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10/15/07-10/19/07	Vocabulary	Literature	Assignments Due
Monday	Vocabulary Test Week 5	The Giver, chapters 1-13	Writing Assignment: Is Jonas' society a true Utopia? Why or why not? Use quotes from the book to support your answer. Quiz, Chapters 1-5
Tuesday	Vocabulary Test Week 5 Continued	The Giver, chapters 1-13	Writing Assignment: Build your own Utopian community. Give details about what makes it perfect and why you would choose to create such a perfect place.
Wednesday	Vocabulary from The Giver, chapters 1-13	The Giver, chapters 14-16	Writing Assignment: Think about your interests and abilities. List 3 things you do very well and 3 things you do not do well. Put yourself in Jonas's shoes at the Ceremony of Twelve. What job would you predict you'd get? What job would cause you to apply for an appeal?
Thursday	Vocabulary from The Giver, chapters 1-16	The Giver, chapters 16-18	Writing Assignment: With a partner, choose one instance in The Giver where Jonas's society proves to be very different from our own.
Friday	Vocabulary Test The Giver, chapters 1-16	The Giver, chapters 1-18, Nonfiction article on Disney's utopian society.	Wrtiting Assignment: Do you think a Utopian community could be successful in our current society? Why or why not?