The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins will be the first novel of the year for English 10 students. This is an engaging novel which is the first of a best-selling trilogy and will be the exciting conclusion of our science fiction unit. Students need to obtain a copy of the novel by Monday, September 26th. Download the Letter to Parents to find out more information about the novel and how to obtain a copy.Letter to Parents
Goals for the Unit
Character Chart and Setting Analysis
District, Tribute, Gifts, and Deaths Chart
Theme Analysis Group Assignment
See Miss Smalley for a copy of the packet!
Final Project: Brainstorming due Tuesday, 10/11; Project due Friday, 10/21
Final Project Rubrics
Media Center Day Checklist
Book Logs should always contain the proper MLA heading, a title, and consist of at least 6 complete, grammatically correct sentences. Use specific examples from the story (citing page numbers) to help you explain rather than vague events.
Book Log 1: Name 1 internal conflict and 1 external conflict Katniss experiences. Predict how these conflicts will impact the plot.
Book Log 2: What does it mean to be a survivor? Explain in detail from 2 different perspectives.
Book Log 3: Write a reaction to the novel. What did you like? Dislike? Were you surprised by anything? Disappointed?
Socratic Seminar/Graded Discussion:
Info on the Seminar
Link 1: Find more info about Socratic Seminars here. [Do not use the close-ended question format!]
Link 2: Contains some good questions to give you ideas. Your questions should be slightly more specific though!
Link 3: Bloom's Taxonomy provides words to incorporate into your questions which will prompt discussion. [Do not use words from the 'remembering' stage as those will most likely lead to close-ended questions.]
Movie Info!
The Hunger Games will debut as a movie in March 2012! Check out the cast, a trailer, pictures, and more here: IMDB Movie Info
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