Assignment #5

Complete the following activities in your own blog. Feel free to visit other students' blogs and make comments on their posts.

1. Answer the following questions:

• Explain the relationships in the book. For example, what kind of relationship do Jonas and his parents have?
  
• Is it the same type of relationship you have with your parents or guardians? Please explain!
  
• Which type of relationship is better? Explain.
• How important is choice to you? Explain.
• What are some small choices you must make every day?
• What is one big choice you've made during your life?
• Would you prefer that some choices were made for you or do you like making all of your own decisions? Please explain!
• Are rules important? If so, why? If not, why not?
• What are rules you follow at home?
• What some rules you follow at school?
• Which rules make sense?
• Which rules do you feel are pointless? Why?

2. Take a stand.
Decide which side of the debate you feel most compelled to defend.

SIDE A -- A world full of diversity is better than a world where everyone is the same.

SIDE B -- A world of sameness would be a better place to live, rather than how we live now.

Take a stance and argue your side of the debate on your own blog. You should start out with a statement such as,

"I believe the world should be full of people of all kinds."

OR

"I believe the world would be better off if everyone were exactly the same."

Make sure you support your argument with a paragraph of at least five sentences.

3. Take a survey.

Copy and paste these statements into your own blog, then indicate if you believe they are true or false statements.

Answer TRUE or FALSE to these statements:

__________ 1. An ideal community would not have any hunger or starvation.

__________ 2. An ideal community would not have any jealousy or competition.

__________ 3. An ideal community would not have any unemployment.

__________ 4. All children should have equal possessions and privileges at a certain age, regardless of the status of their families.

__________ 5. Families are much closer when they share their feelings.

__________ 6. Life would be better and easier if we did not carry bad memories in our heads.

__________ 7. Overpopulation is such a problem that families should not be allowed to have more than two children.

__________ 8. There is no real need to learn about world history.

__________ 9. There is no real need to learn about one’s own family’s history.

__________10. One’s job or occupation in life should be a careful match of one’s interests, talents, and skills.

Be prepared to explain your answers to the class!

These survey questions were borrowed from the following site: Tallmania

4. Complete the vocabulary from page 21 in your Giver Packets.

5. Post a comment under this post AFTER you've COMPLETED 1 - 4!