📝 Part 1: Understanding PEER Structure

You are Jonas from The Giver! You want to write a letter to community leaders about the problems in your society. Use the PEER structure to organise your ideas.

1. What does PEER stand for? Fill in the blanks:

P = ________________

E = ________________

R = ________________

📖 Part 2: Example PEER Paragraph

Read this example paragraph from Jonas:

Point: Our community's practice of "releasing" people is deeply wrong.

Example: When I watched my father release the newchild twin, I saw that release actually means killing innocent people.

Explanation: This shows that our community has been lying to us about what release really means, and we are unknowingly supporting murder.

Relate: If we continue this practice, we will keep destroying lives and living a lie that goes against basic human values.

2. Circle the sentence starters used in each part of PEER:

"Our community's practice..."

"When I watched..."

"This shows that..."

"If we continue..."

💡 Part 3: Planning Your PEER Paragraph

3. Choose your main point. What problem in Jonas's community will you write about?

No emotions or feelings allowed

People don't get to choose their jobs

Families are assigned, not chosen

The practice of "release"

No colour or music in daily life

4. POINT: Write your main argument. Use these sentence starters:

Choose one: "The most serious problem in our community is..." OR "Our community needs to change because..." OR "I believe that..."

5. EXAMPLE: What specific example from the book supports your point?

Start with: "For example, when..." OR "I remember when..." OR "In the book, Jonas..."

6. EXPLANATION: Explain why your example proves your point.

Start with: "This shows that..." OR "This proves..." OR "This demonstrates..."

7. RELATE: Connect to bigger ideas or consequences.

Start with: "If this continues..." OR "This matters because..." OR "We must change this so that..."

✍️ Part 4: Write Your PEER Paragraph

8. Now put it all together! Write your complete PEER paragraph as Jonas writing to community leaders:

Dear Community Leaders,

Point: ________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________

Example: ____________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________

Explanation: _______________________________________

_________________________________________________________________

Relate: ____________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________

Sincerely, Jonas

✅ Part 5: Self-Assessment Checklist

9. Check off each item when you've completed it:

I made a clear point about a problem in the community

I included a specific example from The Giver

I explained how my example supports my point

I connected my ideas to bigger consequences

I used appropriate sentence starters

I wrote as Jonas speaking to community leaders

My paragraph flows logically from P-E-E-R

I checked my spelling and punctuation

10. What was the most challenging part of writing your PEER paragraph?

11. How could you improve your paragraph?

Jonas's Community Letter Worksheet

Jonas's Community Letter Worksheet

📝 Part 1: Understanding PEER Structure

📖 Part 2: Example PEER Paragraph

💡 Part 3: Planning Your PEER Paragraph

✍️ Part 4: Write Your PEER Paragraph

✅ Part 5: Self-Assessment Checklist

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