Students read an excerpt from The Hunger Games, a dystopian text that has similar ideas and themes to The Giver, and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of the text.
A downloadable audio recording of The Giver is available here.
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Common Core State Standards
L.7.5.a
http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/L/7/5/a
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Common Core State Standards
L.7.6
http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/L/7/6
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Common Core State Standards
RL.7.1
http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RL/7/1
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Common Core State Standards
RL.7.10
http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RL/7/10
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Common Core State Standards
RL.7.2
http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RL/7/2
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Common Core State Standards
RL.7.3
http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RL/7/3
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Common Core State Standards
RL.7.4
http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RL/7/4
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Common Core State Standards
RL.7.5
http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RL/7/5
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Common Core State Standards
RL.7.6
http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RL/7/6
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Common Core State Standards
SL.7.1.a
http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/SL/7/1/a
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Common Core State Standards
SL.7.1.b
http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/SL/7/1/b
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Common Core State Standards
SL.7.1.c
http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/SL/7/1/c
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Common Core State Standards
SL.7.3
http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/SL/7/3
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Common Core State Standards
W.7.10
http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/W/7/10
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Common Core State Standards
W.7.4
http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/W/7/4
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Common Core State Standards
W.7.9.a
http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/W/7/9/a