Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other and discovers the terrible truth about the. ENGLISH Entering: Title: Author: 6th Grade English WONDER Palacio, R.J. 7th Grade English THE GIVER Lowry, Lois Plot. Jonas, who is eleven years old, is apprehensive about the upcoming Ceremony of Twelve, where he will be assigned his career or his assignment in the community. All incoming 10th graders have required summer reading for English, Social Studies, and World Language. If a student is enrolled in an Advanced Placement United. The Giver by Lois Lowry Scholastic BookFiles A READING GUIDE TO ™ Jeannette Sanderson Possible third explaination of the ending. by i4cim2b, January 21, 2014. 1. Those chosen to become receivers all had special vision. The Giver, Jonas, Rosemary and. Summer Reading List. All students are required to read AT LEAST THREE books and complete a log for each. Each student reads and writes a log for the one required. A Sneak Peek of THE GIVER, in theaters August 15. Katie Holmes and Alexander Skarsgard star as Jonas’ mother and father in THE GIVER. View larger The Giver (Jeff. Home Summer Reading Sixth Grade Summer Reading List Take aim at the Summer Slide and get your students excited about reading with these titles picked. The Giver Summary. When The Giver was first published in 1993, Lois Lowry was already a previous Newbery Medal winner (for her 1989 World War II novel, Number the Stars).