HUNGER GAMES--AN INTRODUCTION

5/6/16 homework

Dear Students,

Please answer the following question in complete sentences:

Level 1: Answer at least 3 questions
Level 2: Answer at least 5 questions
Level 3: Answer all of the questions

**All homework must be signed by a parent.**

1. Where are Katniss & Peeta taken when they arrive in the Capitol? 

2. What do these people do to Katniss?

3. Who is Katniss’s stylist? 

4. What is his plan for her outfit for the Opening Ceremony? 

5. What “slogan” does her stylist come up with for her? Why is this fitting for Katniss? 

6. What is the reaction from the Capitol crowd to the District 12 tributes in the Opening Ceremonies? How might this help them in the Games? 

7. Describe the Capitol. How is it different from District 12?

5/5/16 homework

Dear Students,

Please answer the following question in complete sentences:

Level 1: Answer at least 3 questions
Level 2: Answer at least 5 questions
Level 3: Answer all of the questions

**All homework must be signed by a parent.**

1. What does Katniss do with the cookies Peeta’s father gave her? 

2. What does she see when she does this with the cookies? How is that symbolic? 

3. What do the woods symbolize to Katniss and Gale? 

4. What is the symbolism of the arrow-shaped Katniss plant (also known as arrowroot)? 

5. Why do Katniss & Peeta get upset with Haymitch? 

6. What advice (about their stylists) does Haymitch give Peeta & Katniss? 

7. How does Peeta act when they arrive at the Capitol?

5/4/16 homework

Dear Students,

Please answer the following question in complete sentences:

Level 1: Answer at least 2 questions
Level 2: Answer at least 3 questions
Level 3: Answer all of the questions

**All homework must be signed by a parent.**

1. Who comes to say goodbye to Katniss? (List all) 

2. List all the “gifts” Katniss receives & by whom they were given. 

3. Why does Katniss refuse to show any emotion? Why doesn’t Katniss want to get close to any of the tributes, including Peeta? 

4. What form of transportation will take Katniss & Peeta to the Capitol? 

5. Why is it ironic that Effie calls district 12 barbaric? 

6. What happens to Haymitch at the end of Chapter 3?

5/3/16 homework

Dear Students,

Please answer the following question in complete sentences:

Level 1: Answer at least 3 questions
Level 2: Answer at least 5 questions
Level 3: Answer all of the questions

**All homework must be signed by a parent.**

1. Who volunteers for Primrose? 
2. How do the district 12 citizens address Katniss when she volunteers for Prim? What does this gesture symbolize? What gestures do we use today that might have similar meanings? 
3. Who is selected as the boy tribute for District 12? 
4. Why couldn’t Katniss’s mother take care of Katniss or her sister Prim? If they lived somewhere other than the Seam, would things have been different for her mother? 
5. How was Katniss’s life saved when she was 11 years old? 
6. Would you volunteer for your little sister (or brother, or older sibling, or friend)?  Why or why not?  What does it tell you about Katniss? 
7. How do you feel about the victors of the Hunger Games earning free food for their fellow citizens?  What problems might arise?

5/2/16 homework

Dear Students,

Please answer the following question in complete sentences:

Level 1: Answer at least 3 questions
Level 2: Answer at least 5 questions
Level 3: Answer all of the questions

**All homework must be signed by a parent.**

1. Why does Katniss go to the woods? 

2. Who is Gale? 

3. Which district does Katniss live in? 

4. How is Madge different from Katniss and Gale? 

5. What event is today? 

6. Whose name is selected from the bowl? 

7. The story is set in the future, so when Katniss references her ancestors, she is referring to us. What has happened to North America? How might we have contributed to the destruction of it?