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__Mayra Karina Jaqulinene__ __Story Synopsis:__ Jonas world is perfect. Everything is under control. there is no fear or pain. There are no choices every person is assigned a role in the community. When Jonas turns twelve he is singeled out to recieve special training from the Giver. The Giver alone hold the memories of the true pain and plesure of life. Now it's time for Jonas to receive the truth. There is no turning back.

__Chapter 1 Summary:__ A plane flies over Jonas community. A speaker tell everyone to abandon their bicycles and to go into the nearest building. Later Jonas' family start a ritual of sharing their feeling after dinner. Jonas confeses that he is frighten about the Ceremony of Tweleves.

__Chapter 1 Vocabulary:__ - meticulously: extremely careful and precise

__Chapter 1 Questions:__ Q: __Would you like to live in Jonas' world for a week? Explain__. M: No, because their society is so robotic. J, K, A: Yes, but only for a week to see how their community is. A: Yes to try something new out.

Chapter 2 Summary: Jonas' parents were talking about his upcoming Celebration and when they first got his little sister Lily. Vocabulary: - acquisition: the act of acquiring something

Questions: Q: __What do you think about the people being released from the community like in Jonas' world?__ M: I think it is very hard and they shouldn't do it because that's sort of bullying. K: I think it is harsh because it is hard being removed from the place you grow up in. A: I think its very harsh and not nessasary.

Chapter 3 Summary: Jonas' parents get a new baby in the house. His name is Gabriel and he has Jonas' eye color and they caught him when he stole an apple. Vocabulary: dwelling: a house or other building or place in which somebody lives

Questions: __Q: Do you think we will get speakers like in Jonas' neighborhood? If so explain how they would be like?__ M: Yes, and they will look like the classroom speakers because Chicago is a little broke. K: I dont think we would get speakers like in Jonas' neighborhood. A: Yes because they might want to give a important annauncment.

Chapter 4 Summary: Jonas was doing his community service hours in the House of Old where they take care of the elderly. Vocabulary: - dismounting: remove item from

Questions: __Q: What do you think the change Jonas saw in the apple was?__ M: It was a diffrent color. K: I think the color changed or the shape changed. A: The apple changes shape.

Chapter 5 Summary: Jonas was telling people about a dream he had. His mom started giving him pills for the stirrings. Vocabulary: - compel: to force somebody to do something

Questions: __Q: Would you like to work at the house of the old?__ M: Heck no, they are creepy people! K: Yes but for a little while not all the time. A: Yes because they need special attention

Chapter 6 Summary: Lily has her Ceremony for 8. Vocabulary: - hastily: done in hurry

Questions: __Q: What do you think the "Stirrings" are?__ M: I think they are when boys and girls like each other! K: I think they are when children start to have feelings for the opposite gender. A: I think its when they start noticing each other more.

Chapter 7 Summary: Jonas goes to his Ceremony for the 11. He starts to worry and panic because they skipped his name. Vocabulary: uttered: to say or pronounce something

Questions: __Q: What happened in chapter 7?__J: The Elevens get their assignments, and towards the end of the Ceremony Jonas starts to panic and worry because they skipped his name. K: The Elevens are going to get their assignments. 3 already got theirs. It was Asher's turn too. M: The Elevens were being converted to Twelves and getting there jobs. A: They are having a ceramony for the 12th

Chapter 8 Summary: Jonas gets pulled out at the end of the Ceremony and they tell him that he has been chosen to be the next Reciever of Memory. Vocabulary: - alcove: a recess in the wall of a room

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__Q: How would you feel if the speaker made an announcment like they did to Jonas?__ M: I would feel ashamed and I would go to my room. K: I would feel ashamed too because everyone will know what I did. A: I would feel bad if they did that to me.

Chapter 9 Summary: Jonas goes home and starts to read the rules and duties of being the next Reciever. Vocabulary: - apprehensively: worried that something bad will happen

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__Q: How would you feel to be assigned a new sibling that is not your blood sibbling?__
J: It'll feel weird at first because you're not used to being with them like you would with a realy blood sibling. But as time passes by I think I'd get used to it. K: I will still like them but it won't be the same. M: i wouldn't care because I would still love them A: It would feel strange at first. Chapter 10 Summary: He goes to the Giver for his first session and learns more about being the next Reciever. Vocabulary: - perceive: notice using senses

Questions: __Q: What would your thoughts be if the elder skipped you like she skipped Jonas?__ J: I would start to panic and worry like Jonas did, I would be really confused. K: I would start to panic and think of what I had done bad. M:I would be really scared and cry! And think what have i've done A: I would panic like crazy

Chapter 11 Summary: Jonas has his first vission of snow, sled, runners, and hills. Vocabulary: - fretful: easily worried

Questions: __Q:How would you feel if you got an assignment you didn't want?__ J: Great question. Well, I would feel pretty upset to be honest with you. Because if I didn't want it I'm going to have to live with it for the rest of my life. So I wouldn't be very happy but oh well, I can't do anything about it. K: I would feel sad and really dissapointed that I didn't get the assignment I wanted. M: I would be really mad and nag about it. A: I would be really dissapointed to be honest.

Chapter 12 Summary: Jonas sleeps soundly and goes back to the Giver for his next session.

Vocabulary: - wryly: amusing and ironic

Questions: __Q:How would you feel if you got an assignment you didn't want?__ J: Great question. Well, I would feel pretty upset to be honest with you. Because if I didn't want it I'm going to have to live with it for the rest of my life. So I wouldn't be very happy but oh well, I can't do anything about it. K: I would feel sad and really dissapointed that I didn't get the assignment I wanted. M: I would be really mad and nag about it. A: I would be really dissapointed to be honest.

Chapter 13 Summary: Weeks pass by and Jonas starts learning more stuff. He also starts asking more questions about being the next Reciever to the Giver. Vocabulary: - conveyance: moving of something

Questions: __Q: How would you feel to have an important assignment?__ J: I would feel really special and honored because out of all people they chose ME to do it. But at the same time I would feel nervous because I wouldn't want to dissapoint the community by doing a bad job or messing up. K: I would feel honored and worried. M: I would feel stressed that I have such a huge role. A: Very nervous because its a big thing

Chapter 14 Summary: Jonas experiances his first real pain. He then starts crying. The Giver starts thinking about ways he could change things in the Community. Vocabulary: intricate: complex and difficult

Questions: __Q: Why do you think Jonas changed his mind about his assignment?__ J: I think it was because he realized that if he tried and gave it his best he could do a great job. K: I think it was because he saw a change again. M: I think because he had a change of heart. A: He thought he could be good at this.

Chapter 15 Summary: Jonas goes to see the Giver but he's in pain so he sends him away. Jonas convinces him to pass him another memory.

Vocabulary: - upholstered: equip furniture

Questions: __Q: Why do you think Jonas didn't know about snow?__ J: This reminds me of Mexico because they usually never see snow haha. But I think he didn't know about snow because it never snowed in the community, or maybe because it does but not as much. K: I think because it never snowed in the community. M: Because the community blocked anything they did not like or global warming hit. A: They live in a sunny place like Florida

Chapter 16 Summary: Jonas starts regreting having been chosen as the next Giver. So the Giver gives him the memory of love and Christmas. Vocabulary: - requisitioned: demand for something

Questions: __Q: Why do you think the job made the Giver look older?__ J: Because I could imagine how stressful the job is, so that's probably why. K: It has a lot of stress. M: He has alot of stress. A: There is so much stress that the job has

Chapter 17 Summary: They have an unscheduled holiday. Jonas goes to play with his friends but he didn't have fun because it reminded him of war. Vocabulary: - unnerving: cause somebody to lose nerve

Questions: __Q: Why do you think that no other speaker has an ON/OFF switch?__ J: I think it's for protection purposes. K: I think it is because they want to keep from people turning it off. M: Because they want people to hear them when they want too. A: So people cant turn it off.

Chapter 18 Summary: Jonas asks the Giver about Release and tells Jonas about his daughter Rosemary. Vocabulary: - exempted: release something from rule

Questions: __Q:How do you think the way the Giver gives Jonas the memories work?__ J: It reminds me of church. I think the Giver thinks of the memory in his mind, and puts his hand on Jonas' head and somehow "transfers" it from his mind to Jonas. Kind of like mind reading. K: I think you have to look or think for the memory you want to give and push it into the person by physical contact. M: I think the Giver touches Jonas to give him the memory. A: Through his mind.

Chapter 19 Summary: Jonas sees the video of the Release of one of the twins. He learns that when you release someone you kill them.

Vocabulary: - solemnly: having or showing no joy or humor

Questions: __Q: Why do you think the community wanted "Sameness"?__ J: Hmmm. probably to keep the Community under control and for safety. K: I think they wanted to keep the community under control. M: I think so there was not any discrimination in the community. Chapter 20 Summary: Jonas doesn't want to go home. He and the Giver then forms a plan for Jonas to escape the Community.

Vocabulary: - throng: a large crowd of people or objects

Questions: __Q: Do you think Gabriel could be the next Resiver?__K: Yes I do think Gabriel could be the next Resiver M: Yes he has the same color eyes as Jonas J:Yeah A: Yes

Chapter 21 Summary: Jonas is forsed to leave the next night. All the planing was ruined all because of that evening. In the evening his father was saying that it was the last time they get to see Gabriel. Jonas asked why and his father answered that when he was gone they thought that Gabriel should spend the night at the Nurturing Center and that it didn't go so well. So they decieded to release him in the morning. He had stolen food, stolen his dad bicycle and he took Gabriel with him. As he reached the other side of the river he look back once then continued pedaling. When morning came stoped and got himself and Gabriel out of the bike. They ate and then Jonas made Gabriel sleep again. They continued to sleep at day and travel by night. He also used a memory of cold to make Gabriel's and his body temperature to drop so that the heat-seeking search planes won't find them. Gabriel would shout "Plane, Plane" before Jonas heard the planes. Over time they became less frequent and one day the planes never came.

Vocabulary: - transgressions: a crime or any act that violates a law, command, or moral code

Questions: __Q: Do you think you could stand the pain Jonas recived?__K: No I wouldn't stand the pain because I don't like my leg bone to break. M: Yeah cause i already broke a bone J: No we wouldn't stand the pain A: Wouldn't stand the pain Chapter 22 Summary: The landscape changed little by little. One night Jonas fell from the bike because of an unexpected rock in the road. He protected Gabriel but he twisted his ankle and scraped his knee. They began to ride in daylight and one day Gabriel confused a bird with a plane. They began to see wild life and their food was gone. They ate berries they would fine and some fish Jonas would catch. Weather began to change, it started to rain. Bothe Gabriel and Jonas were weak, hungry, and wet.

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Chapter 23 Summary: Gabriel not once cried on the begining of the journey cried because he was wet and hungry. Jonas also began to cry for the same reasons and also fearing for Gabriel life. Later he began to clime a hill and it started to get colder. He hugged Gabriel close to his chest to keep him warm. Jonas tried to get hold of a memory of warmth and give it to Gabriel. Then he saw it started to snow. He was soddenly flooded with joy and memories of his family and friends. He finally reached the top of the hill and using the knowledge he had, he found a sled. He climed onto the sled and saw that the hill was steep but the snow soft and they started to go down. Jonas fought to keep his eyes open as they went downward. Then he saw light out into the distance and for the first time he heard something. He heard music.

Questions: __Q: Do you agree with Jonas that the sameness is unfair?__ K: I do agree with Jonas because everyone needs to be unique M: I do agree J: Yes because being the same is boring. A: I do agree