Hi everyone, 
Today we will learn about our new novel, The Giverby Lois Lowry.
I. One important feature of this novel are the characters' names which are loaded with meaning. Please visit this website and scroll down to page 14 where they discuss the meaning of the different names. Read this page very carefully. You will have to answer questions about it below.
II. Please visit this website to hear Lois Lowry talk about her childhood, her work, and about our novel. There are several video clips here. Please listen to all of them.
III. In Microsoft Word, please answer the questions below. Then post them into our blog.
- Why do you think the author chose names with such important meaning?
- Please make a list of each name and write a one sentence summary of what it means. (there are four)
- After watching all of the video clips, what is your impression of Lois Lowry and why?
- How does it feel to listen to an author talk about her work and why?
- How do you feel about reading The Giver now that you have heard her talk about it and the controversy around it?
- What is one piece of advice you learned from her about being a writer?
IV. After you post your answers, please read another students' post and respond to it.
sergino emmanuel 1. Why do you think the author chose names with such important meaning?
ReplyDeleteI think the author use the name in such of important meaning because he want to let the people know how important that period was for him, and he will remember it all if live.
1. Please make a list of each name and write a one sentence summary of what it means. (there are four)
Jonas his a massager name from the bible
. Lily A favorite floor very innocent
Rosemary Memory associate with love... A good person
Gabriel, Is the new children also name from the bible his a massager a angel
1. After watching all of the video clips, what is your impression of Lois Lowry and why?
My impression is that she was very lucky girl but she shouldn’t waste her that money in unimportant stuff like that and she shouldn’t leave college to get marriage her education should be first then get married
1. How does it feel to listen to an author talk about her work and why?
It make me feel very happy because I know more about the author in also make me know more about her work like if she was saying things in parabola I couldn’t get by listen to her I will know what she mean .
1. Why do you think the author chose names with such important meaning?
ReplyDeleteThe author chose those names to show the readers the impotents of it.
2. Please make a list of each name and write a one sentence summary of what it means. (there are four)
Jonas:Hebrew name that mean dove .its also a biblical name and mean peace also.
Lily:a name of an flower .also means purity and innocence
Rosamary:the name of a fragrant herb
Gabriel:it’s a biblical name in the old testament and means angel also
3. After watching all of the video clips, what is your impression of Lois Lowry and why?
Lois is kind ,good person ,whojust love writing books that’s her life she said.
4. How does it feel to listen to an author talk about her work and why?
It felt great because you learn how she get inspired and how it flt to write the book the giver.
5. How do you feel about reading The Giver now that you have heard her talk about it and the controversy around it?
I felt better understanding now.
6. What is one piece of advice you learned from her about being a writer
One piece of advice is that you must be careful with your dream
student:Farida vanGennip
1.Why do you think the author chose names with such important meaning?
ReplyDeleteI think the author chose names with such improtant meaning because they are easy to represent each character's disposition,It makes the readers easy to understand.
2.Please make a list of each name and write a one sentence summary of what it means. (there are four)
Jonas:A messager who sent peace to the person and rescuing his people.
Lily:A name of the flower which means pure and innocence.
Rosemary:A name of the herb which means love,memory,fidelity,and death.
Gabriel:The powerful angel,also as a messager and prophet.
3.After watching all of the video clips, what is your impression of Lois Lowry and why?
I feel she is more like the character Jonas in her book"The Giver"about their almost the same childhood.
4.How does it feel to listen to an author talk about her work and why?
I feel that I mixed Jonas and Lois Lowry together because she was really put herself into the novel to creat the character Jonas.
5.How do you feel about reading The Giver now that you have heard her talk about it and the controversy around it?
I feel that i can such understand what the novel means.Until heard her talk ,I feel some confuse when i read the story.
6.What is one piece of advice you learned from her about being a writer?
Connect you life to you writing.
1.Because each name has their special meaning of the characters disposition. It stands for what kind of life they wanted.
ReplyDelete2.Jonas: It stands for “dove” because he wants a freedom life. It is a message.
Lily: It is the name of a flower and has long symbolized purity and innocence.
Rosemary: It stands for have long been associated with love, memory, fidelity, and death.
Gabriel: He is one of two archangels identified in the Old Testament. He is considered a prophetic messenger. It comes from bioble.
3.I think she is knowledgeable because she enjoys reading and studying even though she didn’t writing that time.
4.I feel it is interesting because I know more about the author life. It is a good way to know the author purpose to write this book.
5.I feel it is clearly because this book is written by her. Nobody will know more information about what is her purpose about this book. It helps me to understand the character.
6.To switch things, moving to slower pasted. To change it, make suggestion.
Sarah-MArtine Hilaire
ReplyDelete1. Why do you think the author chose names with such important meaning?
I think that the author choose name with such importance to show the readers that the characters are good person, they are people who are going to change the society.
2. Please make a list of each name and write a one sentence summary of what it means. (there are four)
Jonas: He’s the main character in the giver. He is a messenger who delivers messages to the people from god. People are asking him for forgiveness and they are saved from destruction. He brings important news to save people life.
Lily: She’s the sister of Jonas. She’s a flower which symbolized purity and innocence.
Rosemary: She’s the mother of Jonas and Lily. She’s an herb which is associated to love, memory, fidelity and death. She remembers everything that happens in the past.
Gabriel: He’s the father of Jonas and lily and also he is the husband of Rosemary. He’s an angel. He was the one who told Mary that she will have a baby, Jesus.
3. After watching all of the video clips, what is your impression of Lois Lowry and why?
I think that she is a good woman. The things that I like that she says are that. Even her husband was rich she will still be a writer because she love writing. The most important things for her is to writing. She writes all day long.
4. How does it feel to listen to an author talk about her work and why?
It makes me feel good, normal. Because it’s important to know some information about the author who wrote the book that you are reading. Now I know what happen to her life when she was young. I know that she love to write a lot. She writes all days.
5. How do you feel about reading The Giver now that you have heard her talk about it and the controversy around it?
I feel sad because the book is happening in the future. People can’t remember what happen in the past. That’s not fair. I can’t wait to finish reading the book. Jonas is going to try to change the world he lives in.
6. What is one piece of advice you learned from her about being a writer?
I have learned that writing in a live of a writer is such important. Writing book is part of the life of a writer. I like to write. Everything she say about writing make me want to write more books. :)
Dear Farida:
ReplyDeleteI like your post because you have a good understanding of the book's meaning as me. I think to know some information about the purpose of the writer is a good way to help us understand the character. it is good.
Name:Xinjin,Liu Date:3/8/2011
ReplyDeleteClass:L5R/12 Teacher:Ms.Mann
1. Why do you think the author chose names with such important meaning?
The author used a literary technique calls allusion for add some extra meanings to the characters let readers easier to know the characters.
2. Please make a list of each name and write a one sentence summary of what it means. (there are four)
Jonas: It’s the Latin from of jonah means ‘dove’.
Lily: It’s the name of a flower and has long symbolized purity and innocence.
Rosemary: It’s the name of a fragrant herb, has long been associated with love, memory, fidelity, and death.
Gabriel: It’s the name from the Hebrew, is one of two archangels identified in the Old Testament
3. After watching all of the video clips, what is your impression of Lois Lowry and why?
Her sister’s death really impressed me a lot because it reminds me of my great-grandmother she was died by cancer too.
4. How does it feel to listen to an author talk about her work and why?
I feel excited because it’s a kind of listen other’s secrets also I feel respectful because she is a really great person.
5. How do you feel about reading The Giver now that you have heard her talk about it and the controversy around it?
I feel excited because I think the author had created a interesting world and I’m going to travel in this world by this book.
6. What is one piece of advice you learned from her about being a writer?
We need to read a lots books and love to write.
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ReplyDelete·Why do you think the author chose names with such important meaning?
ReplyDeleteI think the author wants to use their name to represent the theme of the story.
·Please make a list of each name and write a one sentence summary of what it means. (there are four)
1.Jonas in Latin means dove ,as you know it represent peace.
2.Lily is a name of flower and it represent purity and innocence.
3.Rosemry is also a kind of plants that associated with love, memory, and death.
4. Gabriel is a angle in the Old Testament. He is a prophetic messenger.
·After watching all of the video clips, what is your impression of Lois Lowry and why?
My impression of Lois Lowry is very kind,because she knew a lot ??about child,ans she looks nice.
·How does it feel to listen to an author talk about her work and why?
It makes me feel that to work is not a easy thing,because you should pay all the attention to your work.
·How do you feel about reading“The Giver”now that you have heard her talk about it and the controversy around it?
I feel that the story is very wonderful,even the names have deeper meaning.And I understood more about the story.
·What is one piece of advice you learned from her about being a writer?
"When I was a little child,I memories a very long poem." I can learn from the sentence about we should read more book and try to memory it,the we can be a good writer.
L5R/12 3/8/2011
MS.MANN XIN CHEN
Dear Chen Guanghao,I like the way you explain the names of the story.You use your own words,that's very good.On next time I'll try to use my own words to answer the question.
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ReplyDeleteL5r/12
1.Why do you think the author chose names with such important meaning?
The author chose these name to describe the personality of the characters.
2.Please make a list of each name and write a one sentence summary of what it means. (there are four)
Jonas:Jonas is someone who brings important news and rescue people.
Lily:Lily symbolizes purity and innocence.
Rosemary:Rosemary represents love,memory,fidelity and death.
Gabriel:Gabriel is considered as prophetic messenger.
After watching all of the video clips, what is your impression of Lois Lowry and why?
How does it feel to listen to an author talk about her work and why?
3.After watching all of the video clips, what is your impression of Lois Lowry and why?
I think she was very intelligent who could write such a good novel though there weren't any technologies.
4.How does it feel to listen to an author talk about her work and why?
That was really interesting as I knew how she was inspired and she could write such a nice book "The giver".
5.How do you feel about reading The Giver now that you have heard her talk about it and the controversy around it?
I was able to understand what the novel is about in a short period of time.
6.What is one piece of advice you learned from her about being a writer?
One of the advice that i learned from her about writing is that we need to write something that effects people life.
Andres Duran
ReplyDelete1. Why do you think the author chose names with such important meaning?
2. Please make a list of each name and write a one sentence summary of what it means. (there are four)
3. After watching all of the video clips, what is your impression of Lois Lowry and why?
4. How does it feel to listen to an author talk about her work and why?
5. How do you feel about reading The Giver now that you have heard her talk about it and the controversy around it?
6. What is one piece of advice you learned from her about being a writer?
Answers
1. I think that the author chose that names because that names represent love and freedom, it’s related with the religion.
2. Jonas: is the Latin form of Jonah, from the Hebrew, meaning “dove.”
- Lily: is the name of a flower and has long symbolized purity and innocence.
- Rosemary, the name of a fragrant herb, has long been associated with love, memory, fidelity, and death.
- Gabriel, from the Hebrew, is one of two archangels identified in the Old Testament.
3. My impression was that Lois Lowry was an intelligent women and she made her future growing up, she spend hours writing poems and stories in her private notebook.
4. It felt so proud to listen an author talk about that she was done in her future.
5. I feel comfortable and great The Giver sound awesome, and it was good to know how she put herself to write it into a novel.
6. One of the advice that I can learned from her about writing is that we need to write something that inspire us to effects people life.
1. Why do you think the author chose names with such important meaning?
ReplyDeleteDifferent people have difference name because they have their own characters that nobody could instead of it. And at most time we can get some information from people’s name. Like: significant literary and other connocation.
2. Please make a list of each name and write a one sentence summary of what it means. (there are four)
Jonas: this name is from Hebrew and the name’s meaning is “dove”.
Lily: the name of a flower and has long symbolized purity and innocence.
Rosemary: the name of a fragrant herb, has long been associated with love, memory, fidelity and death.
Gabriel: the name from Hebrew, is one of two archangels identified in the Old Testament.
3. After watching all of the video clips, what is your impression of Lois Lowry and why?
I think Lois Lowry is a happy woman because even though she separate with her family when she was young but she get a happy childhood. And her family was reunited in Japan many years ago, they get a happy life.
4. How does it feel to listen to an author talk about her work and why?
It’s hard because she must spend many times to enjoy it. Even though she travels many places but the most time she must live in her book world.
5. How do you feel about reading The Giver now that you have heard her talk about it and the controversy around it?
I feel this boring because the main character’s life is control by government they don’t have freedom to do something they want to do. The government arrange them life already.
6. What is one piece of advice you learned from her about being a writer?
Your life is control in your hands so don’t give up your right. Life is belong to yourself , you must try to create a wonderful life for yourself.
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ReplyDeleteManuel Lema
ReplyDelete1. Why do you think the author chose names with such important meaning?
I think the author chose this names with such important meaning because she wants show to every one the intensity of the problem in the society.
2. Please make a list of each name and write a one sentence summary of what it means. (there are four)
Jonas: A person from the bible an he is on the Old Testament.
Lily: Is the names of the beautiful flower and have long symbolized purity and innocence.
Rosemary: is associate whit love , memory , fidelity and death.
Gabriel: is an angel . And is is the Old Testament.
3. After watching all of the video clips, what is your impression of Lois Lowry and why?
I think Lois a smart person because she wrote beautiful book , and the characters mean are impressive to me.
4.How does it feel to listen to an author talk about her work and why?
It feel great because you an learn many things from she and like she never giving up.
5. How do you feel about reading The Giver now that you have heard her talk about it and the controversy around it?
My feel is more interesting for the read the book because when I knew the means of the characters , I ask myself , what happened in the end of the story .
6. What is one piece of advice you learned from her about being a writer?
I learn about the writer always you do what do you want because you are freedom in this world.
1.Why do you think the author chose names with such important meaning? The author chose the names because are about peace,religion.
ReplyDeletealso importance to show the readers that the characters are good person, they are people who are going to change the society.
2.Please make a list of each name and write a one sentence summary of what it means. (there are four)
Jonas: It stands for “dove” because he wants a freedom life. It is a message.
Lily: It is the name of a flower and has long symbolized purity and innocence.
Rosemary: It stands for have long been associated with love, memory, fidelity, and death.
Gabriel: He is one of two archangels identified in the Old Testament.The powerful angel,also as a messager and prophet.
3.After watching all of the video clips, what is your impression of Lois Lowry and why? Because she taKE good characts/names also latin in the story
Her sister’s death really impressed me a lot because it reminds me of my great-grandmother she was died by cancer too. And she is very intelligent and good person.
4.How does it feel to listen to an author talk about her work and why? She said the story is very longer and bored but her grandfather like. i think she is a great
person.
5.How do you feel about reading The Giver now that you have heard her talk about it and the controversy around it? I feel good because i understand everything and i not
confuse about this story.
6.What is one piece of advice you learned from her about being a writer? One piece switch things. also when the girl said she is a good person and no said ley.
Yara Sayed 08.03.11
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“The Giver”
1. Why do you think the author chose names with such
Important meaning?
I think the author chose these names to show their importance by using a literary technique called allusion, to show their personality, and their effective roles in the novel so that the reader can understand it easily.
2. Please make a list of each name and write a one sentence summary of what it means. (there are four)
Jonas: It means “dove”, he brings important new and he might rescue people.
Lily: It means a flower and represents purity and innocence.
Rosemary: It means a pleasant smell of a plant, it relates to love, memory, and death. She is a good person.
Gabriel: Is one of the two angels and he is considered as a prophetic messenger.
3. After watching all of the video clips, what is your impression of Lois Lowry and why?
My impression of Ms. Lowry that she is a thoughtful woman, who spends her time in writing, she doesn’t waste her time.
4.How does it feel to listen to an author talk about her work and why?
It makes me feel exciting and interesting to research more about her novels. Because I like the way that she talked about her novel “The Giver”.
5.How do you feel about reading The Giver now that you have heard her talk about it and the controversy around it?
I feel good and excited after I heard it; I want to know more about her in the future.
6.What is one piece of advice you learned from her about being a writer?
I learned to be more thoughtful and wiser, in order to be creative in my job like what she did in her novel.
Yara
ReplyDeleteHi,Sarah I agree with you about what you said in question #1, as the author choses these names to show the readers the character's personalities.
Danqing Li
ReplyDelete1.Why do you think the author chose names with such important meaning?
2.Please make a list of each name and write a one sentence summary of what it means. (there are four)
3.After watching all of the video clips, what is your impression of Lois Lowry and why?
4.How does it feel to listen to an author talk about her work and why?
5.How do you feel about reading The Giver now that you have heard her talk about it and the controversy around it?
6.What is one piece of advice you learned from her about being a writer?
1. I think the author chose name with such important meaning ,because we see the name and we can know the people's characters disposition .
2.Jonas : is the Latin form of Jonah , meaning “dove.”
Lily : is the name of a flower and has long symbolized purity and innocence.
Rosemary: the name of a fragrant herb, has long been associated with love,memory, fidelity, and death.
3.I think she has champaign knowledge , and her own opinion to writing .
4.My feel is good , because I know the author 's some information , and I know why write this book about the author .
5.My feel is sad , because I think maybe this book write by herself ,she experienced this life .
6. Her writing is an indispensable part of her life .
1.Why do you think the author chose names with such important meaning?
ReplyDeleteThe author used allusion to chose and make the names have more meaning.
2.Please make a list of each name and write a one sentence summary of what it means. (there are four)
Jonas: the Latin form of Jonah ??means “dove.”
Lily: Name of flower and symbolized purity and innocence.
Rosemary: Name of a fragrant herb and associated with love, memory,fidelity and death.
Gabriel: from the Hebrew?? is one of two archangels identified in the Old Testament.
3.After watching all of the video clips, what is your impression of Lois Lowry and why?
My impression of Lois Lowry is she is kind and she is talkative also she is amiable.
4.How does it feel to listen to an author talk about her work and why?
It felt good beacuse she is a good writer and she can create a character with her feeling and i can learn a lot.
5.How do you feel about reading The Giver now that you have heard her talk about it and the controversy around it?
I feel interesting because there are some things are interesting and i want to read more about this book.
6.What is one piece of advice you learned from her about being a writer?
When you write a book, you have to make your purpose and create a character with some feeling or fact.
L5R/12 3/8/2011 Wenhui Cai
Dear xin
ReplyDeleteI like the way you explain your advice to learned from her about being a writer, you use a quote to explain your idea and make us more clear and i can use your advice in the future.
John Gonzalez Ms. Mann
ReplyDelete1)Why do you think the author chose names with such important meaning?
I think the author chose those names because she wants to associate those names with the Bible.
2)Please make a list of each name and write a one sentence summary of what it means. (there are four)
Jonas means the messenger, the person who saves his people.
Lily means purity and innocence.
Rosemary means remembrance, the memories.
Gabriel means a prophet or messenger.
3)After watching all of the video clips, what is your impression of Lois Lowry and why?
My impression about Lois Lowry is that she love writing and also sometimes she uses her own experiences to get inspirited and write stories
4)How does it feel to listen to an author talk about her work and why?
It feels very nice because sometimes in the story there are parts that you don’t understand and the author explains you the meaning of that parts and makes you understand better the story.
5)How do you feel about reading The Giver now that you have heard her talk about it and the controversy around it?
I feel very exciting because the author said that this story talks about a different society and the problems in it, specially problems for children.
6)What is one piece of advice you learned from her about being a writer?
You have the power of control your own life, and you can use your own experiences in life to write many stories.
Hi ,Adrian I completely agree with you about what you learned from the author about begin a writer because you are your own boss, only you have control in your life, you are free to do and be what you want.
ReplyDelete1.Why do you think the author chose names with such important meaning?
ReplyDeleteBecause the names with such important meaning represent people’s personality
2.Please make a list of each name and write a one sentence summary of what it means. (there are four)
Jonas It means a dove that will bring people much important information about memories.
Lily It means a flower that is pure ,naïve,and even not polluted by the darkness yet.
Rosemary It means a flower that means love, memories,fidelity,and death
Gabriel It means an angel that is a prophetic massager
3. After watching all of the video clips, what is your impression of Lois Lowry and why?
My impression is that Lois Lowry is a great writer who has a lot of different experiences.Because for example,I think she does something very normal,but actually she has four children when she is twenty-sixth.
4.How does it feel to listen to an author talk about her work and why？
I think she is passionate at her job and she is very talented about it.Because she can write something by her unique thoughts.
5. How do you feel about reading The Giver now that you have heard her talk about it and the controversy around it?
I feel very fresh and crurious.Because she tells us what content is about this novelty,it makes me feel that this novelty is different from others.
6. What is one piece of advice you learned from her about being a writer?
I learn that if someone wants to be a writer,it must love literature and love reading .
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ReplyDeleteWhy do you think the author chose names with such important meaning?
ReplyDeleteI think the author chose their name use allusion can make us know each character's feature clearly.
Please make a list of each name and write a one sentence summary of what it means. (there are four)
Jonas-Is the Latin name of Jonah means “dove”.
Lil-Is the name of flower means purity and innocence. Otherwise, she is Jonas’s sister.
Rosemary-Is the name of fragment herb means love, memory , fidelity, and death.
After watching all of the video clips, what is your impression of Lois Lowry and why?
She gives me the first impression is a kindly face. She possesses a mild and benevolent countenance.
How does it feel to listen to an author talk about her work and why?
I can felt that is great job.Because she spends time writing every single day.But she enjoys gardening during the spring and summer and knitting during the winter.
How do you feel about reading The Giver now that you have heard her talk about it and the controversy around it?
I felt good. Because I knew many information about author.It useful to help me connect the novel.
What is one piece of advice you learned from her about being a writer?
I have learned a literary technique calls allusion .That's useful.
Karla Vera
ReplyDeleteMs .Mann
• Why do you think the author chose names with such important meaning?
I think that the author chose those names to give some importance and interest to the reader and also because this names are associated with the bible.
• Please make a list of each name and write a one sentence summary of what it means. (there are four)
Jonas: is considered a messenger that brings peace to the people.
Lily: symbolize purity and innocence
Rosemary: the name represents love, memory, fidelity and death.
Gabriel: he represents an archangel from the Old Testament that is considered a protected messenger.
• After watching all of the video clips, what is your impression of Lois Lowry and why?
I think that she is a great woman because even his husband was rich , she will still writing because she loves to write that’s the most important thing for her.
• How does it feel to listen to an author talk about her work and why?
I feel neutral, because it’s important to know some information about the author and all those stuff.
• How do you feel about reading The Giver now that you have heard her talk about it and the controversy around it?
I feel good because I think that this book is interesting and it has a lot of imagination definitely the author have created a different kind of world and it makes it more fantastic.
• What is one piece of advice you learned from her about being a writer?
One piece of advice that I learn from her is that we should do what we want in a good way and also that we should read and write more because it will make us more thoughtful, creative and also intelligent.
dear Sarah i like the way in how you describe the meaning of the characters of the story and also in how you express about the author.
ReplyDeleteWhy do you think the author chose names with such important meaning?Because i think the author use some important things to memories then change it by the name .
ReplyDeletePlease make a list of each name and write a one sentence summary of what it means. (there are four)Jonas in Hebrew meaning "dove"symbolize peaceful and freedom.
LIly is a name of flower and it's symbolize purity .
Rosemary the name of fragrant herb,and meaning love long time .
Gabriel is one of two archangels identifide in the Old Testament.
After watching all of the video clips, what is your impression of Lois Lowry and why?I think she was preparing a lot of things while she told about her life and her school,in the school gave her many inspiration to wrote down this story .
How does it feerel to listen to an author talk about her work and why?I felt the author work hard ,although will meet some trouble but she could use anyway to make it .
How do you feel about reading The Giver now that you have heard her talk about it and the controversy around it?I feel something like that her said, just like these things happened in her life .
What is one piece of advice you learned from her about being a writer?
I think if she can join something about the story's party then it can be better for her .
1.Why do you think the author chose names with such important meaning?
ReplyDeleteI think that the important names are easily remembered the characters of role for us.
2.Please make a list of each name and write a one sentence summary of what it means. (there are four)
Jonas is meaning of “dove” which is symbol of peace. In “The Old Testament”, Jonas is a messenger that he tells people about danger.
Lily is meaning of purity and innocent.
Rosemary is a flower which is associated with love, memory, fidelity and death.
Gabriel is a one of two archangels in The Old Testament”. He is a prophetic messanger.
3.After watching all of the video clips, what is your impression of Lois Lowry and why?
I think that she likes making novels and likes books because she makes many novels and she read books in her childhood.
4.How does it feel to listen to an author talk about her work and why?
I think that I can’t make novels because her work is hard.
5.How do you feel about reading The Giver now that you have heard her talk about it and the controversy around it?
I think that the world of The Giver is her imagery of utopia.
6.What is one piece of advice you learned from her about being a writer?
I learned that if I want to be a writer, I need to read many novels and make many novels.
Ringo Sukegawa
1. Why do you think the author chose names with such important meaning?
ReplyDeleteI think the author chose names with such important meaning because he wants tell the reader how the characters is and to describe the characters.
2. Please make a list of each name and write a one sentence summary of what it means. (there are four)
Jonas= the main character of the story of “The giver” who god gives the message telling to the people.
Lily= means flower and innocence. Jonas younger sister who is innocence.
Rosemary= represent love, memory and death.
Gabriel= new child. Represent bible angel.
3. After watching all of the video clips, what is your impression of Lois Lowry and why?
My impression of Lois Lowry who was an intelligent women and she wrote very interesting story and her dream was to be writer.
4. How does it feel to listen to an author talk about her work and why?
It feel interesting when listen to an author talk about her work because I learn lot of things about her personal life and about her writing.
5. How do you feel about reading The Giver now that you have heard her talk about it and the controversy around it?
I feel very interesting and I want to read more about this book.
6. What is one piece of advice you learned from her about being a writer?
One piece of advice that I learned from her being about a writer is that to connect our personal experience when write a story.
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ReplyDelete1.Why do you think the author chose names with such important meaning?
ReplyDeleteI think the author chose names with such important meaning because he wants to give us some idea or information about those charecter's possition and personality.
2.Please make a list of each name and write a one sentence summary of what it means. (there are four)
Jonas: Is a mesenger. The name came form Jonah. It means dove.
Lily: Is Jonas's younger sister and symbole of purity.
Rosemary: Is an important person in the story who died.
Gabriel: Is an angle.
3.After watching all of the video clips, what is your impression of Lois Lowry and why?
I think Lois is an intelegent person because she remembered a difficult poem when she was very young. She loves to write
because she can express her feelings. She is so kind because she gave her land what she got from a man.
4.How does it feel to listen to an author talk about her work and why?
It feels so interesting because i can know about the author's personality and life style.
5.How do you feel about reading The Giver now that you have heard her talk about it and the controversy around it?
After watching those vedios, i am feeling more querious about the story. And i am thinking that now it will be more interesting for me.
6.What is one piece of advice you learned from her about being a writer?
I learned that if anyone wants to be a writer, he/she have to love his/her job(writing). I also learned that personal life's experiences are so important for a writer.
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ReplyDelete1. Why do you think the author chose names with such important meaning?
ReplyDeleteAnswer : The author use name with such important meaning because
the author wants to show the readers that characters are very important part in society …………..also from looking at the character we can guess what the story is about………….
2. Please make a list of each name and write a one sentence summary of what it means. (there are four)
Jonas: is mean ‘dove’ . Is the latin from jonah……………massanger…
Lily: Is the name of a flower……and has long symbolized purity and innnocence
Rosemarry: a name of a fragrant herb .
3. After watching all of the video clips, what is your impression of Lois Lowry and why?
Answer: my impression is that I think lois lowry like to write book and like to talk……….
4. How does it feel to listen to an author talk about her work and why?
I fell interesting ………and………..curious to know , from listening to the video i underestand how she felt when she write the story……..
Liao Jiahao
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1. Because different name has their special mean of the characters. And they could represent different life what they want.
2. Jonas: It’s the Latin from of Jonas means ‘dove’.
Lily: It’s the name of a flower and has long symbolized purity and innocence.
Rosemary: It’s the name of a fragrant herb, has long been associated with love, memory, fidelity, and death.
Gabriel: It’s the name from the Hebrew, is one of two archangels identified in the Old Testament
3. Her sister’s death gives me a deep impress because it reminds me how the fell of losing a family member does.
4. It’s good because she must spend many times to enjoy it. And she travels many places and the most things is her book world
5. I feel boring because the character’s life is controlled by government and they don’t have freedom to do something they want to do.
6. Freedom and your life is grasped by your hand.
Liao Jiahao
ReplyDeleteMs. Mann
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1. Because different name has their special mean of the characters. And they could represent different life what they want.
2. Jonas: It’s the Latin from of Jonas means ‘dove’.
Lily: It’s the name of a flower and has long symbolized purity and innocence.
Rosemary: It’s the name of a fragrant herb, has long been associated with love, memory, fidelity, and death.
Gabriel: It’s the name from the Hebrew, is one of two archangels identified in the Old Testament
3. Her sister’s death gives me a deep impress because it reminds me how the fell of losing a family member does.
4. It’s good because she must spend many times to enjoy it. And she travels many places and the most things is her book world
5. I feel boring because the character’s life is controlled by government and they don’t have freedom to do something they want to do.
6. Freedom and your life is grasped by your hand.
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1)Why do you think the author chose names with such important meaning?
ans: I think the author chose names with such important meaning because she want to tell us that these characters are very important in the story the Giver.
2)Please make a list of each name and write a one sentence summary of what it means. (there are four)
ans: 1st :Jo
2nd:Lily: It means purity or innocent .In the story The Giver ,she was one of the character and she was Johan’s you
3rd:Rosemary: It represent many things like memory, death,fidelity and love.In the story The Giver Rose Mary is Jonas’s pnger sister
redecessor as the recipient of the The Giver’s memories.
4th:Gabriel: In the story it represent a new child and also an angel and messenger too.
3)After watching all of the video clips, what is your impression of Lois Lowry and why?
ans: my impression of Lois Lowry is that she is very intelligent and hardworking woman who spends her every single moment to write the stories.And also she loves to write and she doesn’t like science fiction .
4)How does it feel to listen to an author talk about her work and why?ans: it feels interesting and excited to listen to an author talk about her work. Because thats how i can have better ideas and learn many information that i didn’t know before about her .
5)How do you feel about reading The Giver now that you have heard her talk about it and the controversy around it?
ans: i feel very good about the reading The Giver now that i,ve heardnas: the main character in the Giver.Hep people believed that he was the messenger of God. her talk about it and i’m going to read more about that.
6)What is one piece of advice you learned from her about being a writer?
ans:one piece of advice i learned from her about being a writer is that if we want to be a writer then we’ve to love that from heart and connect to our own lives experiences.
1. I think the author chose the name, because it’s easy to represent each character's disposition; it makes it easy to the reader to understand.
ReplyDelete2. Jonas: A messenger who sent peace to the person and rescuing his people.
Lily: A name of the flower which means pure.
Rosemary: A name of the herb which means love, memory, fidelity, and death.
Gabriel. The powerful angel, also as a messenger and prophet.
3. I think that she is a good woman. The things that I like that she says that even if her husband was rich she will still be a writer .she didn’t care about money.
4. I think it’s great because she is proud of what she has written.
5. How do you feel about reading The Giver now that you have heard her talk about it and the controversy around it?
I feel the book will be easier to read and understand.
6. Think carefully when you write, also use your heart when u writes.
1. Why do you think the author chose names with such important meaning?
ReplyDeleteThe author chose those names to represent characters in a good way to understand.
2. Please make a list of each name and write a one sentence summary of what it means. (There are four)
Jonas: Hebrew name that mean peace. He is a messenger person, who also rescues people.
Lily: a name of a flower also means purity and innocence.
Rosemary: the name of the herb, which means love and memories.
Gabriel: it’s a biblical name in the Old Testament. He grows close with Jonas.
3. After watching all of the video clips, what is your impression of Lois Lowry and why?
Lois is a good person, who just love writing books no matter if her husband is rich.
4. How does it feel to listen to an author talk about her work and why?
I think is good to listen that because she is so proud of her work.
5. How do you feel about reading The Giver now that you have heard her talk about it and the controversy around it?
I felt good because I can understand better. It’s easy to understand.
6. What is one piece of advice you learned from her about being a writer?
One piece of advice is that we need to think carefully before write. Also write with inspiration.
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1: Why do you think the author chose names with such important meaning?
I think the author used the name the giver because he want left to people know how he represent this all characters.
2: Please make a list of each name and write a one sentence summary of what it means. (There are four).
JONAS: he is a prophet send by god.
Lily: a name of a flower purity and innocent
Rosemary: the name of herb which means love memory and fidelity
Gabriel: from Hebrew how identify the Old Testament.
3: After watching all of the video clips, what is your impression of Lois Lowry and why
I think that she is a good women, the things that I like that she says are that .
4: How does it feel to listen to an author talk about her work and why?
I feel good because I think the author is created an interesting world.
5: How do you feel about reading The Giver now that you have heard her talk about it and the controversy around it?
I feel that is interesting because I know more about the author life.
6: What is one piece of advice you learned from her about being a writer?
writing book is part of the life of a writer and everything that she said is good
1. Why do you think the author chose names with such important meaning?
ReplyDeleteThe author chose those names to show the readers the impotents of it.
2. Please make a list of each name and write a one sentence summary of what it means. (there are four)
Jonas: Jonas is someone who brings important news and rescue people.
Lily: Lily symbolizes purity and innocence.
Rosemary: Rosemary represents love, memory, fidelity and death.
Gabriel: Gabriel is considered as prophetic messenger.
3. After watching all of the video clips, what is your impression of Lois Lowry and why?
My impression of Ms. Lowry that she is a thoughtful woman, who spends her time in writing, she doesn’t waste her time. She is really good.
4. How does it feel to listen to an author talk about her work and why?
I feel neutral, because it’s important to know some information about the author and
All those stuff. So obviously it feels good.
5. How do you feel about reading The Giver now that you have heard her talk about it and the controversy around it?
I feel it is clearly because this book is written by her. No one knows more about the story better than her. It helps me to understand the characters.
6. What is one piece of advice you learned from her about being a writer?
I learned that we should do what we want to do in a good way. And we all should study more if we want to become good students
Dear Abbas i like your answers, you did a great job. i like how you develop your ideas :)
ReplyDeleteDear Karla
ReplyDeletei think you writing is great :). because your thinking power is really good.
1.Why do you think the author chose names with such important meaning?
ReplyDeleteThe author chose names with such important meaning because that can make the readers more easier to remember the names.
2.Please make a list of each name and write a one sentence summary of what it means. (there are four)
Jonas:A messager who sent peace to the person and rescuing his people.
Lily:a name of an flower .also means purity and innocence
Rosemary:A name of the herb which means love,memory,fidelity,and death.
Gabriel: He’s the father of Jonas and lily and also he is the husband of Rosemary. He’s an angel. He was the one who told Mary that she will have a baby, Jesus.
3.After watching all of the video clips, what is your impression of Lois Lowry and why?
I think she is a kind person.She enjoys writing books,she think that is her life.
4.How does it feel to listen to an author talk about her work and why?
I felt great because I know about how she felt when she wrote ‘The Giver’.
5.How do you feel about reading The Giver now that you have heard her talk about it and the controversy around it?
I think it can help me understand the characters in ‘The Giver’ and help me know more about this novel.
6.What is one piece of advice you learned from her about being a writer?
One piece of advice I learned from her about being a writer is that we need to read more books and love wiiting.
Dear Yihui,i like your post because i think you learn something from the video cilps and also i like what you advice to the author.
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ReplyDeleteDEAR: Ana maria
ReplyDeleteI Like the way that you use your expression about the poem :-)
1. Why do you think the author chose names with such important meaning?
ReplyDeleteI think that because each character has different deposition in the novel. The author uses the important meaning to emphasize what kind of mind that character in the story.
2. Please make a list of each name and write a one sentence summary of what it means. (there are four)
Jonas: a boy who always bring some good information to people.
Lily: it means a people whom is stand for purity and innocence.
Rosemary: It stands for love, memories, fidelity and death.
Gabriel: this name means that a people who is messenger.
3. After watching all of the video clips, what is your impression of Lois Lowry and why?
I think she is a good woman; also she is a perfect writer. She was paying all her free time to think about writing. Writing is the most important think in her life.
4. How does it feel to listen to an author talk about her work and why?
I feel it is interesting, because it makes me know more about the author, and I can get some information that I cannot read it from book.
5. How do you feel about reading The Giver now that you have heard her talk about it and the controversy around it?
I feel better after I listen to it; it helps me get more understand for her writing, and I want to try to live in that world.
6. What is one piece of advice you learned from her about being a writer?
Do what you like to do is more important than someone order you to do.
dear danwei.
ReplyDeleteI like your comment. In some parts you have the same idea with me, and i can add more information in my comment.
dear sakib
ReplyDeletei like youre writing because i get more information for youre writing.
1. Why do you think the author chose names with such important meaning?
ReplyDeleteI think that the author chose names with such important meaning because he wants to let the readers know what the roles of these characters are and why they are so important.
2. Please make a list of each name and write a one sentence summary of what it means. (There are four).
1. JONAS: This name comes from Hebrew and means dove, he is a prophet and messenger send by god that safe a city of destruction.
2. LILY: A flower that symbolized purity and innocence, she is very different from Jonas.
3. ROSEMARY: An herb associated with love, memories, fidelity and death.
4. GABRIEL: His name comes from Hebrew and means an angel of good, messenger and prophet.
3. After watching all of the video clips, what is your impression of Lois Lowry and why?
My impression of Lois Lowry is that she is a kind and admirable women. The thing that moves her is the passion of write.
4. How does it feel to listen to an author talk about her work and why?
It felt great because we can know more about the author and this help us to understand better the novel.
5. How do you feel about reading The Giver now that you have heard her talk about it and the controversy around it?
I felt good because she creates a different world that makes us think about how would be our world in the future, it’s very interesting :)
6. What is one piece of advice you learned from her about being a writer?
One thing that I learn is that we have to write stories or poems that catch the reader’s attention.
1. Why do you think the author chose names with such important meaning?
ReplyDeleteI don’t Know. Maybe because Jonas has to save his people. He gives hope to his community.
2. Please make a list of each name and write a one sentence summary of what it means. (there are four)
Jonas: Means dove and he is a prophet that saved the people of Nineveh.
Lily: Symbolize purity and innocent.
Rosemary: associated with love,memory, fidelity, and death.
Gabriel: He is considered a prophetic messenger.
3. After watching all of the video clips, what is your impression of Lois Lowry and why?
I think she born to become a writer… I say that because she always love literature. Even though she got married, and had kids, she returned to school, and finished her career. After that she started to write and became in the wonderful writer that she is now.
4. How does it feel to listen to an author talk about her work and why?
It’s interesting because you know better the person who wrote the book, and understand where the idea came from.
5. How do you feel about reading The Giver now that you have heard her talk about it and the controversy around it?
I feel restless, because I want to know the end of the story
6. What is one piece of advice you learned from her about being a writer?
If you want to become a writer just do it. Don’t lose hope.
1. Why do you think the author chose names with such important meaning?
ReplyDeletethe author use the name in such of important meaning because he want to let us know how important that period was for him.
2. Please make a list of each name and write a one sentence summary of what it means. (there are four)
Jonas: A messager who sent peace to the person and rescuing his people.
Lily: A name of the flower which means pure and innocence.
Rosemary: A name of the herb which means love, memory, fidelity and death.
Gabriel: The powerful angel, also as a massager and prophet.
3. After watching all of the video clips, what is your impression of Lois Lowry and why?
I guees , my impression is that she was very lucky girl but she shouldn’t waste her that money in unimportant stuff and she shouldn’t leave college to get marriage her education should be first then get married.
4. How does it feel to listen to an author talk about her work and why?
It made me feel good because it’s important to know some information about the author who wrote the book that you are reading. Now we know what happen to her life when she was young. I know that she love to write a lot.
5. How do you feel about reading The Giver now that you have heard her talk about it and the controversy around it?
I pretty good I think the author had created a interesting world and I’m going to travel in this world by this book.
6.What is one piece of advice you learned from her about being a writer?
One of the advice that i learned from her about writing is that we need to write something that effects people life
1.Why do you think the author chose names with such important meaning?
ReplyDeleteI think that those names are important, because she wants the readers to know a deepest description about the characters, so for that reason she gaves the characters a name from something that happened in the past, (we called that allusion) maybe characters that left a mark on your life in some way or another.
2.Please make a list of each name and write a one sentence summary of what it means. (There are four)
•Jonas: This is a Latin form for of Jona, that in Hebrew means DOVE (from Old Testament) He is a profit, which brings important news. Selfish people of a city, made God sad, and he decide to destroyed the city, but thank Jonas it wasn’t. People asked Jonas for forgiveness, and the city wasn’t destroyed.
•Rosemary: This name means love, memory, fidelity and death. There is a book of Shakespeare (Hamlet), that has a character named Ofelia, she is crazy and she is throwing flowers, and she said “Rosemary for memories”. Receiver of the given memories she has Jonas job before.
•Lilly: This is a flower name. It means purity and innocence. Lilly is Jonas’s younger sister, but they are very different. She is childish and innocent.
•Gabriel: One of two angels in Old Testament. He is a profit and a messenger. Jonas grows close with him. But we never learn if Jonas and Gabriel survive, but we just know that they were considering profit and messenger.
3.After watching all of the video clips, what is your impression of Lois Lowry and why?
I think that she is a normal person who passes difficult moments like everybody, and that tried to improve her life, because she was intelligent, she made the mistake of dropped college, but then she continued.
4.How does it feel to listen to an author talk about her work and why?
It was excited, that is just an amazing feeling, because I understood almost everything, she speaks very clear, and I enjoyed each phrase.
5.How do you feel about reading The Giver now that you have heard her talk about it and the controversy around it?
I feel terrific, because now I can understand better and give a different meaning to the story. Also, now I know what her purpose to write this book was. I think that it is interesting because she didn’t like science fiction but she wrote it.
6.What is one piece of advice you learned from her about being a writer?
One piece of advice I learned was that the lecture is more entertained when you write pacing and transitions, (“both are connecting”).
Dear Tatiana,
ReplyDeleteI think the same as you, for me the author just has the spirit of writer in her veins. :-) Nice post!
1.Why do you think the author chose names with such important meaning? The author chose names with such important meaning to emphasize the story and to know the characters’ personality.
ReplyDelete2.Please make a list of each name and write a one sentence summary of what it means. (there are four)
Jonas- is a Latin form of Jona, meaning “Dove”.
Lily-is the name of flower and symbolizes purity and innocent.
Rose Mary-is the name of herb and associated with love, memory, fidelity and death.
Gabriel-is a angle in Old Testament and considered a prophet or a messenger.
3.After watching all of the video clips, what is your impression of Lois Lowry and why?
I admire her because she was trying to finish her degree. Although she married, she would still be writing the story that her lovely job and she fixed the story all the time to be better.
4.How does it feel to listen to an author talk about her work and why?
It feels interesting to listen to an author talk about her work because she was trying to successful her life if she faced problems.
5.How do you feel about reading The Giver now that you have heard her talk about it and the controversy around it?
I feel excited because I wanted to know what will happen the rest of the parts.
6.What is one piece of advice you learned from her about being a writer?
Being a writer, we must concentrate and love on the subject.
Dear Sakib,
ReplyDeleteI agree you,"No one knows more about the story better than her."
That's right.
1. It’s because the author wants to use these name to imply the character of the characters.
ReplyDelete2. Jonas: It means “dove” which also represent peace.
Lily: It a kind of flower which symbolize purity and innocence.
Rosemary: It a herb which always means love, memory, fidelity, and death
Gabriel: It from the Hebrew, is one of two archangels identified in the Old Testament.
3. I think she is creative author, because the work that she wrote show her distinctive ways of thinking.
4.I can feel curious because I can feel the author's emotion when she talks, I know more about the background of her work
5. I feel I am more interesting about "the giver" now, and i understand more about the work, my confusion is gone.
6.Find something beautiful in the life , write into the works as a idea.
Dear JiaJu :
I see your comment, and I see many different idea with me , that is interesting .
I got new idea from you .
Najma
ReplyDelete1. The author use name with such important meaning t show their meaningful name express the feeling and the treatment of character that how they are important in this story.
2. Jonas: is the Latin from of Jonah that meaning of “dove” also he is the main character of the giver story.
Lily: is the name of flower and has symbolized purity innocence. Also lily was the Jonas younger sister in the giver story.
Rosemary: the name of fragment herb. Has long been associate with love, memory, fidelity and death. In giver rosemary is the Jonas predecessor as the recipient of the giver’s memory.
Gabriel: one of archangel identified in the old testament. He is the considered of prophetic massager.
3. I was really dumfounded when I was watching video because I felt like really going back of my country and feeling the happy with my family because when she was talking about why she wrote children book. I was really impressed that she was writing a book for not only to show the other people feeling. She also showed us her family and her children things that she really missed and she want to show many things by this story that people that many thing that they never forget it.
4. When I was heard the video I feel happy because it her work remained people’s past things also her work helps me to understand better the story. So I really like to say thanks to her because I learned many things from story also from her.
Dear Rosanna
ReplyDeleteI agree with your opinion about the author.. Also with answer of the other questions... Good Job..!!..
1. Why do you think the author chose names with such important meaning?
ReplyDeleteI think the author chose names with such important because the characters represent about the story. And also the names represent the freedom.
2. Please make a list of each name and write a one sentence summary of what it means. (there are four)
Jones- is consider a messenger it means dove.
Lily- it means symbolized purity and innocence.
Rosemary- it means love, memory and fidelity.
Gabriel- is one of two archangels and newchild.
3. After watching all of the video clips, what is your impression of Lois Lowry and why?
I think that Lois is very intelligent and also she likes to write the book and talk.
4. How does it feel to listen to an author talk about her work and why?
I feel good because she is a great person . Also she was inspired can write a book.
5. How do you feel about reading The Giver now that you have heard her talk about it and the controversy around it?
I feel good because I understand about the characters. Also I like the novel of Lois.
6. What is one piece of advice you learned from her about being a writer?
She write a part of the life and create a character with some feeling.
priscila ayavaca
ReplyDeleteDear: SERGINO EMMANUEL
i like your ideas about the authopr and also you have a good understanting about the book.