📖 Part 1: Planning Your Alternate Ending

1. What happens in your new ending or continuation scene? Write a brief summary (3-4 sentences):

2. Which characters are involved and how have they changed or developed?

3. How does your version reflect or challenge the themes of the original story?

Memory and its importance

Freedom vs. safety

Individual choice

Other: _______________

4. List 3 key events in your new ending in sequence:

Beginning: ________________________________

Middle: ___________________________________

End: ______________________________________

5. What emotional tone or mood do you want your writing to have?

Hopeful

Mysterious

Dramatic

Peaceful

Suspenseful

🔍 Part 2: Code Breaker Challenge

6. Decode this secret message! Each letter has been shifted forward by 2 in the alphabet (A→C, B→D, etc.):

Secret Code: "VJCUG CPF MQXG KU UWTXKXCN"

Decoding Key: A=C, B=D, C=E, D=F, E=G, F=H, G=I, H=J, I=K, J=L, K=M, L=N, M=O, N=P, O=Q, P=R, Q=S, R=T, S=U, T=V, U=W, V=X, W=Y, X=Z, Y=A, Z=B

Decoded Message: ________________________________

7. How does Jonas' journey in The Giver connect to your alternate ending?

8. What message does your new ending send to readers?

9. If you could ask Lois Lowry (the author) one question about The Giver, what would it be?