See It. (Poem Form): _____________________: a poem whose meaning or subject is conveyed through its graphic shape.

This Christmas end a quarrel. Seek out a forgotten friend. Dismiss suspicion, and replace it with trust. Write a love letter. Share some treasure. Give a soft answer. Keep a promise. Find the time. Forgo a grudge. Forgive an enemy. Listen. Apologize if you were wrong. Try to understand. Examine your demands on others. Think first of someone else. Be Be kind; be gentle. Appreciate. Laugh a little. Laugh a little more. Express your gratitude. Gladden the heart of a child. Welcome a stranger. Take pleasure in the beauty and the wonder of Earth. Speak your love. Speak it again. Speak it yet Once again.
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Dene It. (Related Vocabulary): ! Repetition- ____________________________________________________________________________________________

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Connect It. Underline the places that you see repetition in the example poem.

Write It. Think about The Giver. Are there any objects in The Giver that stood out to you? Maybe the bicycle they received at age 9, or the hair ribbon in Lillys hair. Pick out one object that stood out to you and write a concrete poem with it. Need more help? Use these steps to create your poem: 1. Draw and outline of your shape in pencil below. 2. Write your poem out normally. This doesnt have to be long (4-8 lines should be enough!) Think about how the book describes your object. 3. Write your poem into that shape 4. If you need to, you can always use repetition in different places to make your poem t in your shape. 5. Erase the outline.

See It. (Poem Form): _______________: Five lined poems that focuses on one subject and typically follows this form: " " " " Line 1: Title (noun) - 1 word " " Line 2: Description - 2 words " " Line 3: Action - 3 words " " Line 4: Phrase - 4 words " " Line 5: Title (synonym for line 1) - 1 word " " " " " " " " " " Sunset Scenic, Spectacular Setting, Sinking, Descending Sailors delight when red Dusk

Dene It. (Related Vocabulary): ! Alliteration- ____________________________________________________________________________________________

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Connect It. " Underline the places that you see alliteration in the example poem

Write It. Choosing a character from The Giver, write a cinquain using the following guidelines (examples in parenthesis): " " Line 1: Write the characters name (Jonas) " Line 2: Write two character traits that describe the character as a whole (kind, " " independent). " Line 3: Write three verbs that describe the characters actions (questions, feels, " " receives). " Line 4: Write a four word phrase that gives the writers opinion about the " " character (he sees things clearly). " Line 5: Write a noun that is another name or word for the character (protector).

See It. (Poem Form): ________________: The rst letters of each line are aligned vertically to from a word (usually the subject of the poem). " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " R egulations U pheld to L ead to E quality in S ociety

Dene It. (Related Vocabulary): " Symbol____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________

Connect It. " How is the symbol of rules related to The Giver?

Write It. Symbols show up everywhere in The Giver. For example, the bicycles, Lilys hair ties, Jonas eyes, (add to list depending on where they are at in the book) are all symbols of something in the book. Create an acrostic poem with these symbols. Use one of the symbols given as your vertical word or come up with one on your own. (If you have time left over, sketch an image that relates to the topic.)

See It. (Poem Form): ________________: a poem made up of two lines, whose last words usually rhyme. " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " "

I love to play out in the sun, To jump, to skip, to hop, to run, To breath in all the fresh, clean air, To let the wind whip through my hair. These things would not bring joy to me If I lived in The Community.

Dene It. (Related Vocabulary): " Rhyme- ____________________________________________________________________________________________

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Connect It. Underline the rst pair of words that rhyme, circle the second pair, and put a star (*) by the third pair in the example poem.

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Write It. Practice writing several couplets below. One should be on a topic you are covering in history, one should be on something related to The Giver, and one (or more!) can be a couplet on a topic of your choice. (If you have time left over, pick one of your couplets and expand it into a longer poem composed of multiple couplets.)

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See It. (Poem Form): ________________: a three-lined Japanese poem that has ve syllables in the rst line, seven in the second, and ve in the third. Haikus typically draw on observations of nature or feelings. " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " Two Haiku by Matsuo Basho On sweet plum blossoms The sun rises suddenly Look, a mountain path!

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Connect It. Clap out the amount of syllables per line and write number in front of each line. Does it match the form of a Haiku? Next underline an example of personication in the example poem.

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Write It. Use this space to write your Haiku based on the observations you made on your sensory sheet. This Haiku should be from the perspective of the people in the Community.

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See It. (Poem Form): ________________: Poetry dened by its lack of strict structure. Cynthia in the Snow -by Gwendolyn Brooks It SUSHES. It hushes The loudness in the road. It itter-twitters, And laughs away from me. It laughs a lovely whiteness, And whitely whirs away, To be Some otherwhere, Still white as milk or shirts. So beautiful it hurts.

Dene It. (Related Vocabulary): " Personication- ________________________________________________________________________________________

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Write It. Brainstorm key events in The Giver that happened to Jonas. Use the space below to write your own Free Verse poem from Jonass perspective, telling how he saw, felt, or experienced a certain event. Be sure to refer the The Five Senses chart, including each of the ve senses at some point in your poem.

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See It. (Poem Form): _______________________: poetry that tells a story in verse and has a plot and characters. Hippo's Hope by Shel Silverstein There once was a hippo who wanted to y -Fly-hi-dee, try-hi-dee, my-hi-dee-ho. So he sewed him some wings that could ap through the sky -Sky-hi-dee, y-hi-dee, why-hi-dee-go. He climbed to the top of a mountain of snow -Snow-hi-dee, slow-hi-dee, oh-hi-dee-hoo. With the clouds high above and the sea down below -Where-hi-dee, there-hi-dee, scare-hi-dee-boo. (Happy ending) And he ipped and he apped and he bellowed so loud -Now-hi-dee, loud-hi-dee, proud-hi-dee-poop. And he sailed like an eagle, off into the clouds -High-hi-dee, y-hi-dee, bye-hi-dee-boop. (Unhappy ending) And he leaped like a frog and he fell like a stone -Stone-hi-dee, lone-hi-dee, own-hi-dee-op. And he crashed and he drowned and broke all his bones -Bones-hi-dee, moans-hi-dee, groans-hi-dee-glop. (Chicken ending) He looked up at the sky and looked down at the sea -Sea-hi-dee, free-hi-dee, whee-hi-dee-way. And he turned and went home and had cookies and tea -That's hi-dee, all hi-dee, I have to say. Dene It. (Related Vocabulary): " Stanza- ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Connect It. Use Hippos Hope by Shel Silverstein to complete the following: " 1. Put a box around one stanza " 2. Read the stanza you boxed out loud to get a feel for the meter of the " " poem. " 3. Draw a squiggly line under a simile you nd. " 4. Write your own metaphor that can relate to the Hippos Hope. "

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Write It. So much of The Giver focuses on memories, and the emotions that come across when memories are shared. Is there a particular memory you have of an event when you felt especially happy? Sad? Angry? Funny? Use this space to create a narrative poem describing the memory. The poem should include the emotions that you were feeling during the time of the event (for example if it was a funny event, your narrative should include light-hearted and whimsical details). Include at least one simile and one metaphor. This does not have to be long...just long enough to tell your short story. (Here are some other things you MAY want to think about when writing: how many stanzas to include, how the poem sounds when read aloud, what the rhyme scheme will be like?)

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