Movie Permission Slip

MOVIE PERMISSION SLIP

Dear Parents,
Our school requires parental permission for your student to view movies that are used in our curriculum, or that are selected by our teachers, which are rated PG-13.

Our class read the novel, The Giver by Lois Lowry, and I would like to view the movie as a follow up activity to the novel. Please see the movie description below. The movie is available on DVD if you would like to view the movie yourself before granting or denying permission.
Be assured that I will use proper discretion when showing this movie. It does connect with our Reading curriculum. You can get a review of the movie on many website. The following link is one that I found that gives an overview and ratings for different aspects of the movie.

Movie description:

In a future utopian society that was created following an apocalyptic event known as The Ruin, teenager Jonas (BRENTON THWAITES) lives with his father (ALEXANDER SKARSGARD), mother (KATIE HOLMES) and younger sister, Lily (EMMA TREMBLAY). All of humanity's bad behaviors and thoughts have been removed from everyone's consciousness and everyday behavior, meaning there's no anger, fear, greed, envy or other such emotions.

During an annual ceremony conducted by the Chief Elder (MERYL STREEP), Jonas waits with his best friends, Fiona (ODEYA RUSH) and Asher (CAMERON MONAGHAN), to see what their roles in life will be. While she's selected to be a nurturer of babies and Asher is chosen to be a drone pilot, Jonas is hand-picked to be the new holder of memories of humankind's sordid and troubled past and indiscretions. The current possessor of them, The Giver (JEFF BRIDGES), is to work with Jonas to impart those memories over to him, meaning the teen will experience things -- good and bad -- that he never previously was aware of.

As he does, Jonas comes to realize there's far more to life than what everyone is allowed to experience, such as love, as well as knowledge that the current leaders have really only disguised certain abominable behaviors. As he tries to get Fiona to experience the same, he realizes he must take matters into his own hands, not only to save himself but also an infant who's now under his protection.

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Thank you for taking the time to read and sign this permission form.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Grimm

8th English teacher

Name of Movie: The Giver
Movie Rating: PG-13
Student Name______

______YES, I give permission for my child ______to watch the film The Giver.

______NO, I do not give permission for my child ______to watch the film The Giver.

______Date: ______
Signature of Parent

****Please return the signed permission slip with YES or NO by Friday, December12th.

This will not be shown until after our Reading final exam/benchmark during the last week before break, December 16-19th (depending on exams).

**Email is also an acceptable way to give permission for the movie 