1. Short Answer:
What one physical characteristic sets Jonas apart from the others in his Community?
Who else close to Jonas has this unique characteristic?
What physical characteristics set you apart?

2. Methods of Characterization
Authors give their readers pieces of puzzles to solve their character’s identity

3. Methods of Characterization
There are four ways an author lets the reader know what a character in a piece of literature is like.
speech and behavior
inner thoughts and feelings
physical traits and characteristics
other’s opinions and reactions

4. The character is revealed through his or her own speech and actions.
Speech and Behavior
The character is revealed through his or her own speech and actions.
Examples:
Joe reacted quickly and jumped into the river to save his little brother.
He grabbed the man and yelled, “give me your money!”

5. Inner Thoughts and Feelings
The character is revealed through private thoughts.
Examples:
Allison knew she should have given money to the homeless man, and felt very bad about it.
Kim felt impatient with her sister for being late.

6. Physical Traits and Characteristics
The writer describes how the character looks, dresses, and appears.
Examples:
He was a tall boy with blonde hair and brown eyes.
The woman was wearing a beautiful blue gown with a pearl necklace.
His eyes were as cold as stone.

7. Other’s Opinion and Reactions
The writer reveals what other characters in the story say or think about the character.
Examples:
“The new girl in school seems very nice,” said Jessica happily.
“Nathan is awesome at soccer,” remarked the fan, “he made two goals during the game.”

8. Methods of Characterization
speech and behavior
inner thoughts and feelings
physical traits and characteristics
other’s opinions and reactions

9. Checking for Understanding
Identify the correct method of characterization and write it in the blank.
I suddenly had this crazy feeling like I wanted to bolt from the car and run through the fields until I couldn’t run anymore.
What method for Paul?
inner thoughts and feelings
Erik was sitting in one of the chairs. He waved casually to Mom. He ignored Me.
What method for Erik?
speech and behavior

10. “Trying to get in to see Old Charley Burn. ” He looked at me
“Trying to get in to see Old Charley Burn.” He looked at me. “He’s a real character. You’ll have to meet him. Spends half his life at the stock car races. He’s crazy about stock-car racing.”
What method for Old Charlie Burns?
other’s opinions and reactions
I thought to myself, OK, here we are. How long did it take Dad to get to his favorite topic, the Erik Fisher Football Dream?
What method for Paul?
inner thoughts and Feelings
He didn’t look to be much older than Erik. He had on knee-high black-and-yellow boots, a pair of cutoff shorts, and a white shirt that had TANGERINE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT-WAYNE written over the breast pocket.
What method for Wayne?
physical traits and characteristics

11. WORD WALL As you read, write down words you have never seen before.
Define them using context clues.
As a class, add words to the WORD WALL.
First class to 25 words wins homework passes.

12. TOD: On a small slip of paper, answer the question:
Which characterization method does Lois Lowry use to describe Jonas?
speech and behavior
inner thoughts and feelings
physical traits and characteristics
other’s opinions and reactions

13. Who does this describe?

14. Chapter 7 As you read, take notes over these Twelves’ characteristics:
Pierre
Benjamin
Fiona
Asher
Inger
Write the page numbers where you get the information.

15. Venn Diagram
Using the notes you took over chapter 7, compare and contrast Jonas to one other Twelve.
Pierre
Benjamin
Fiona
Asher
Inger

16. Activator List two adjectives that describe Jonas.
Complete the sentence with these two adjective:
The Giver will work with the _____________ and _____________ Jonas.

17. Coordinate adjectives
Work together to modify a word.
Are equal – one is not more related to the modified word than the other.
EX:
Beautiful, haunting melody
Switch them around.
Take one out.
Neither makes a difference to the meaning.

18. Hierarchal Adjectives
Opposite of coordinate adjectives
Build on each other (hierarchy)
EX:
cold December wind.
December describes wind.
Cold describes “December wind”

19. What’s the big difference?
Which punctuation mark is missing from hierarchal adjectives?

20. Coordinate Adjective Test
Add “and”:
Sound right? Yes or no.
The beautiful and haunting melody
The cold and December wind
Switch their places:
The haunting, beautiful melody
The December cold wind.

21. Harrison Bergeron
Why did certain people have to wear “handicaps” like masks, weights, and ear devices?
Is this fair? Should we all be equal?
Did the Handicapper General wear such devices?
Who are the Emperor and the Empress?
Why did they have to die?
Why did they shut the televisions off at that point?
How does this story relate to the novel?

22. Activator Discussion Who is Harrison Bergeron?
What are the “handicaps”?
What happened to The Emperor and Empress at the end?
Why?

23. Harrison Bergeron VS 2081
On the fishbone graphic organizer, demonstrate the differences between Harrison Bergeron the short story and 2081 the movie.
In the head, mark the top part “movie” and the bottom part “text.
On the top bones, list things that were in the movie but were not in the text.
On the bottom bones, list things that were in the text but were not in the movie.
You may add more “bones” if necessary.

24. Summary: Answer in Paragraph Form
What do you think is the most important difference between the text and the movie?
Why do you think this is the most important difference?
Why do you think the screenwriter chose to change the text in this way?
Would you have made the same change?

25. Write-Pair-Share Write:
Why did the Chief Elder skip Jonas when giving out the assignments?
Pair:
Share your prediction with your partner.
Share
Predictions with the class.

26. Chapter 8-9 Read with a partner.
Don’t forget to look for unfamiliar words to place on the WORD WALL!

27. Summary Read the instructions on your handout.
Complete your individual summary activity.
Ask questions if you are confused by the directions on your handout.