The world in Lois Lowry's The Giver is one without pain or suffering. Similiarly, your classroom review of the novel can be painless with a simple and straightforward crossword puzzle that covers characters, details, and setting details from the book.

Concepts

the giver, lois lowry, dystopian literature, reading comprehension

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Hand out as a warm-up activity at the end of the novel unit
• Use when learners are reading the same book in literature circles

Classroom Considerations

• Does not discuss deeper themes and motifs of the book; best used as basic review

Pros

• Easy to copy and distribute
• Provides an answer key

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.7.3 RL.8.3 RL.9-10.3 RL.11-12.3