
This PPT summary of The Giver by Lois Lowry explores the powerful final chapters of the novel, guiding students through character transformation, symbolism, and the emotional weight of Jonas’s escape, while encouraging critical analysis and reflection.
What’s Included:
Section 1: Do Now Task
Quick comprehension questions to check if students completed the reading and recall key events leading to Jonas’s final decision.
Section 2: Warmer – What’s in the Bag?
A group-based inference activity where students predict Jonas’s survival items and discuss what each item might symbolize in the context of escape and survival.
Section 3: Overview of Characters
Focus on Jonas’s full character arc, his connection to Gabriel, and how other characters’ actions reinforce or challenge community norms.
Section 4: Plot Timeline
Concise bullet-point summary of major events including Jonas’s escape, the growing bond with Gabe, and the ambiguous but powerful conclusion.
Section 5: Themes & Ideas + Writing Activity
Deep-dive exploration of core themes:
Freedom vs. Control
Sacrifice & The Importance of Love
Memory and Knowledge
Isolation and Loneliness
The Journey of Self-Discovery
Includes a reflective writing task: Jonas’s Journal Entry – students write from Jonas’s perspective, capturing his thoughts, doubts, fears, and hopes during the escape.
Section 6: Symbolism
Students explore and interpret the deeper meaning behind:
The Hill – challenge, hope, and destination
The Sled – memory, repetition, and journey
Gabriel (The Newchild) – innocence, love, and motivation
The Journey – both literal and emotional, symbolizing transformation and risk
Section 7: Key Quotes
Critical quotes selected from the closing chapters with accompanying analysis prompts to connect language, symbolism, and theme.
Section 8: The Next Step – Prediction Task
A creative writing activity that asks students to imagine what happens next. Will Jonas survive? What future awaits Gabe? Students justify their predictions with textual evidence.
Perfect For:
Middle and high school students (Grades 7–10)
Literature units focused on dystopian endings, symbolism, and theme-based analysis
Readers’ response tasks, discussion prompts, and end-of-unit assessments
Common Core-aligned lessons on textual evidence, narrative writing, and literary analysis
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