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Everything You Need For Sucessful Literature Circles That Get Kids Thinking, Talking, Writing‹and Loving Literature
Everything you need to organize, manage, and maintain lively literature circles around Lois Lowry's "The Giver". Meets NCTE Standards.
This one-of-a-kind guide to running a literature circle shows you how to organize your students into discussion groups that work! As your students dive into lively discussions, they learn to identify themes, analyze vocabulary, and respond meaningfully to the text--all of which meet state and national language arts standards. ... Read more

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The Gvier 6-7
The giver!
In the Giver Jonas is turning 12 years old and when the 11's are turning 12 they have a big ceremony and give you an assignment or like a job that you train for. And at different ages they get different things not like our live's like how we buy them whenever we want.The comity chooses you're job for you.They are some thing's that they are not allowed to say or say at that certain time.In a family they have a mom, a dad, a boy and a girl. When they get their jobs that is your job for you're life.When you are older you get released and they have a big ceremony for that.The Comity assigned a job for you that's suits you so if u like building they wouldn't give you like Nurturer.And When they big Ceremony of 12 starts they all sit alphabetically and they call our your name and your assignment but when they miss Jonas, he starts to worry.They call his name last even though has number 19. They call him up and his new assignment is The Giver.They have to have training first before you can get your new job.In the community they have many rules and you have to follow them.They have their tracing fora full year and them they take over.

This book is very good, it is very different from any other book I've read. If you want to read a different book from others try this one it is a very good

The Giver
The Giver
By. Lois Lowry

The Giver is a story about a community that is completely different thenours The main character is a boy named Jonas that was a normal kid, until something changed his life forever!It was...
His job.He was selected to be the receiver of memory which is the most dangerous, respected and hardest job.His job was to receive the memories that the community would be scared of or they are not allowed to have. This is my favorite book because it is full of excitement!But the book is quite sad, But I'm not going to give that part away.I think the giver is the best book in the world!

The Giver 6-7
In the giver Jonas and his family live in a community where they have lots of different rules than us. They can't ride a bike until their 9,in their family they have a mom a dad and a boy and a girl and they can't have any more or less. They don;t even know their grand parents because they get released before they are even born. And when they are old enough they will get assigned their wife or husband and then they will also get given their daughter and son. Every year they have a very important day which is the day of the ceremony when all the kids turn the next age and if your turn 12 then u will get assigned your assignment(which is their job.)And Jonas gets the give which is a very very important job. And they all have to go though 1 year of training for their job till they can take over. Jonas has a very hard year of the training and gets through it easy for him.

Id recommend this book if you like books that take a while to get interesting but otherwise it's a really good book.

Many twists and turns will keep the reader interested
The Giver is a wonderfully unique story of a Community set aside from the rest of the world.Lois Lowry takes the reader on a journey through Utopia, or so it seems.On the surface everything seems ideal.The reader soon realizes there is a heavy price to be paid for this serene existence.
Jonas has been selected.He has been given the highest honor in the Community. He will be trained as the new Receiver.Life will never be the same for this "Twelve" again.Jonas has been chosen to bear the burden of memories.Only two people share this burden, Jonas and the Giver.
The Giver soon realizes that to help the Community, Jonas must escape.He must leave his life so that others in the community are made to bear the burden of memories.It is decided that the Giver will stay to help the people cope with the flood of memories that will occur when Jonas is gone.
Lowry dangles questions in the minds of her readers to the very end of the story.
Jonas appears to have made the great escape to Elsewhere (the world outside of the Community).Lowry does, however, leave the reader questioning the "escape".Did Jonas really get away?Did he die?
This book is well deserving of the Newbery Medal.It allows the reader to view life from a unique perspective, questioning the very heart of his belief system.A truly thought provoking story; this book is filled with twists and turns to keep the reader intrigued to the very end.

Robert's Great Book to Read The Giver
This is a really good book. This book makes you think about the future. I dont like to read that much but this book made me want to read.If you don't like to read this book will make you read. I strongly recommend this book. ... Read more

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This four-story collection includes:

Gooney Bird Greene
There’s never been anyone like Gooney Bird Greene at Watertower Elementary School. She is the star of story time and keeps her class on the edge of their seats with her “absolutely true” stories. But do her classmates have stories good enough to share?

Gooney Bird and the Room Mother
Gooney Bird wants to have the lead role of Squanto in her class Thanksgiving pageant. But that role will go to whoever finds someone to be the room mother. Gooney Bird finds a room mother alright, but promises not to tell who it is until the day of the play. But will the mystery room mother really show up?

Gooney the Fabulous
Gooney Bird has a fabulous idea after her teacher reads fables to the class. Her fabulous idea is that each student create their own fable and tell it to the class! Everyone but Nicholas is excited about their stories and costumes. Can Gooney Bird find out why Nicholas is unhappy and get him to join in the fun?

Gooney Bird Is So Absurd
On the day that Gooney Bird wears her special brain-warming hat to school, Mrs. Pidgeon is teaching her class about poetry. But just when things are going well, the kids get some terrible news. And Gooney Bird will need all the inspiration her brain can muster to organize the most important poem the class has ever written.
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funny, entertaining and educational!
My 9 yr old daughter and I just loved listening to these stories! The narrator is excellent! The characters in the story are realistic and lovable. And my daugher learned lots of new vocabulary! ... Read more

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One of a series of top-quality fiction for schools. The adult world is a confusing, unfathomable picture in this sad, but humorous, story of a child learning to face life's realities. When Elizabeth goes to live in her grandfather's house in Pennsylvania, there is much that she doesn't understand. ... Read more

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One of a series of top-quality fiction for schools. 12-year-old Rabble's mother is housekeeper to the Bigelows. Mrs Bigelow is taken into hospital, and Rabble at last feels part of a real family when she and her mother move in with Mr Bigelow and his daughter - but she knows it's only temporary. ... Read more

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This is the best book about Anastaisia Krupnick!
This book is very good! I think it is quite humerous! Anastaisia goes to a modeling shcool and has a run-in with an old enemy and meets some new frends! I really enjoyed this book, you will to!

Enjoyable
This book did not have a great story line, but it was well written. The characters were interesting and the dialogue was fun to read. Over all I enjoyed the book and went on to read the others in this series. ... Read more