she’s free, the readers/audience knows that she will never do this because she dies.