Journals: The Giver

Journal 1

• Pretend you are speaking to someone who has never heard of the Garden of Eden. How would you explain it to them? Why is it unique? How did this change?

J 3 Green: Journal 2

• Imagine your perfect world. What makes it perfect? What are some details about your world that are different from ours?

• Is there such a thing as a perfect world? Why or why not?

Green Journal 4/ Blue Journal 3

• What are some differences between Jonas’ society and our society?

• Why do Jonas and his parents (all adults, really) have to take a pill each day?

• What do you think happens to Larissa and Roberto?

Journal 4 Blue

• What do you think is Jonas’ assignment?• What details do we know about his

assignment by the end of chapter 9?

Journal 5

• What do we discover about Jonas’ world in Chapters 10-12? What does Jonas realize is “seeing beyond”?

• Imagine a world without color – is it a good or bad thing? What is it like?

Journal 6

• What memories does Jonas receive from The Giver in chapters 13-15?

• Why is it important that he receives these memories?

• Take a side: It is necessary for the community to take away memories of death, selfishness, and war in order for society to succeed.

Green 5/

• Jonas meets the receiver who says “I am not, actually, as old as I look . . . This job has aged me” (Lowry 76). Explain in at least 3 sentences what this means.

• What was the first memory that Jonas receives? What does this memory tell us about life in the community?

• What is the first memory of pain that Jonas receives?

Green 6

• What disturbing or distressing memories does the Giver gives to Jonas.

• Journal 7: Write about one memory you could not live without- what details can you remember

• Journal 8: What is the importance of love in our lives? How does that differ from Jonas’ life?