The Giver Lapbook

The Giver isn't a very big book, but an interesting read. I have an older daughter, Peaches, who really wanted a fun and quick read before she moved onto a much harder book. I thought that was a great idea. But, I also thought she needed to get a little bit creative with this book so she decided to make a lapbook. 

Peaches and I searched and searched for a pre-made lapbook template for The Giver and came up empty handed. Other than a little help with her wheel book, file folder and book templates from homeschoolshare.com, she had to create everything on her own. I think she did a pretty good job especially since this was her first lapbook. 

Peaches chose regular file folders for this lapbook and not even the colored ones. The first part of the lapbook even looks a little drab with black and white as it's theme. If you have read The Giver, you will understand the reason she chose to do it this way. The pictures she used are a combination of pictures she took herself and pictures we had in our photo albums and clipart from Microsoft Word.  

Now that was depressing!.....The second section has color and, again, for those of you who have read the book, you will understand why.  If you haven't, maybe you should. ;) I would tell you all about it but I don't want to ruin it for those planning on reading it in the future. 

This next picture is basically just to show you that the wheel book works :) It was a fun part of the lapbook. 

Just in case you can't read my darling Peaches' exquisite handwriting =/,  I will tell you what the wheel says. "Color evokes emotion." Maybe this will help you gain some enlightenment on the color choices (or lack thereof) in this lapbook. This was not a direct quote from the book. It was just something she gained from reading it. Happy lapbooking and happy homeschooling!