The Hunger Games Part One: Chapters Five Six Comprehension Check

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1 The Hunger Games Part One: Chapters Five Six Comprehension Check Directions: To help you understand all aspects of the novel, answer the following questions for Chapters Five Six. Write your answers on a separate piece of paper using complete sentences. Chapter 5 1. What is the purpose of the Remake Center? 2. What are some of Katniss s worries about what she ll be wearing for the opening ceremonies? 3. Why is the costume so important? 4. Contrast Cinna to Flavius and Octavia. How is he different from them? 5. What is the reaction of the crowd to Peeta and Katniss? 6. What does Katniss mean at the end of the chapter when she says, two can play at this game? Why does she kiss Peeta? 7. Do you agree with Katniss s interpretation of Peeta s words? Why or why not? Chapter 6 1. Why is the roof of the Training Center a safe place for Peeta and Katniss to talk? 2. Contrast the Training Center to Katniss s home in District What kind of person is Effie Trinket? 4. What is an Avox? 5. How does Katniss know the Avox? 6. Why do you think Peeta helped Katniss at dinner by saying the Avox reminded him of Delly Cartwright? 7. Explain Katniss s feelings about the redheaded Avox Secondary Solutions The Hunger Games Literature Guide

2 The Hunger Games Part One: Chapters Five Six Standards Focus: Building a Fictional World Have you heard of Newton s Laws or laws of the universe? These aren t laws that prevent speeding or make people pay taxes; they re laws that are constant elements that make our world function the way it does. Take the law of gravity for example. If things suddenly started to float around, our world would certainly experience a crisis! Can you think of another law of nature that we rely on? When an author is going to write a science fiction or fantasy novel, he creates a world for his stories. The world must be believable and feel real to the reader. If the fictional world doesn t make sense to the reader, the reader isn t going to continuing reading. In a science fiction book like The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins has to create a world in which the government is cruel enough to send children to their deaths in battle. In order for the reader to believe the world, he or she needs to make connections that make sense. Readers look for things that we already know from our real world and connect those ideas with the fictional world. Some of the characteristics of Panem are listed in the chart below. Using that information, make connections to the fictional world of The Hunger Games. Analyze your connections in the last column. Some of the information has been started for you. Facts about Panem It came from a place once called North America. Panem is a Capitol surrounded by thirteen districts. During the Dark Days, the districts rebelled and District 13 was destroyed. What connection can you make with our world today? How is this different or similar to the world we live in today? We are familiar with North America. The United States originally started with thirteen colonies. It could be similar to the Civil War when the South rebelled or the Revolutionary War. What conclusions can you draw from this information? Why this is this important in building the fictional world of the story? We are already familiar with North America. We know the country. It s important because I m familiar with it Secondary Solutions The Hunger Games Literature Guide

3 Facts about Panem As a result of the rebellion, the districts must participate in the Hunger Games. The Hunger Games are treated like a celebration. People in District 12 are very poor and starving, but people in the Capitol are rich. District 12 is a mining area. Children can receive tesserae which allow them to get food in exchange for entering their names another time in the reaping. Everything that happens with the Games is televised. High speed trains can travel at 250 miles per hour. Certain places, like the woods, are restricted with electrified fences. People from the Capitol have a strange way of talking; they wear bright makeup and wigs. What connection can you make with our world today? How is this different or similar to the world we live in today? We have games like the Olympics, but nothing like the Hunger Games. I m also familiar with the story of the Minotaur, which is similar to the tributes being sent to battle. What conclusions can you draw from this information? Why this is this important in building the fictional world of the story? After looking at the world of Panem, do you believe a world like this could really exist? Explain your answer, using a separate sheet of paper Secondary Solutions The Hunger Games Literature Guide

4 The Hunger Games Part One: Chapters Five Six Assessment Preparation: Etymology Where do words come from? The history of a word, where it came from, and how its meaning has changed over time is called its etymology. When linguists trace the meaning and usage of a word through time, they often discover that the meanings of the word has changed. Words like cool, wicked, sick, and bad have meant different things to different generations of English speakers. What are some words or phrases you and your friends use that might mean something different to your parents or grandparents? What are some words your parents or grandparents use that don t mean the same thing to you? English is a very welcoming language; new words are constantly added to our lexicon. Some words come from other languages, and some words are made up, like duh or . Most words are absorbed into our language because they fill a need. There was no word before computers were invented because we didn t need it. During the Renaissance though, scholars thought Latin was a better language than English. Scholars thought Latin words should replace English words. Many of those words were used in science, which helped to standardize terms and allow scientists to use universal names for plants, animals, and elements. Over time, some of the non-scientific words were forgotten, but some of them stuck around and are still used today. We can thank sixteenthcentury scholars for these words: monopoly, lexicon, thermometer, autograph, crisis, vacuum, and explain. Words to Use When Talking About Words Etymology the study of the history of a word Linguist a person who studies words Lexicon a collected vocabulary Neologism a new word. The prefix neomeans new and logos means word Directions: Using the selected vocabulary words below, find their etymology. You should be able to find the information in a dictionary (in a book or online). Word Where it came from What it originally meant vulnerable Latin able to wound flamboyant sustenance despicable 2011 Secondary Solutions The Hunger Games Literature Guide

5 Word Where it came from What it originally meant tangible barbarism exclusive(ly) ironic adversary (ies) mandatory affectation(s) Why is it important to know where a word came from? Many roots, prefixes, and affixes of English words come from Latin and Greek. Being familiar with these parts of words can help you understand new vocabulary. Directions: Complete the chart below using the vocabulary words from Chapters One Six. You may need to do a bit of digging to find the root word of words with prefixes. Take off the prefix, and look up the root. Then write the dictionary definition of the word in the last column. If you already checked the etymology of the word, add the information from that chart. Affix Meaning Vocabulary Word in- not insurmountable Root or other information about the word insurmountable the root means to rise above Definition unable to overcome dis- inexplicable not, apart dissent inexplicable the root explicate means to unfold dissent unable to explain disaster disaster disgruntled disgruntle -ment act of, state of, result predicament predicate 2011 Secondary Solutions The Hunger Games Literature Guide

6 Affix -ous Meaning full of, having Vocabulary Word preposterous disastrous (see dis-) Root or other information about the word preposterous Definition -ity state of, quality Intensity intense -able/ -ible able, capable insurmountable, inexplicable (see in-) vulnerable vulnerable despicable despicable tangible tangible -ance action, process, state -ism system, manner, condition, character istic -ic nature of, like sustenance sustain barbarism barbarian Ironic irony Directions: Look over the chart you completed above. What etymologies surprised you? Why? How does understanding the etymology of a word like disaster or barbarian help you understand the meaning of a word? 2011 Secondary Solutions The Hunger Games Literature Guide