Jonas is given a choice of three assignments to complete from a tic-tac-toe board about his community in The Giver. The options are for Jonas to write journal entries about his life, brainstorm activities he has freedom over or not, or consider how diversity versus sameness impacts their society.

1. The Giver
Directions: choose three assignments to complete. Your choices must complete a
tic-tac-toe.
Write 5 - one paragraph Freedom of choice – In our society, consider
journal entries that Jonas brainstorm and classify 25 diversity vs. sameness.
would have written. things you do Decide what aspects of each
everyday/week. Classify (or one) are important to
each activity as “My society and explain the
Choice,” “Some Choice,” or implications of your
“No Choice.” Chart your decision. Chart your
answers. answers.
Imagine that Jonas’s sister, Is it important to follow In our society, consider
Lily, and his friend Asher rules (yes or no), and is it rules vs. individual
discover that Jonas and important to follow rules in freedom. Decide what
Gabriel have fled into our society? Create a list of aspects of each (or one) are
Elsewhere. Write a 20 rules you follow at important to society and
dialogue between Asher and home, at school, or in the explain the implications of
Lily that reveals their community. Divide the your decision. Chart your
thoughts about the situation. rules into two groups: those answers.
Base your dialogue on what that you believe are
you know about their important and those that are
personalities and their not important or
relationship with Jonas. (20 unnecessary. Chart your
responses from each answers.
person)
Based on your knowledge List the rules of Jonas’s In our society, consider
of The Giver’s life, choose community. Divide the some form of government
an event that gives him rules into two groups: those vs. no government at all.
great joy. Write a memoir that you believe are Decide what aspects of each
of the event, as if he were important and those that are (or one) are important to
writing it himself. (5 not important or society and explain the
paragraphs) unnecessary. Chart your implications of your
answers. decision. Chart your
answers.