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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Guide to Number the Stars [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive mini-guide to Lowry's novel "Number the Stars." Provides excellent and detailed information concerning historical/biographical context, characters, chapter study questions, and post-reading activities.
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Website
Other

Lois lowry.com

For Students 9th - 10th
The author's official site offers pictures, stories about her life, some speeches and other details, as well as links to her blog and a video interview.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Book Files: The Giver

For Students 9th - 10th
Lois Lowry's, "The Giver", is an Newbery Award novel. Themes of "The Giver" are diversity, freedom, connections, choice, individuality, honesty, and family. Make the smart choice by reading the novel with a BookFiles reading guide. The...
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Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Lunchroom to Classroom: Authentic Assessment & the Brown Bag Exam

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A Brown Bag Exam uses found objects and images to help students activate prior knowledge and creates a framework for students to express their understanding. Students work individually and in collaboration to create concrete connections...
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Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Reading Discussion Guide: Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Set in 1943 when the Nazis occupied Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen is asked to carry out a heroic deed and aid her uncle in his efforts to smuggle Danish Jews across the sea to Sweden, where they will be safe. She has already...
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Handout
Scholastic

Scholastic: Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

For Students 3rd - 5th
Have you ever read the Newbery award book Number the Stars by Lois Lowry? This site provides discussion questions, a writing prompt, an extension activity, and more.
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The Best Notes

The Best Notes: The Giver by Lois Lowry

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an online study guide/notes for the young-adult dystopian novel The Giver by Lois Lowry Free including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
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Website
The Book Report

Kids reads.com: Authors

For Students 3rd - 5th
Click on the children's author link to view an article with biographical information, book titles, and the like.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Literature Online: Number the Stars

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
This detailed unit includes author biography, ideas for introducing the novel, related reading suggestions, reproducibles and more. Acrobat Reader required to read the study guide.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: "The Giver" and Descriptive Writing

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Online lesson plan uses the novel "The Giver," to teach students the importance of writing descriptive memoirs. Students write these descriptions individually after seeing their significance through the reading.
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TES Global

Blendspace: The Giver

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This blendspace includes thirty-two spaces with content connected to Lois Lowry's dystopia novel, The Giver. Links include novel discussion questions, author interviews, and video tutorials to review literary topics.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Lois Lowry

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explore the world of the author Lois Lowry when you visit this informative site. Web English Teacher provides links for lesson plans and activities involving this author's work.
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Website
Books in the Classroom

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Lois Lowry

For Students 6th - 8th
Carol Hurst provides an interesting biographical sketch of Lois Lowry with information about several of her novels.
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Books in the Classroom

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Number the Stars

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This teacher resource includes a review of Lois Lowry's Number the Stars, things to notice in the book and discuss, and related learning activities and links.
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Website
Other

Educational Paperback Association: Lois Lowry

For Students 9th - 10th
An autobiographical summary by Lois Lowry on her personal life can be found here, along with a biography about her literary career. A bibliography of her works and a list of awards she has won are also included.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "Number the Stars" by Lois Lowry

For Students 9th - 10th
Selected (9) reading passages (grades 5-11) to pair with "Number the Stars" by Lois Lowry. Number the Stars is historical fiction set during WWII in Nazi occupied Denmark. 10-year-old Annemarie Johansen risks her life to help the Rosens,...
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Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: "The Giver" Reader's Guide

For Students 6th - 8th
"The Giver" reader's guide features excellent, thought-provoking questions for discussion.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "The Giver" by Lois Lowry

For Students 9th - 10th
In the dystopian novel "The Giver," Jonas is chosen to be the new Receiver of Memories; he meets his incumbent -- The Giver, a man who is tasked with holding onto the community's collective experiences and memories. Selected (11) reading...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: The Giver Authority

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A unit lesson using the book The Giver by Louis Lowry that will have students be researchers and recorders in the process of finding information on Utopian societies, cults and authority. Students will complete a PowerPoint, Glogster,...
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts: Grade 7: The Giver

For Teachers 7th Standards
Seventh graders consider how individual perspectives are shaped by knowledge and memory. Through the study of dystopian literature and related texts, 7th graders will explore common themes, characters, and contrasting points of view....
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The Book Report

Kids reads.com: Lois Lowry

For Students 3rd - 8th
Read about Lois Lowry in her own words. She talks about her work and her family.
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Other

Book Club Lesson Plan: Number the Stars

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Designed to be used in conjunction with other schools, the activities and lessons here could be used by a single class as well.
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Other

Teaching Strategies for "The Giver" [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Four-page PDF document includes reproducible handouts and other ideas for exploring this complex novel.
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The Book Report

Teen reads.com: Lois Lowry

For Students 9th - 10th
Lois Lowry gives this in-depth interview, primarily about "Messenger" and its "companion" books "The Giver" and "Gathering Blue."