The GIVER Novel Study Unit - Print & DIGITAL - Standards-Based Activities

📘 The Giver — Complete Novel Study Unit

By Lois Lowry | Print + Digital Bundle | Middle School ELA

Transform your unit on The Giver into a deep, engaging, and rigorous literary experience. This comprehensive novel study includes everything you need to guide students through Lois Lowry’s acclaimed dystopian novel with standards-based activities, high-level questions, and both print and Google-compatible digital formats.

Whether you're teaching in person, online, or a hybrid model, this resource is flexible, student-friendly, and teacher-approved.

✨ What’s Included:

📖 Chapter-by-Chapter Response Pages

Encourage deep thinking with inference questions, textual analysis, author’s tone, figurative language, character development, and more. Great for small group or partner work.

💻 Fully Digital Version (Google Slides + Forms)

Students can type directly into colorful slides, and take self-grading quizzes via Google Forms. A linked PDF makes navigation easy for teachers.

🧠 Pre-Reading Activity

Utopia Mind Maps—Collaborative brainstorms that get students thinking critically about societal ideals and personal freedoms.

✅ Comprehension Quizzes

Five quizzes (1 per reading section), ideal for quick checks. Formats include matching and multiple choice. (Self-grading in digital version!)

✍️ Journal Free-Writes

12 open-ended writing prompts encourage reflection and creative thinking. Perfect for bell ringers or class discussion starters.

📚 Vocabulary Study (50 Words)

Grouped by chapters with practice pages and quizzes. Students illustrate key terms and apply them in context. Digital quizzes included.

🎯 Thematic Exploration

Graphic organizers help students identify major theme topics and craft thoughtful theme statements.

🔄 Plot & Conflict

Includes a visually engaging Plotline Organizer and a Conflict Breakdown Chart covering all major conflict types.

📝 End-of-Novel Writing Prompts

Choose between two narrative prompts, each with graphic organizers and a detailed rubric for easy grading.

🎨 Creative Extension

Illustrate a Quotation (print only): Students visually represent a key scene or quote—great for display.

🎵 Playlist for Jonas (Group Project)

Students select 5 meaningful songs for Jonas’s journey and justify each choice. Tech-friendly & presentation-ready!

🎬 Movie Comparison

Side-by-side organizer to help students analyze and critique differences between the novel and film.

🗣️ Newbery Speech Excerpts

Use Lowry’s acceptance speech to enrich student interpretations of the novel’s powerful ending.

📝 50-Question Final Test

Multiple choice, matching, true/false. Printable and Google Forms versions included.

✅ Answer Keys & Teacher Guide

All materials come with complete answer keys, suggested pacing, and instructional notes to make teaching easier.

💡 Why Teachers Love It:

“By far the best resource I have purchased. The response pages are amazing. I need this for every book I teach!”

“A must-buy! Challenging and engaging with deep comprehension questions.”

“Excellent resource. The vocabulary, writing prompts, and group activities are perfect. My students were hooked!”

📦 Formats:

• PDF for easy printing
• Digital links via Google Slides & Google Forms
• Print-and-go + assign digitally = ready for any teaching environment

📚 Skills Covered:

• Literary analysis
• Citing textual evidence
• Author’s craft
• Figurative language
• Character development
• Conflict, theme, plot
• Writing and response
• Compare/contrast media

This The Giver novel unit is all-in-one, rigorous, and deeply engaging—designed to spark powerful conversations and lasting insights in your ELA classroom.

🎯 Perfect for grades 6–9.