The document outlines assignments for an 8th grade language arts class, including an interview questions assignment due on December 2nd, a test on The Giver on December 5th, and a reading response also due on December 2nd. It also discusses themes in The Giver such as sameness vs. individuality, family dynamics, and the true meaning of "release" in the story.

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Assignments:
8th Grade Language Arts
Agenda:
-Interview Questions (M 12/2)
1. Themes in The Giver- Release
-The Giver test (TH 12/5)
-Reading Response (M 12/2)
2. Chapter 24 and "companion" books to The Giver
3. Independent Reading
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Family
-mutual respect
-no fighting
-no abuse
-personalities of
parents are wellmatched
-no divorce
-BUT NO REAL
LOVE!!
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Sameness vs. Individual
-Community celebrates
the differences between
the 12-year-old children
-12- struggling to carve
out a distinct identity for
themselves
-encourages readers to
celebrate differences
instead of pretending
they do not exist
Release
-actually refers to death
or murder
-beginning: people are
physically sent Elsewhere
-frightening or sad
because no one would
want to leave
-Jonas escapes
and changes the
meaning to its
original meaning
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