Retrieval Practice Insights: The Giver and Concepts Explained
In this educational content, retrieval practice questions and answers are provided for lessons focusing on key concepts from "The Giver". Lessons cover topics like science fiction, alternate realities, rituals, euphemisms, utopia, dystopia, and more. Each lesson offers thought-provoking questions and detailed answers to facilitate learning and understanding of the novel's themes.
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Retrieval Practice The Giver
Retrieval Practice: Lesson 4 1. What is science fiction? 2. What is an alternate reality? 3. Describe a feature of the community that makes it an alternate reality. 4. What is a flashback? 5. What is one flashback have we seen in the novel so far? Take 3 minutes to complete these questions 6. What is a ritual? 7. What is one ritual that is performed in Jonas s community? 8. What is a rite of passage?
Retrieval Practice Answers: Lesson 4 1. Science fiction explores the impact of technology on humanity. 2. Alternate reality is a version of the real world that has been distorted to make it seem strange. 3. The community is an alternate reality because the people all wear the same clothes and are assigned a profession rather than choosing. 4. Flashback is a scene in the novel set in a time earlier than the main story. 5. One flashback from the novel is when Jonas remembers < <insert answer here>. 6. A ritual is an activity or set of actions that is performed the same way every time.
Retrieval Practice Answers: Lesson 4 (continued) 7. One ritual that is performed in Jonas s community is the telling of feelings Ceremony of Twelve the release of elderly the release of a newchild 8. A rite of passage is a ritual or ceremony that marks a person s transition from one phase of life to another. Self-score: ______ /8
Retrieval Practice: Lesson 8 1. What is a euphemism? 2. Give an example of a euphemism from the novel. 3. What is a utopia? 4. What is a dystopia dystopia? 5. Describe a feature of the community that makes it seem either utopian or dystopian. 6. What is one thing in the novel that is still ambiguous? 7. What is a rite of passage? Take 3 minutes to complete these questions
Retrieval Practice Answers: Lesson 8 1. Euphemism is a mild or neutral word used to replace a word that might be unpleasant or offensive. 1. 2. A euphemism from the novel is the stirrings which replaces the word feelings or strong emotion. 3. Utopia is an imaginary society that is designed to be perfect and have no problems. 4. Dystopia is a community in which everything is bad, dangerous, or frightening. 5. The community seems utopian because it was so meticulously ordered. The community seems dystopian because of the speaker s reaction to the strirrings. 6. The apple is ambiguous. 7. Rite of passage is a ritual/ceremony that marks a person s transition from one phase of life to another. Self-score: ______ /7
Retrieval Practice: Lesson 13 1. What is a flashback? 2. What is something that people in the community seem to believe unanimously? Take 3 minutes to complete these questions 3. Why might a society choose to ban books? 4. Give an example of juxtaposition from the novel. 5. What is something in Jonas s community that has become obsolete? 6. Describe a feature of the novel that is futuristic. 7. Describe something we have read in the novel that might be considered controversial.
Retrieval Practice Answers: Lesson 13 1. A flashback is a scene in the novel set in a time earlier than the main story. 2. People in the community unanimously believe that asking questions is rude. 3. A society might choose to ban books in order to keep its citizens uninformed and limit their access to knowledge. 4. A juxtaposition from the novel is the image of a needle-nosed jet vs. fat-bellied cargo plane. 5. Snow has become obsolete in the community because it made growing food and transportation more difficult. 6. A feature of the novel that is futuristic is the old man s ability to transmit memories to Jonas. 7. Something considered controversial is the release ceremony for the elderly or for a new child. Self-score: ______ /7
Retrieval Practice: Lesson 19 Take 3 minutes to complete these questions 1. What is a surveillance state? 2. What evidence of surveillance do we see in Jonas s community? 3. What does it mean for a government to be totalitarian? 4. Why might you expect a totalitarian government to engage in book banning? 5. What is a sacrament? 6. Name and explain an example of a sacrament. 7. Describe a moment in the novel when color has been used as an important symbol.
Retrieval Practice Answers: Lesson 19 1. In a surveillance state the government monitors citizens behavior not just for national security, but to stifle criticism of and opposition to the government. 2. We see surveillance surveillance in Jonas s community by the wall speakers that allow them to listen to conversations across the community. 3. A totalitarian government demands complete loyalty to the government and exercises an extremely high degree of control over public and private life. 4. A totalitarian government might engage in book banning because they want to control the amount of and sources of knowledge for its citizens. 5. A sacrament is a through life toward God. is a set of Christian ceremonies that represent a person s steps 6. Baptism is a sacrament in which a person is bathed in holy water to symbolize entry into the Christian church.
Retrieval Practice Answers: Lesson 19 (continued) 7. Color has been used as an important symbol in the memories Jonas receives. It signifies joy and happiness and the more intense the color the more intense the emotion. Self-score: ______ /7
Retrieval Practice: Lesson 25 1. What is enlightenment? 2. Describe a moment of enlightenment in the novel. 3. What is a utopia? 4. What is a dystopia? 5. Name and describe an important euphemism in the novel. What is it a euphemism for? 6. Who might Gabriel be an allusion allusion to? Take 3 minutes to complete these questions
Retrieval Practice Answers: Lesson 25 1. Enlightenment is the process of gaining spiritual knowledge. 2. Enlightenment occurs when Jonas occurs when Jonas . 3. Utopia is an imaginary society that is designed to be perfect and have no problems. 4. Dystopia is a community in which everything is bad, dangerous, or frightening. 5. One Euphemism in the novel is stirring which is used for a strong or intense emotion. 6. Gabriel might be an allusion to the angel Gabriel in the biblical story.Gabriel was a subtle messenger of the change that was coming to Mary in the Bible and to Jonas in the community. Self-score: ______ /6
