A dystopia is a community or society that is undesirable, and a utopia is the opposite (a society that is almost perfect). Ms. Carlson looooooves dystopia/utopia novels/films. What do you think about them and why?
Create a dystopia. What is it called? What happens there?
Create a utopia. What is it called? What happens there?
Tell me about your summer break!
If you have brothers or sisters, would you sacrifice your life for them?
Do you have any weird connections in your brain like hope + bread + a dandelion (like Katniss) or like the scent of cilantro (coriander) + Israel + sun (like Ms. Carlson)? Write about how those memories wired together in your brain.
What would you do if your family depended on you for survival?
Would you cry about being chosen as a tribute once you were in private? Ms. Carlson totally would.
If you had never really had enough to eat (like many of the kids in the Seam), what would you want your first big meal to be?
If you had to be a hunter-gatherer in order to survive, which would you prefer: hunting (shooting, trapping, fishing) or gathering (plants, berries)? Or would you learn both skills?
Being 13 is awesome. Being 13 sucks. (Which is more true for you?) (If you're 12 or 14, pretend that's the age in question.)
What do you think you'll be doing when you're your teacher's age? What will your personality be like?
Continue this sentence: If / when I raise children, I'll never...
Design some Capitol outfits and hairstyles. (Draw!)
Do you usually trust people easily, or not so much? Why or why not?
Create a protagonist or an antagonist you find interesting. Could be related to Hunger Games, but doesn't have to be.
Try and write a little loooooove story using both “affect” and “effect” correctly.
If you were an inventor, what cool invention might you pitch to the rich people in the Capitol? (They already have a box-thing that untangles and dries your hair instantly, a wardrobe you can talk to, windows that zoom in on different parts of the city, and a food service that sends you whatever you want from the menu in fewer than 60 seconds.)
If you were turned into an Avox by the Capitol (a rebel who had her tongue removed as punishment), what would your crime have been?
What would you do with your free time if you never knew when (or if) you would have electricty every day, as is the case in the poor Districts (and in many real countries)?
1. When you're old, do you think you'll have plastic surgery, like people in the Capitol, or will you view wrinkles as a sign of survival and wisdom?
2. If you had to wear high heels like Katniss does for her TV interview, would you rock them, or would you be tempted to throw them at someone out of the injustice of having to wear them?
3. If you had a TV interview in front of the whole country, would you freak out, or would you think it was kind of fun?
Which district would you prefer to live in and why? (Sorry, the richer districts---1, 2, and 4---are off-limits. That's where the Careers come from.)
Make these sentences interesting:
Haymitch falls off the stage.
Glimmer is taking out her knife.
I feel sick.
Peeta runs behind a tree.
Rue cries for help.
I miss Prim.
My mom was depressed.
I need to find a bow and arrows.
Write 4 sentences:
1. Use "affect" as a verb.
2. Use "effect" as a noun.
3. Use "affect" as a noun.
4. Use "effect" as a verb.
1. How do you feel about heights? Katniss usually sleeps in trees in the Games. If you like heights, write about a time when you were up high and had fun; if the opposite, write about a time when you couldn't wait to return to solid earth.
2. If friends of yours betrayed you, would you be more likely to forgive but avoid them, or to seek revenge?
3. Create a short story about a very thirsty turtle named Ms. Carlson.
1. What would you do if you were attacked by flying fireballs? Ms. Carlson would probably just sit down and cry. Or maybe she'd activate her FRFF (Flame-Retardant Force Field).
2. Do you think your personality is more like Prim's (a really good healer - calm and focused when someone is injured or sick) or Katniss' (queasy at the sight of blood and sick people)?
3. Write a short story about a nice Track Jacker (one of the Capitol's crazy "muttations" whose stings make people hallucinate) named Jack who doesn't actually want to sting people.
Conflict table (worth 2 journal entries):
https://docs.google.com/document/d/14dC59EPaJAYLvKDy4IzVjFzw0aBRFWyWSfCyQ2jKhZ4/edit
(Based on videos in this lesson.)
Reflect on your experiences orienteering in PE. Anything scary about it? Anything awesome? Did you learn any useful skills that would've helped you in the arena? Did you realize that existing comfortably in the woods is easier or harder than you thought?
Do you think people should eat less meat? Why or why not? (We watched this video about meat because eating meat is the way that Katniss and her family have survived. We discussed the following: is eating meat "bad" or "good"? What's the difference between the way Katniss procures meat and the way we do?)
Write a short song that Katniss could sing at Rue's death. Something sweet and sad. (Just the lyrics. Would be awesome if you put it to music, though. Here's Ms. Carlson's example: lyrics + music.)
Make up a little story from Rue's past. (Reminder: she's quite clever, she's the eldest of 6 children and helps take care of them, she's amazing at climbing trees...)
1. They claimed the house was haunted, but it looked okay to me, so….
2. It was a dark and stormy night when….
3. A Halloween party is fun to plan. First you…
4. You won’t believe this story, but it's true…
5. The Halloween pumpkin turned into a…
6. The black cat started to crouch and hiss when…
7. Something in the closet was making a strange noise, so I opened the door and…
8. The mysterious object started floating in the air and…
Write a swashbuckling tale (can be in story-form or in play-form) about a bold young teen named (insert your name here) who defeats a dangerous villain named Coronny Virusson.
SPOILER ALERT: Katniss and Peeta die in this chapter. Just kidding! Maybe? What do you think? Use logic and creativity to justify your answer. (If you know what happens because you finished the book or watched the film, create a new ending.)
If you could choose anyone in this room you'd want as an ally in the arena, who would it be? Why?
1. What would you feel if you had just won the Hunger Games?
2. Can you think of any reason the Capitol might be mad at Katniss after what she did with the berries?
3. Choose your crush! Katniss? Peeta? Gale? Glimmer? Foxface? Cato?