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Community Unit - __Tangerine__ and __Ender's Shadow__ and __The Giver__



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http://www2.scholastic.com/content /media/products/34/0439286034_xlg.jpg For both of the novels, __Tangerine__ and __Ender's Shadow__ (as well as __The Giver__), we will be discussing the concept of community. After reading the first section of your novel, answer the following questions that relate to the culture and government of the neighborhoods/ communities in these stories - Lake Windsor Downs Development, Tangerine, Florida, or neighborhood crews/ "families" of street children, Rotterdam, Netherlands or Jonas's Community. Reply to the appropriate questions in the discussion box for this page. Be sure to refer to one of the definitions for //community// from dictionary.com and to write your name/ initials in the subject line or at the end of your reply. 1. What makes Lake Windsor Downs or Poke's crew/ Achilles's family or the Giver's Society a community? Refer to one of the definitions for community from dictionary.com. [|Definitions for "community"]What public services (essential commodities such as medical care, education, gas or electricity or services such as transportation paid in part by consumers **as well as** shelters for the homeless, etc. paid for by profit-making and non-profit organizations) do their members share? How do different neighborhoods or sub-groups in Tangerine and Rotterdam and the Giver's Society cooperate to solve problems? 2. Who are the leaders in these communities - both Lake Windsor Downs & Tangerine; both Poke's crew/ Achilles's family & Rotterdam as well as the Giver's Society? What are some of the laws, rules (written and/or unwritten) in Lake Windsor Downs or Poke's crew/ Achilles's family or the Giver's Society?

Open this copy of the __Ender's Shadow__ word journal document. Before beginning work on it, save it as a file on your computer, adding your name or initials at the end of the file name you use. Complete 4 of the listed vocabulary words and add one of your own for chaps 1-5.