The Giver:

Web Quest

ACTIVITY
JOURNAL

Name: ____________________
Class: ____________________

WEEK 1: ACTIVITY (chapters 1-4)

Utopian Research
Pick two utopias from the web quest and compare and contrast them using a
Venn-diagram on the next page. Be specific and detailed.

After completing the Venn-diagram, answer this question:

Which utopia would you rather live in? Why?

After reading Question:

What would be your perfect world?

Week 2: Activity (chapters 5-8)

Creating Rules
Create your own community rules. There must be 20 of them in order to receive
full credit.
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Question:
How do you think it would be like to live in the type of community you have
created?

Week 3: Activity (chapters 9-12)

Memory Exploration
Go back into your memory chest and think about a time when you experienced
the following emotions:
Sadness
Happiness
Scariness
Embarrassment
Nervousness
Write a paragraph per memory that explains each of the listed emotions.
Sadness:
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Week 4: Activity (Chapters 13-18)

Colorblindness Research
While throwing an apple back and forth, Jonas suddenly notices that it "changes";
in fact, he is beginning to perceive color.
Write a research paper on the topic of colorblindness. Include these ideas in your
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The nature of color and the spectrum

How the human eye perceives color
What causes color blindness?
Is it possible to train the human eye so that it does not perceive color?

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Week 5: Activity (chapters 19-23)

New Ending
Write your own version of chapter 23. This will be a new ending to the novel.
What happens to Jonas and Gabriel? *at least 5 paragraphs
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