this is my project for ela. i did the powerpoint.

1. Danielle
Buchanan
10-25-12
ELA/7th period
Performance task
Tier 3

2. The Giver- Jonas
part 1
Jonas is not normal. He is 12 years old, He
lives in a world without fear, pain
, hunger, poverty and crime.communtity
leaders control everything. They even
control what others are allowed to say or
do. Jonas is given a role from the
community leaders based on the talents
and abilities he has. The day his role came
he waited for his elders approval.

3. The Giver- Jonah
part 2
 Jonas gets singled out and gets a special training
from “The Giver”. The giver holds the memories of
true pain and pleasure of life. With Jonas's role the
giver forces him to receive the truth of the things
he has been holding back on . Jonah can not turn
back . When he discovers his memories the
beginning is enjoyable. He has the ability to see
colors and see his best friend Fiona's red hair.
although the beginning was good there were
memories that broke his heart. Jonas is forced to
keep all memories to himself until he can train a
new receiver to who he can pass them to.

4. Seventh Grade- Victor
part 1
 Its victors first day of school. He finds a girl
that he likes named Teresa. He wants to
deeply ask her out, but the problem is he
is to scared. He tries to impress her in
French class by pretending he knows how
to speak French. His teacher knew he was
pretending, therefore victor was
embarrassed.

5. Seventh Grade- Victor
part 2
 Victor asks his French teacher can he help
him. He wanted help in impressing girls and
learning how to speak French. Victors teacher
knew he had problems or issues trying to
express his true feelings. The teacher also
knew that victor liked Teresa because he did
not purposely raise his hand in class and try to
speak French. Finally, he overcomes talking to
Teresa and asks her if she would like to be his
friend.

6. A Retrieved Reformation-
jimmy
part 1
 Jimmy Valentine is a safe cracker. He was
sentenced to prison for 4 years without
parole. He was released from prison for
10 months. He went to his old apartment
and packed his tools and left. In weeks
there were robberies of cash stolen from
banks. Of course Jimmy would be one of
the suspects. A man named Ben Price
was the investigator. He said this case had
Jimmy written all over it.

7. A Retrieved Reformation-
Jimmy
part 2
 Jimmy was found not guilty and he continued his life. He
walked into a town bank and searched through it before
robbing it. He walks into a hotel and notices the banker’s
daughter Annabel Adams. He fell in love. Jimmy began to
give up his criminal ways. He reformed his life. The couple
soon got engaged. A week before the wedding, one of
Jimmy's old friends asked if he can have his tools since
Jimmy did not do crime anymore. The friend tracked jimmy
down and soon found him at the bank with Annabel and
jimmy's family there. Annabel's dad showed both families a
new safe. Everyone got trapped in the safe. Annabel
begged Jimmy to get his tools and break them out. He
saved the day. Jimmy had to face being accused for
things he did not do. He reformed his life and he had a
chance to be redeemed for all the bad things he has
done.

8. Pictures
The Giver
Seventh Grade
A Retrieved Reformation

9. Adversities and perseverance
 The Giver - Jonas has to overcome keeping
his memories a secret. He is forced to keep
the most tragic and happy memories to
himself until he can train the new receiver so
he can pass them on.
 Seventh Grade -Victor overcomes his fear of
showing his emotion. He finally talks to Teresa
and learns to speak fluent French!
 A Retrieved Reformation - Jimmy overcomes
having to be the victim when it comes to
banks crimes. He gets married and stops his
bad ways.

10. Work cited
 For this presentation I used the following
recourses
 Language arts textbook
 Seventh grade- page 30
 A Retrieved Reformation- page 226
 The giver chapter book
 www.google.com
 www.ask.com
 And many more…

11. THE END!!
 Hope you enjoyed it!!