Giver+Poster+Description

Student Name (and partner name if necessary) Period 3 English Date

In English, I created a project based on the book that we had just read, The Giver, by Lois Lowry. The project was to create a movie poster for the book. The theme of my poster is that the one touch from the Giver, giving Jonas a memory, changed Jonas’s life forever. The slogan or tagline that I added to my poster communicated this by reading, "Sometimes one person can change your life //forever//." In the story, Jonas is the protagonist. He is a twelve year old boy, who lives in a sort of utopian society away from the rest of the world. He has just been handpicked to receive special training from the Giver. The Giver is an old man who has many memories that the community does not have. Some are good, and others are bad. After only the first memory, Jonas realizes that his world or community has changed over time. The Elders in the community want to protect the people from every possible thing that they can. The way that they live is even called “Sameness”. On my poster, I have many different images. The first image I have is of a blue eye. The reason for this is because all the community has dark eyes, while Jonas and three other people have blue eyes. This makes Jonas special, and is part of the reason why he is picked to get training. The next image I have is of a snowflake. I have that because the first memory that Jonas gets is the memory of snow. This represents the Giver’s hand, reaching out to touch Jonas’s back to give him the memory. Lastly, my background is gray. I did that because the community cannot see color, and it seemed to fit in with the book and represent how depressing and bland their lives were. I hope that my poster makes people wonder about this movie, and want to go see it.
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**Description or title of image** **. [Online image] Available** **http://address/filename** **,** **Date** **.** Two beluga whales. [Online image] Available http://www.seaworld.org/beluga_whales/beluga_col.gif, October 16, 2009.
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Description or title of video clip. [Online Video Clip] Available http://address/filename, date of document or download. Shoemaker-Levy Comet enters Jupiter's atmosphere and breaks up. [Online Video Clip] Available http://ftp.cribx1.u-bordeaux.fr/astro/anim/sl9/breakingup.mpg, March 5, 1996.
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Description or title of song. [Online Sound] Available http://address/filename, date of document or download. Reflections on Sadness. [Online Sound] Available http://ccmixter.org/files/SpliffValley/23202, October 16, 2009.
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