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The Giver Comic Strip

Use the original recap below to explore how mood and setting work in the opening of The Giver. Then plan and draw a four-panel comic strip. The recap is a paraphrase, not text from the novel. Your drawings and dialogue should show your interpretation; there can be more than one effective choice.

A Community Preparing for December

Jonas feels uneasy as an important December ceremony approaches. In his carefully ordered community, public announcements remind people of rules, and family members take turns sharing their feelings at home. Jonas’s younger sister, Félix, talks about an upsetting experience. Their father, who cares for newchildren, explains that one baby named Gabriel needs extra attention. As Jonas thinks about the coming ceremony, he wonders what role will be chosen for him. The community seems calm and organised, but its strict routines also make the moment feel tense.

1.Which pair of words best describes the mood in the recap? Choose one and give one detail from the recap that supports your choice.

Carefree and silly
Calm but tense
Loud and celebratory
Wild and confusing

2.Name two details that show the community is carefully organised.

3.What might Jonas’s uneasiness about the ceremony suggest about how he feels about growing up? Use a detail from the recap.

4.Write True or False: Jonas’s father cares for newchildren, and one baby named Gabriel needs extra attention.

TrueFalse

5.Complete the sentence with a word from the recap: Jonas wonders what future will be chosen for him.

6.Plan a four-panel retelling using these moments: (1) Jonas feels uneasy; (2) the family shares feelings; (3) Félix describes an upsetting experience or Father talks about Gabriel; (4) Jonas thinks about the ceremony. Write a brief caption for each panel. Use your own words.

Draw the four moments you planned. Add a setting detail in at least two panels, and use facial expressions, captions, or speech bubbles to help show the mood. Keep your dialogue original; do not copy lines from the novel.

7.Choose one detail to include in your comic that helps show the community’s order: a public announcement speaker, a family sharing circle, or a ceremony reminder. Explain what your choice helps the reader understand.

8.Write a paragraph of 5–7 sentences explaining how the setting and mood in the recap help readers understand Jonas’s community and his challenge. Include at least two details from the recap.

9.Look over your comic and paragraph. Name one detail you used to show mood and one edit you made, or would make, to improve clarity.