Tuesday, January 31, 2012

The Giver By: Lois Lowry




Chapter 5

Please answer these questions below and respond to your classmates answers:

1.) What is the morning ritual?
2.) Why must Jonas start taking the pill everyday?
3.) How are you feeling about the society in the book?
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  1. Joana R.January 31, 2012 at 1:02 PM

    1. The morning ritual is when the family members tell their dreams to eachother.

    2. Jonas must start taking the pill everyday for the rest of his adult life because he had the dream , which is called stirrings. The pill treats the stirrings , it stops people from having weird dreams like jonas did.

    3. The society in the book to me seems weird and has all these rules such as, Each family has only two chilren(male/female), At age eight you begin your volunteer hours and there are much more that everyone must obey. To be honest I would not want to live there because I would feel like I can't do anything.

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    1. Victor G.January 31, 2012 at 1:13 PM

      i agree with you joana.

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    2. Ms. DowbyszJanuary 31, 2012 at 1:39 PM

      Agree with what? Why? Explain.

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    3. Victor G.January 31, 2012 at 2:55 PM

      i agree because their are to maney rules. It is like you come out of school and go to sleep or your volunteer hours. Also I dont like the volunteer hour's in the book

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    4. Ronnell S.February 1, 2012 at 6:51 AM

      me to joana this socitey has to many rule that are jus stupid like the you can not hang out with your at hang age of twelve cause you start to do the work that they choose for you this why i argee with you and if i did live i would go bocourse

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  2. Victor G.January 31, 2012 at 1:11 PM

    -The ritual is that they speak about their dream's.
    -so that way his stirring's will go away.But if he stops taking the pill's the stirring's will come back.
    -I dont like the society. Because they too many rule's. Also if I was living there I would not love my life.
    victor

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    1. Richard G.January 31, 2012 at 1:44 PM

      I agree with victor becuse the community is kind of harsh you need to follow all this rules, that some people would not like at all.

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    2. Natalie C.January 31, 2012 at 2:46 PM

      I agree with Victor because there are too many rules

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    3. Franco F.January 31, 2012 at 3:56 PM

      i agree with you guys because the community is too stricked to follow, and you cant do anything

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  3. Richard G.January 31, 2012 at 1:35 PM

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  4. Richard G.January 31, 2012 at 1:51 PM

    1. The morning ritual is when Jonas family tell about their dreams to each other.

    2.Jonas must take this pills everyday beacause he had a dream, which was he wanted to wash Fiona in the bath tub. The community call this stirrings. What I think is about controlling their Hormones.

    3.The society in the book to me is having no freedom and kind of weird. I say this because the parents can only have two children and has to be a boy and girl. Also at the age of 12 the kid should act more like adults so no hagging out with friends and other stuff kids do. Theres ton of other rules you need to obey in this community. If I live there honesty I will not like it because you need to obey a lot of rules, and the community would not allow me do things what I will like to do.

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    1. Rashawnah P.January 31, 2012 at 2:03 PM

      I agree with you because the community have to all these rules to follow as a kid and when they turn twelve they have to dill with all this responsibly and have jobs. they cant do stuff kids will do, like hang with there friends.

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  5. Rashawnah P.January 31, 2012 at 1:56 PM

    1. the morning ritual is when they tell the family there dreams to each-other.

    2. Jonas must take the pills everyday because he had that dream that they call strings and the treatment is to take the pills.

    3. i could honest say honest that i don't like the society in the book because you have to follow this rules and if you break one they could they will call you out. also if you break a rule more the three time you will be released from the community.

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  6. Natalie C.January 31, 2012 at 2:41 PM

    1. The morning ritual is that the family has to tell there dreams to each other.

    2. Jonas has to take the pill for the rest of his life because he had that dream (called stirring) and the treatment is to stop having the stirring.

    3. The society in the book to me is weird and stupid because there's to much rules and if you disobey then you would be released from the community. Honestly i would hate to live there.

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    1. Rohanie D.January 31, 2012 at 4:41 PM

      I agree with you because the community have too much rules to follow and also, I think it is weird and stupid. Also, I agree with you because I would hate the community too.

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  7. Franco F.January 31, 2012 at 3:54 PM

    1. The morning ritual is two express what were there dreamms.

    2. Jonas has to take his pills ever morning because he had his stirring dream so he has to take it until he gets older.

    3. I think the society in the book is to stricked(its like you in prission)because people have to wear the same, be the same, and act the same. For me in my opinion its not right

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    1. Alex R.January 31, 2012 at 7:26 PM

      I agree with you Franco because your answers are right and the family do talk about there dreams.

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  8. Rohanie D.January 31, 2012 at 4:25 PM

    Hi class its Rohanie.

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  9. Franco F.January 31, 2012 at 4:31 PM

    Infraction:breach,violation.

    Dosage:the administration of medicine in doses.

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  10. Rohanie D.January 31, 2012 at 4:36 PM

    1.The morning ritual is when everyone in the community have to tell their dreams.

    2.Jonas have to take the pills every morning because it helps him take away his stirring feelings away.

    3.In my opinion, I don't like the society in the book because there is too much rules to follow. I think everyone should be free. The book states that there must be a family with one female and male. Also, at the age of eight they have to start doing volunteering hours. I think the kids should just relax. I would not want to live there because I am lazy.

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    1. Alejandra P.January 31, 2012 at 5:53 PM

      i agree with rohanie because i thought there was something called freedom but i guess i doesnt exist in this book.

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  11. Alejandra P.January 31, 2012 at 6:06 PM

    1. The morning ritual is when you talk about your dreams and/or feelings.
    2.Jonas has to take these pills so he stop having the stirrings(hormones)
    3.Personally i think this community is being unfair because i thought there was something called freedom but it seems like it doesnt exist in this book. There are some rules that dont even make sense. For example you are ASSIGNED to be a birth mother.I believe its your choice whether you want to be a mother or not.But also you cant have intimidation with your own wife/husband. Thats just stupid

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  12. Alex R.January 31, 2012 at 7:40 PM

    1. The morning ritual is when the family share there feeling and dreams.
    2.Jonas take pills because he has bad dreams and the rest of adult life. If he don't take these pills he would have bad dreams all the time also would have bad hormones.
    3. I think the story is great because it is starting to get interesting and I want to know more about this weird community. I want to know why this community cant do the things we do now. This is why the book(The Giver)is starting to get interesting.

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    1. Kuaran B.February 1, 2012 at 6:02 AM

      I disagree beacause you can not take food. you dont get a nice home cooked meal. The jobs is chosen for you there is no is nofree will. pluse you can not see your own birth mother. You get a family picked for you it is not human.

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  13. Alexis P.February 1, 2012 at 5:45 AM

    i agree with you victor this community is corny they never really let people do what they want to do its either do this or get "released" you cant dthat we need freedom

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  14. Kuaran B.February 1, 2012 at 5:51 AM

    1The morning ritual is to tell your dream.

    2Joas must start taking the pill to surpresee his feeling

    3I feel the society in the book is not perfect at all

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  15. James R.February 1, 2012 at 5:59 AM

    1. The morning ritual is that in the morning they gader together and share their feelings.
    2. Jonas take thoose pills because he get this wierd dream that a kid dosen't suppose tu have.
    3. I think this story is cool but the thing that bugs me is that all does rule they have, i cant handle them because for me they are very confusing.

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  16. Gabby L.February 1, 2012 at 6:23 AM

    1) The morning ritual is that you have totell your dreams from the night before.

    2) Jonas has to take the pill everyday because he is starting to get stirrings.

    3) In my opinion i believe that the society is really strict. I think this because you cant ride other peoples bikes,each family can only have 2 children(male/female), and lastly you are not allowed to brag about accomplishments. I would not like to live in this society because it has too many rules and you can not hardly do anything that you want to do.

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  17. Ronnell S.February 1, 2012 at 6:44 AM

    1.The morning ritual is that they tell about there dream.

    2.Jonas is taking the pills cause he has wet dream and his hormones.

    3.I do not like there rules cause you can not see your birth mother and that you can not let your friend ride your dreams.

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    1. Taziyah W.February 1, 2012 at 6:55 AM

      Ronell You Barely Explained ! But I Agree With Ronell'S Answer Kind Of I Really Cant Explain Because You Didnt Really Explain ! :p

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  18. Taziyah W.February 1, 2012 at 6:52 AM

    1) The Morning Ritual Is When Jonas Family Tells Each Other About Their Dream That They Had That Night.

    2) The Reason Why Jonas Has To Start Taking The Pill Everyday Because He Is Starting To Have Stirrings About Anxiously Wanting To Wash And See Fioana's Body.

    3) In My Opinion I Believe That The Society Is A(Utopia)Community That Believe Everything And Everyone Do All Things The Same So That It Won't Be As Much Trouble. Honstly , I Kind Of Don't Like This Type Of Community Because There Are Rules To Be Followed, I Was NEVER The Type To Follow Rules On How I Should Live And Realeasing Is Just Dumd . I Think The Ceremonies Are Just Not Called For As Well As Children Completeing Their Childhood At The Age Of 12 . And The Simple Fact That Girls Who Wanna Have Their Own Children Can't Or Even Have As Many Kids As They Want To Just Because Or Rules As Well As The Same Go For Young Men .

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  19. Alejandra P.February 1, 2012 at 6:32 PM

    Topic:Lockers
    POV=Point of View:For Lockers

    Reason#1:Teachers won't complain about stuff being all over the place.
    Support#1: Coats,gym clothes would be locked up in your locker
    Support#2: In case of an emergency people won't be tripping over coats and bookbags.

    Reason#2: That way our books won't be overflowing on the bottom of our desks
    Support#1: 90% of the students complain about these huge text books not fitting underneath their desks
    Support#2: Teachers expect us to be able to have our desks neat when half of the books dont even fit.

    Reason#3: You wont have to worry about your stuff missing
    Support#1: Students take the stuff that don't even belong to them.
    Support#2: also if we had lockers books and clothes wont be missplaced because you'll know where to put it.

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  20. Rashan A.February 2, 2012 at 5:57 AM

    Topic: Going out for lunch.

    Reason 1, Students could not come back after lunch .

    Detail 1) There would be a half empty school after lucnch.
    2) The School would loose track of where the students are.

    Reason 2, The students wouldn't have any adult supervison.

    Detail 1) Student wouldnt be safe by themselfs.
    2) The school wouldn't know what the students are doing during lunch.

    Reason 3, Students could get hurt duting lunch.

    Detail 1) The school would be held responsable for what ever happens to the Studens.
    2) Going out for lunch could lead to being hurt or even death.

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  21. James R.February 8, 2012 at 6:05 AM

    The Giver Question

    1- His job is to be an paerre. Yes because that asignment seems easy and cool.
    2- The qualities are that he has to do is to take care of the ald people.
    3- It will change because he could be seperated from his family. And I think that he is going to be appart from his family.

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