The Giver: Love

This is an excellent film. I loved its premise and the way the emotions were dealt with by the characters.  Don't miss it.

I. Work with a partner. Write down a definition of "love". You  may write more than one definition if you believe there are different kinds of love.

II. Read you definitions to the class.

III. Read the definition provided by a dictionary and check which definition is closest in meaning to the dictionary's.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/love

1. A deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward a person, such as that arising from  kinship, recognition of attractive qualities,or a sense of underlying oneness.

2. A feeling of intense desire and attraction toward a person with whom one is disposed to make a pair.

3. An intense emotional attachment, as for a pet or treasured object.

4. A person who is the object of deep or intense affection or attraction

IV. Read the quotes about love below. In pairs, explain what they mean and decide if you agree with them. Explain why.

a) Immature love says: ‘I love you because I need you.’ Mature love says ‘I need you because I love you.’

b) In dreams and in love there are no impossibilities.

c) The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen nor even touched, but just felt in the heart.

d) There is no remedy for love but to love more.

e) In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing.

f) You come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.

g) Love is to love someone for who they are, who they were, and who they will be.

h) You know you’re in love when you don’t want to fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”

i) Goodbye without reasons is the most painful one.
Love without reasons is the most beautiful one.

V. Watch the movie segment. Discuss the questions.

1. What is their definition of love?
2.  How is life in a world without love?
3. Why do you think those people chose not TO live a life with LOVE?
4. What's the difference between the questions: "Do you love me?" AND "Do you enjoy me?"

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Gandhi: Gandhi

The most important time in Gandhi's life was the time he spent fighting for the independence of India.  Great Britain was a small country that owned India.  Great Britain owned the United States until 1776.  India wanted to be free just like the United States.  Gandhi spent his entire life fighting for India's freedom.  Gandhi's  longest fast was 21 days.  He fasted for the independence of India and for the war between the Muslims and the Hindus to end.

Answer key: All are true.

Read the quotes below. Decide what they mean and if you agree with them:

From:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/ashoka/2012/10/02/12-great-quotes-from-gandhi-on-his-birthday/

•  “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” 
•   “Be the change you want to see in the world.”
• “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”
• “The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problem.”
• “An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.”
• “You may never know what results come of your action, but if you do nothing there will be no result.”
• “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
• “If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.”
• “Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”
• “A ‘No’ uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a ‘Yes’ merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.”
• “Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.”
• “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” 
• “You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.”

 I. Watch the movie segment and answer the questions:

1. Describe the scene of the murder.

2. Describe Gandhi's funeral.

3. What did the reporter say about Gandhi?

4. What did you learn about Gandhi that you didn't know before this class?

 http://gandhiworld.in/english/littleknownfacts.php

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