The Giver Bingo Review Game | Vocabulary, Characters, Setting & Comprehension Activity

Make reviewing The Giver by Lois Lowry engaging, interactive, and standards-aligned with this comprehensive Bingo Review Game! Designed for middle school ELA classrooms, this resource helps students review essential vocabulary, characters, settings, symbols, and major concepts while reinforcing reading comprehension through collaborative game play.

Perfect for whole-class review, end-of-novel activities, test preparation, substitute plans, or literacy centers, this resource combines the excitement of Bingo with meaningful literary discussion and text-based learning.

⭐ What's Included

✔ 30 Unique Bingo Boards

✔ Teacher Calling Cards (Question Only)

✔ Self-Checking Calling Cards (Question + Answer)

✔ Teacher Answer Key

✔ Student Informational Text Companion

✔ Student Record Sheet for Text Evidence

✔ Teacher Implementation Guide

🎯 Students Will Review

• Major Characters

• Important Vocabulary

• Significant Objects & Symbols

• Setting

• Community Rules & Concepts

• Plot Connections

• Literary Themes

• Chapter Connections

Featured terms include:

• Jonas

• The Giver

• Sameness

• Release

• Ceremony of Twelve

• Gabriel

• Rosemary

• Assignment

• Elsewhere

• Stirrings

• The Community

• Apple

• Sled

• The Chief Elder
  …and more!

🎲 Two Ways to Use This Resource

Whole-Class Bingo

Lead an engaging classroom review using the teacher calling cards. Read each question aloud as students identify the correct vocabulary term and race to complete a winning Bingo pattern.

Perfect for:

• End-of-unit review

• Test prep

• Novel wrap-up

• Review days

• Substitute lessons

Literacy Centers

Students can independently facilitate the game using the included self-checking calling cards.

To extend learning, students complete the included Student Record Sheet, recording:

• the correct vocabulary term,

• the chapter where it is most relevant,

• and supporting textual evidence from the novel.

This transforms the game into an engaging literacy center that reinforces close reading and evidence-based thinking.

📖 Informational Text Companion Included

This resource also includes a 24-page informational text companion that introduces each vocabulary term, character, setting, object, and concept featured in the Bingo game.

Each reading includes:

• an easy-to-understand explanation,

• why the term matters,

• chapter connections,

• and a quick review summary.

Students can use the companion before the game to build background knowledge, during gameplay as a reference, or afterward for review and reinforcement.

📚 Standards-Aligned Skills

Students practice:

• Vocabulary Development

• Reading Comprehension

• Character Analysis

• Plot & Setting Analysis

• Literary Discussion

• Textual Evidence

• Theme Review

• Close Reading

• Academic Conversation

Supports Common Core Literature Standards:

RL.6.1–6.6 • RL.7.1–7.6 • RL.8.1–8.6

❤️ Why Teachers Love This Resource

⭐ Highly engaging review activity

⭐ Minimal prep—just print and play

⭐ Perfect for whole-class instruction or small groups

⭐ Encourages meaningful discussion, not just memorization

⭐ Includes built-in differentiation with two calling card sets

⭐ Reinforces comprehension through text evidence

⭐ Easy to reuse year after year

📦 Perfect For

• Middle School ELA

• Novel Studies

• Literature Circles

• Reading Review

• Test Preparation

• Bell Ringers

• Early Finishers

• Literacy Centers

• Small Groups

• Substitute Plans

• End-of-Unit Activities

Bring energy to your The Giver novel study while reinforcing the literary skills students need to succeed. This ready-to-use resource combines engaging gameplay with meaningful reading comprehension, making review both effective and enjoyable.