Name: ______
Below, there are nine options for activities. You will need to choose and complete three of them. Your three selections need to form a Tic-Tac-Toe design – horizontal line, vertical line or diagonal line (for example, you can do 1, 2 and 3 (horizontal line), or 1, 4, and 7(vertical line) or 1, 5 and 9 (diagonal line)). We will take the class time until the break to work on and finish this project.
1. Vocabulary FocusDefine the terms from the list provided.
(sheet provided) / 2. Movie Poster
Create a movie poster for The Hunger Games or Catching Fire. This should contain enough information about the plot to make us want to see it. / 3. Drawing
Choose your favorite chapter from the novel and draw a comic book strip that illustrates the actions and events from that chapter.
(sheet provided)
4. Board Game
Create a board game for The Hunger Games or Catching Fire that captures the main events and obstacles found in the arena (include game pieces, a rule book, etc) / 5. Test
Take an open-book final about the Hunger Games. / 6. Travel Brochure
Create a travel brochure, complete with descriptions and visuals that will encourage people to vacation at the Capitol to enjoy all the fantastic things there.
7. Compare/Contrast
Compare the story of The Hunger Games with another movie of your choice. Pay attention to plot, characters and conflict.
(sheet provided) / 8. Casting and Soundtrack
Cast the movie of The Hunger Games with who you think should have been cast. I will give you a character list. Then, plan a 10 track soundtrack, indicating the song, the artist and when the song would occur in the movie. (sheet provided) / 9. Design a Tribute
Pick a district and design the ultimate male and female tributes. What are their skills? What is their age? How do they look? What would they wear in the tribute parade and in the arena?
My choices: ______, ______, and ______
Starting Points:
1. Vocabulary – These are words that have occurred through the novels. You may need to use a dictionary (or dictionary.com) to help you out.
2. Movie Poster – You’ll have to decide what is the best image to put on a movie poster to represent either The Hunger Games or Catching Fire. Be original but stay true to the novel. In addition, you should know enough about the characters to be able to visualize what they look like.
3. Drawing – Choose your favourite chapter and jot down at least eight main events and actions from that chapter to include in your work.
4. Board Game – a good way to start designing a game is to start at Chapter 11 and move to the end of the book. Make a list of all events and obstacles that are found in the arena and see how to include them in your game.
5. Novel Test – Testing your general knowledge of the book.
6. Travel Brochure – Begin by jotting down the benefits of living in the Capitol. The whole point of a travel brochure is to promote the positive aspects and ignore the negative ones. Persuade people to visit. Write down all the positive things about the capitol that you can remember (and use the book!)
7. Compare/Contrast – How does The Hunger Games compare to another movie? How are they the same and how are they different? Look past some of the on the surface ideas and see how the main characters, the plot and the conflicts in both are the same and how they are different.
8. Casting/Soundtrack – While there may have already been a movie, no movie is ever exactly what you want. Think about the characters, how they look and their ages and figure out who you would have cast. For the soundtrack, you’re showing off your knowledge of scenes in the book and music that would be appropriate.
9. Design a tribute – Pick a district (it doesn’t have to be district 12!) and figure out who the perfect tribute would be from that district. What skills would they have because they live in that district? What weapons would they be good with?
ACTIVITY ONE
Name: ______
VOCABULARY
Matching: Match each word with its definition or synonym.
ANSWER / WORD / DEFINITIONS OR SYNONYMS OF THE WORDS /1. Utopia / a. food and drink regarded as a source of strength; nourishment
2. Dystopia / b. a person who prepares and sells medicines and drugs. (pharmacist or healer)
3. entrails / c. lacking in quantity or quality
4. apothecary / d. showing luminous colors that seem to change when seen from different angles.
5. iridescent / e. an imagined place in which everything is perfect.
6. paraffin / f. the crime of betraying one's country
7. meager / g. feel or express sincere regret or remorse about one's wrongdoing or sin
8. sustenance / h. an imagined place in which everything is unpleasant or bad.
9. repentance / i. a person or animal's intestines or internal organs.
10. treason / j. a flammable, whitish, translucent, waxy solid used in candles, cosmetics, polishes, and sealing and waterproofing.
ANSWER / WORD / DEFINITIONS OR SYNONYMS OF THE WORDS /
1. urn / a. care or provision for the future
2. catacombs / b. the devil; someone wicked or evil
3. serrated / c. an underground passageway; underground cemetery
4. smoldering / d. Hell; a place of fiery heat or destruction
5. foresight / e. notched on the edge, like a saw
6. imprudent / f. in a daze, shock
7. inferno / g. unwise; not cautious
8. stupor / h. show off or bragging; showy defiance; false expression of courage
9. fiend / i. to burn without a flame
10. bravado / j. a large decorative vase, usually with ornamental feet or a pedestal
ANSWER / WORD / DEFINITIONS OR SYNONYMS OF THE WORDS /
11. peevishly / a. obvious; tangible; capable of being touched or felt
12. extricating / b. gradual wasting away of the skin; abnormally thin
13. emaciated / c. rhythmic movement or flow
14. dissonant / d. a bad mood; showing annoyance
15. wielding / e. a connection or relation; fellowship
16. feral / f. to free or release from entanglement; to liberate
17. cadences / g. determined by chance or impulsive
18. garish / h. reverting to a natural or wild state of being (like a wild animal)
19. arbitrary / i. disagreeing; out of harmony
20. rapport / j. crude or tastelessly colorful; showy; elaborate
21. palpable / k. to exercise power; to dominate
Activity Three – Comic Strip
ACTIVITY FIVE:
Name: ______
Characters - Fill in the Blank
Use the character names from the Word Bank (each one used just once):
Katniss Everdeen Primrose Everdeen Mrs. Everdeen Rue
Peeta Mellark Mr. Mellark (the baker) Haymitch Abernathy Cinna
Gale Hawthorne Effie Trinket Mr. Undersee Cato
Madge Undersee President Snow Claudius Templesmith Clove
Glimmer Foxface District 3 Boy Thresh
District 9 Boy District 1 Boy Portia
Caesar Flickerman
Description / Choice1. She & Katniss were allies during the Games.
2. He is the District 12 mentor
3. Her name was called at the District 12 reaping
4. He taught Katniss how to make snares and traps
5. She has pink hair and is from the Capitol
6. He is Katniss’s stylist
7. Katniss grabbed the backpack from this boy on the first day.
8. She gives Katniss a mockingjay pin.
9. Peeta killed this tribute, even though he didn’t realize it at the time.
10. She fell into a depression after her husband died and was unable to take care of her two children.
11. He was the last of the Careers to survive.
12. Katniss retrieved the bow & arrow from this tribute.
13. This tribute was an ally with the Careers until he did his job too well.
14. She has to fend for her family in order to survive.
15. He is the mayor of District 12.
16. He saved Katniss’s life during the Games because he owed her one--as payback.
17. He is the commentator of the Games--the only voice the tributes hear from the outside.
18. She injures Katniss by throwing a knife at her & hitting her in the forehead; she is almost successful at killing Katniss
19. He has loved Katniss since they were five years old.
20. He is especially not happy with Katniss’s “stunt” with the berries, but crowns her anyway.
21. She is Peeta’s stylist.
22. He kills Rue; Katniss kills him.
23. He interviews the tributes before the Games and the Victor(s) after the Games.
24. He gave Katniss cookies and promised he’d make sure her sister was fed.
Multiple Choice - Circle the BEST answer.
25. Katniss finally finds water on the ______day.
A. second B. third C. first D. fourth
26. In all, there were this many pairs of night-vision goggles.
A. one B. two C. three D. fourth
27. The Careers set up camp next to this feature in the arena.
A. the cave B. the stream C. the woods D. the lake
28. The dandelions symbolized ______.
A. survival B. death C. rebellion D. weeds
29. The citizens of District 12 showed Katniss ______when they gave her the
“silent salute.”
A. deception B. respect C. a secret sign D. love
30. Circle the answer that was NOT a sign or symbol of hope in the novel:
A. Prim’s goat B. Peeta’s bread C. Gale Hawthorne D. Mockingjays
31. Katniss was able to trust all of these characters, except ______.
A. Rue B. Haymitch C. Peeta D. Cinna
32. We learned that the Peacekeepers were not as friendly in which district?
A. District 11 B. District 10 C. District 5 D. District 2
33. The Hunger Games is set in this former continent:
A. Europe B. Asia C. South America D. North America
34. ______is the name of this new country.
A. Panama B. Panem C. Parrend D. Mandem
35. Katniss lives in ______.
A. the Hob B. the Square C. the Seam D. Victor’s Village
36. ______is the District 12’s industry.
A. coal mining B. agriculture C. luxury items D. fishing
37. ______saved Katniss’s life from Cato.
A. Thresh B. Rue C. Haymitch D. Peeta
38. Katniss went to the “feast” to get ______.
A. armor B. lamb stew C. medicine D. sleep syrup
39. Peeta and Katniss hide out here during the rain.
A. tree B. cave C. copse D. stream
40. All of these are Capitol muttations, except ______.
A. tracker jackers B. jabber jays C. mockingjays D. wolf tribute
Activity Seven – Compare
ACTIVITY EIGHT
Movie Casting
CHARACTERS / WHO IS THIS PERSON? / ACTOR TO PLAY THEM /Katniss Everdeen
Primrose Everdeen
Mr. Everdeen
Mrs. Everdeen
Gale Hawthorne
Greasy Sae
Peacekeepers
Effie Trinket
Haymitch Abernathy
Mayor Undersee
Madge Undersee
Peeta Mellark
Gamemakers
Cinna
Portia
Avox girl
Caesar Flickerman
Rue
Thresh
Foxface
Cato
Clove
Glimmer
Claudius Templesmith
Mr. Mellark