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Aiden Week 7 Reflector

1. My prediction for this section is that Jonas will need more random pills to function himself throughout the story. And Gabriel will soon realize how important he is in the Jonas’s family. Jonas will also experience more memories throughout.

2. In chapter 17, the Giver reveals Rosemary and Jonas mark her eyes and said it was very luminous. Jonas is trying to comfort the baby Gabriel. Jonas is outraged.

3. I think of future because I’m just curious how Jonas and his family is going to do with Gabriel and Lily. And how is Jonas is going to move on as a Receiver.

4. Gabriel because he can talk and kind of appear in the story now and now can actually say something like his name “Gay!”

5. Jonas remembered Rosemary was released and Rosemary’s death when she drown. And he had a memory of Christmas morning. Jonas have a new baby in his family.

6.  The text makes me feel worry for Jonas’s family because they have a new baby which could result in a very bad situation for the family. Also the Ceremonies will be in the Hall of Records and they will watch it over. That makes me feel like the community is being watched by the Giver.

7. In conclusion i think the main points in the story is the family have a new baby and Jonas’s is having a very difficult time as a Receiver.

Aiden Week 5 Summarizer

So in this week, our discussion director have ask us a few questions to answer. So the first question Kiet ask us what happen in the memory of snow and we said he was on snow and has a red sled. The next question he ask us is why don’t they have snow, and sleds, and hills and we said because the weather changes, the hills will stop the traffic and makes it dangerous to drive in. The next question Kiet ask us is, is it true that they have no dreams and we said no, he just couldn’t share it. He also ask us about, what is the little test from the Giver, we answer the test was to test out their knowledge. The last question that Kiet ask us do Lily know the hippo was an elephant. And we answer nope. Our word wizard found some interesting and strange words that we didn’t even know and Gizzie did a nice job and showing us the definition. Khuong drew a picture of a sled sliding down the steep hill. Great job explaining and analyzing.

Aiden Week 6 Discussion Director

1. What happened in his second memory? Was it the same as the first one?

2.On page 115, What did did the Giver talk about back then?

3.How did Jonas feel after entering the annex room?

4. What is Jonas other memory beside memory of snow? (Hint: there’s a warfare happening)

5. What happen to Jonas for the first time?

Aiden Week 4 Word Wizard

1. Uttered

Guess: expressing a feeling

Sentence: “We accepted your apology,” they all uttered together.” Pg 59

Dictionary: to give audible expression to; speak or pronounce

2. Reassuringly

Guess: to make sure

Sentence: “Reassuringly she placed her arm across his tense shoulders.” Pg 60

Dictionary: to assure again; make sure again

3. midst

Guess: the middle

Sentence: “… Chief Elder’s eyes were now on one who sat in the midst but seemed oddly separated from them.” Pg 60

Dictionary: the position of anything surrounded by other things or parts, oroccurring in the middle of a period of time

4. hasty

Guess: grumpy

Sentence: “We have not been hasty this time,” she continued.” Pg 61

Dictionary: moving or acting speed; quickness; hurry

5. unanimous

Guess: strange, weird

Sentence: “It must be a unanimous choice of the Committee.” Pg 61

Dictionary: of one mind; in complete agreement; agreed.

6. meticulously

Guess: completely

Sentence: “We have observed him meticulously.” Pg 62

Dictionary: taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise;thorough

7. prohibition

Guess: temporary

Sentence: “The prohibition of dream-telling , he thought, would not be a real problem.” Pg 69

Dictionary: the act of legal laws

8. exhilarating

Guess: exciting

Sentence: ” At first it’s exhilarating: the speed; the sharp, clear air; but then the snow accumulates..” Pg 78

Dictionary: the act of cheerful and excitement

9. Tunic

Guess: type of shirt

Sentence: “Remove your tunic first.” Pg 78

Dictionary: a coat worn as part of a military or other uniform.

10. astonishing

Guess: impressive, amazing

Sentence: “It was an astonishing thing.” Pg 79

Dictionary: surprise; amazing

Aiden Week 3 Word Wizard

1. tunic

Sentence: ” And i had taken off my tunic, but hadn’t put on the smock, so my chest was bare.” Chapter 5 page 35

My guess:  A type of clothing

Dictionary: a coat worn as part of a military or other uniform

2. murky

Sentence: “The details were murky and vague.” Page 36

My guess: plain, boring

Dictionary: dark, gloomy, and cheerless.

3. dwelling

Sentence: “Then, in the same way that his own dwelling slipped away behind him as he rounded the corner on his bycicle…” Page 39

My guess: dealing with, feelings

Dictionary: a building or place of shelter to live in; place of residence; abode;home.

4. interdependence

Sentence: “… all wore jackets that fastened down the back so they would have to help each other dress and would learn interdependence.” page 40

My guess: freedom or rights

Dictionary: mutually rely each other

5. exuberant

Sentence: “Naming, rose in an exuberant swell when one parental pair, glowing with pride, took a male newchild and heard him named Caleb.” Page 44

My guess: Exhaust or tired

Dictionary: effusively and almost uninhibitedly enthusiastic; lavishly abundant

6. solemnly

Sentence: “She stood solemnly listening to the speech of firm instructions on the responsibilities of Eight…”Page 45

My guess: Nervously and worried

Dictionary: grave, sober, or mirthless, as a person, the face, speech, tone, or moody

7. undergarments

Sentence: “… different undergarments for the females, whose bodies were beginning to change; …”Page 46

My guess: restrictions, rule, laws, or policy

Dictionary: an article of underwear

8. congregated

Sentence: “He and his groupmates congregated by the tables in front of the Auditorium and took their package food. ” Page 47

My guess: surprise, amazed.

Dictionary: to come together; assemble, especially in large numbers

9. Toddler

Sentence: “Jonas always chuckled when he heard a parent, exasperated, call sharply to a whining toddler, “That’s enough, Twenty-three!”‘ Page 50

My guess: type of microphone back then

Dictionary: a person who toddles, especially a young child learning to walk.

10. meticulously

Sentence: “…which had performed the observations so meticulously all year.” page 52

My guess: focused, hard working

Dictionary: taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise;thorough

Aiden Week 2 Summarizer

So our discusion went really well. Our discussion director asked us about individual questions from each chapter from 2-4. In chapter 2, our discusion director asked us about what is the most important job. In chapter 3, what is Jonas and Asher doing with the apple and what do people do after being a birthmothers. In chapter 4, she asked us about what job did Fiona and Asher had and what anniversary did people celebrate. We got almost the same answer, so that means all of us read the chapter. Khuong wrote a nice reflection about what he thinks about chapter 2-4. There’s some part he really likes but some he really hates. Khuong also showed us an example of a “utopia” when they were joking about Jonas’ eyes. Kiet made a nice picture of an idea he thinks is the most important idea in that section on page 11. The picture looks like a hard working office facility or it could be a house. I think there should be Jonas somewhere in that picture because he’s probably the main character. To sum it up we probably learn what Jonas and Asher were doing with the apple. We know who got released, Roberto. And we know what a birthmothers job is after she become a birthmothers.

Week 1 Discussion Director’s Questions- Aiden

1. Why was Jonas so curious about the adults and children stop and staring at a plane?

2. What do you think “The Ceremony of Twelve” at the end of the story is going to be about?

3. What do you think about the Jonas’s family?

4. What do you think Nurturer mean? How is it related to Lily’s feelings at the time?

5. Do you think the Jonas’s family are living in a very isolated community, in other words different from other people? Why? What part of the story tells you that?