The Giver: Reading Guide
      
  
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              Houghton Mifflin Books for Young Readers
           
            Guide for classroom and discussion for The Giver by Lois Lowry. 
      
    
      
      
  
  
  
    Literacy Standards
          
                
          
        
            CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.3
      
            Describe how a particular story's or drama's plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.
      
       
    
    
      
    
    
      
    
    
   
 
            
          
        
            CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.1
      
            Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
      
       
    
    
      
    
    
      
    
    
   
 
            
          
        
            CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.1
      
            Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
 
    
    
      
    
    
      
    
    
   
 
            
          
        
            CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.1
      
            Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
 
    
    
      
    
    
      
    
    
   
 
            
          
        
            CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.2
      
            Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.