Depth and Complexity Novel Study for The Giver
4.9 (541 reviews)Reading and Responding to The Giver and Complexity!Bring your students’ thinking and discussion to a whole new level while reading Lois Lowry’s The Giver. This critical thinking companion resource is designed to “dig deeper” when compared to traditional novel worksheets available. Each chapter has
- Grade
- Grade 7
- Subject
- Reading
- Pages
- 24
- Answer key
- Not Included
- Teaching duration
- 4 Weeks
- Digital download
Description
Reading and Responding to The Giver and Complexity!
Bring your students’ thinking and discussion to a whole new level while reading Lois Lowry’s The Giver. This critical thinking companion resource is designed to “dig deeper” when compared to traditional novel worksheets available. Each chapter has a unique graphic organizer that contains 4 critical thinking questions questions and 1 related “Core Question”. All questions within the graphic organizers are open-ended, can be answered in multiple ways, and encourage textual support from the book.
This teaching tool can be applied in multiple ways…
*”Expert Group” Sharing
*”Jig Saw” Activity
*Whole-Class “Shared Reading”
*”Think-Pair-Shares”
*”Literature Circle” Activity
*Writing Prompts
*Assessments
➡FREE Depth and Complexity Posters
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IMPORTANT: This resource has recently been reformatted. Please read through the product description carefully and download the preview to see exactly what is included.
This resource was created based on the Depth and Complexity framework, which was developed by Dr. Sandra Kaplan under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Educational Research and Improvement: 1996
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Reviews
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Fantastic Math Tool
This was great to do in small groups with my students, it allowed them to think outside the box. I loved how they would guess and check to try different methods.
A helpful resources with minor drawbacks for some students
I found this to be an excellent resource, however, my students did not refer to this resource as frequently as I would have liked. I think perhaps the reason for that was because it was "too busy" for them. Some of my students had difficulties finding the exact support/information they needed from the entire sheet. *Note: I printed off the already filled in anchor chart for my students to place in their math notebooks. They did not fill in the sketch notes on their own due to time constraints.
A helpful resources with minor drawbacks
I found this to be an excellent resource, however, my students did not refer to this resource as frequently as I would have liked. I think perhaps the reason for that was because it was "too busy" for them. Some of my students had difficulties finding the exact support/information they needed from the entire sheet, since there is a lot on one page.
A helpful resource with minor drawbacks
I found this to be an excellent resource, however, my students did not refer to this resource as frequently as I would have liked. I think perhaps the reason for that was because it was "too busy" for them. Some of my students had difficulties finding the exact support/information they needed from the entire sheet.
Very Helpful
I found this to be helpful and has several pieces to use. I didn't use it all, but liked the parts I did
Questions & Answers (16)
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Would you consider doing a novel study for The Indian in the Cupboard?? Love your resources!
Hello Dayna!
Thank you for the kind words and for taking the time to reach out. At this time, I don't have plans to create new novel units. However, if my schedule allows in the future, I will make sure to consider The Indian in the Cupboard.
How to download
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I'd like to purchase this resource, but have noticed a few grammatical errors, for example 'affect' instead of 'effect' and 'eg.,'
Is there any way to modify this?
Unfortunately, I am unable to provide an editable version of this resource because I created it using Adobe Illustrator and InDesign. If you believe you have found an error, I’m am happy to update the resource.
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Answer key
I purchased this resource and was looking for an answer key for it. Is there one? Or one that has examples of possible answers?
Hello, Bree! These do not include sample answers since the questions are so open-ended. Most of the questions can be answered in multiple, and even conflicting, ways.
Which chapters are included in the purchased version?
