1. C OMING TO Y OUR S ENSES The Giver 8 th SB 1.23

2. P URPOSE To recognize sensory details To illustrate sensory details for description

3. V ISUALIZATION As I read the first few pages of chapter 11, close your eyes and visualize the scene. What parts of the description do you remember most clearly? How can the use of descriptive details add meaning to a subject? How important is prior knowledge when reading?

4. T ERMS TO K NOW Sensory Details Details that appeal to the five senses Through sensory details, authors create Imagery which makes writing vivid by using figurative language to create word pictures

5. “T HE H EARTIEST OF S EASON ’ S G REETINGS ” A S WE READ, HIGHLIGHT N ELSON ’ S SENSORY DETAILS. Sight Meadow reaching to the shore Watching the day progress and the seasons change Deer and chickadees visiting Sound Music rounding out the day Smell Wild rose hedges dark evergreens Taste Delicious highland cranberries vegetables for his table Touch Wood lot providing firewood and muscle tone cutting own Christmas tree

6. “T HE H EARTIEST OF S EASON ’ S G REETINGS ” What is the tone of Carl Nelson’s holiday postcard? How does his use of sensory details convey this tone? What is the tone of the sledding scene in The Giver? How do the sensory details convey this tone?

7. W HAT IS THE M OST V IVID M EMORY Y OU H AVE ? What do you see? What do you hear? What do you taste? What do you smell? What do you touch?

8. W RITING ABOUT A M EMORY Describe the events in your memory in an essay or poem. Use the descriptions from the previous activity to create word pictures (imagery). When you finish… explain your choice of color and detail within your visualization how did you convey the tone in your description?