GIVER Pain Gallery - Final Activity and Discussion PowerPoint

GIVER Pain Gallery - Final Activity and Discussion PowerPoint

NOVEL: The Giver by Lois Lowry
LEVEL: middle school (junior high), high school (secondary)
COMMON CORE: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.10

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This resource can be purchased as part of THE GIVER Unit Teaching Package bundle.
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This 5-slide, 3-question The Giver PowerPoint is an amazing final activity and discussion for the novel.

(1) Students will draw a picture of something painful in their lives. They don't have to show anyone. The teacher collects them all, shuffles them so they're random, then displays them for students to look at.

(2) Together, the teacher and students sort the pictures into various Giver Pain categories. FYI: This can get pretty deep and emotionally moving. Get ready. The weight of seeing all our collective pain is powerful.

(3) Students then write about how society could fix each of those pains. (Encourage them to think about our society and not the one from The Giver.

(4) Finally, students discuss how personal choices are connected with each of the pains present in society (ours and in The Giver). Ultimately, students will realize that they highly value personal choice and are willing to live in a society where personal choice causes pain.

NOTE: This Giver file has been updated to include both the PowerPoint Show and the customizable .ppt file.

Enjoy The Giver!