The Giver:  An Integrated Unit

by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.

The Newbery-Award winning book, The Giver, cries out to be read and responded to. This manual contains a full unit (45 different learning activities for students) and is designed and appropriate for 6th graders through high school students.

This integrated unit is based on my favorite teaching/learning model: Frank E. Williams' Model: Teaching Strategies for Thinking and Feeling. He developed this model nearly forty years ago and I learned about it over twenty years ago when I was teaching at a high
school for gifted students in Dallas, Texas (the Talented and Gifted Magnet High School). This model has influenced my planning and teaching ever since - even at the college level and with workshops and seminars I plan for adults.

In the manual, I offer an introduction to the model so you have a sense of "where
I was coming from" in planning this integrated unit on The Giver. In a nutshell, the purpose of using Williams' Model in lesson planning is to develop ways to enhance the cognitive and affective processes involved in creativity and productivity in all learners. Williams says that the purpose of using his model is "not to make more children creative, but to release and recognize more creativity in all children."

From over twenty years of personal experience using Williams' model, I can report that not only does it increase students' creativity, but it also increases the classroom teacher's creativity. It is a powerful model and one that I find fascinating to use and to teach.

I know you will enjoy using and teaching this unit on The Giver.  I have and so have many others across the U.S. 

You have 2 purchasing options:

Option 1: Full Color E-book (70 pages) $9.97

When you choose this option, you will immediately receive the link that will
allow you to download, save, and then print the entire full-color manual to keep handy. Or, you may just print individual pages that you are ready to use with
your students on any given day. It's up to you!

Option 2: Full Color Book (70 pages); $40, which includes shipping in the U.S.

When you choose this option, you will be mailed this attractive spiral bound
full-color book and it should arrive within a week in the U.S. You may then
make copies for your students of whatever pages you want to use to support
your students' learning. It's up to you!

Remember, feel free to contact us if you have any questions. We look forward
to serving you.