Giver Dystopia Reference Sheet
Writing Guide Finish The Sentences
Proving Jonas’s World Is a Dystopia
Pick a sentence starter, then write your own ending!
Name:
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Remember: A dystopia is a world where leaders take away freedom and make unfair rules.
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Step 1: Topic Starter (Big Idea)
Pick Starter A or B
Starter A: In The Giver, Jonas lives in a dystopia because...
Starter B: The town in The Giver is an unfair world because...
Ideas to finish your sentence:
• leaders take away freedom • no one can make choices • strict rules control everyone
Write your complete topic sentence here:
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Step 2: Evidence Starter (Story Clues)
Pick Starter A or B
Starter A: For example, one strict rule is that the Elders...
Starter B: In the community, the people are forced to...
Clues from the book to use:
• pick Jonas's job for him • take pills to stop deep feelings • obey loud speakers in their homes
Write your complete evidence sentence here:
Step 1 & Step 2 completed! Turn page for Step 3 (Explain) and Step 4 (Insight) →
Part 2
Finish Your Analysis & Big Lesson
Steps X & I
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Step 3: eXplain Starter (Your Analysis)
Pick Starter A or B
Starter A: This proves Jonas's world is a dystopia because...
Starter B: These strict rules hurt the people because...
Analysis ideas to finish your thought:
• people cannot choose their own lives • they cannot feel real love or happiness • leaders treat people like prisoners
Write your complete explanation sentence here:
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Step 4: Insight Starter (The Big Lesson)
Pick Starter A or B
Starter A: The author Lois Lowry teaches us that people need...
Starter B: This book shows that a world with no freedom is...
Big lessons to finish your sentence:
• freedom and choices to be truly happy • not a safe or good place to live • dangerous to our hearts and minds
Write your complete insight sentence here:
My Writing Checklist
T: I wrote my topic sentence.
E: I gave a clue from the book.
X: I explained my analysis.
I: I wrote the author's lesson.
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