Course: Grade 12 EnglishCourse Code: ENG4U

Unit: Novel Study (The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins)Overall Expectations

Oral Communication

1. Listening to Understand: listen in order to understand and respond appropriately in a variety of situations for a variety of purposes;2. Speaking to Communicate: use speaking skills and strategies appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes;3. Reflecting on Skills and Strategies: reflect on and identify their strengths as listeners and speakers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful in oral communication situations.

Reading and Literature

1. Reading for Meaning: read and demonstrate an understanding of a variety of literary, informational, and graphic texts, using a range of strategies to construct meaning;2. Understanding Form and Style: recognize a variety of text forms, text features, and stylistic elements and demonstrate understanding of how they help communicate meaning;3. Reading With Fluency: use knowledge of words and cueing systems to read fluently;4. Reflecting on Skills and Strategies: reflect on and identify their strengths as readers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful before, during, and after reading.

Writing Comprehension

1. Developing and Organizing Content: generate, gather, and organize ideas and information to write for an intended purpose and audience;2. Using Knowledge of Form and Style: draft and revise their writing, using a variety of literary, informational, and graphic forms and stylistic elements appropriate for the purpose and audience;3. Applying Knowledge of Conventions: use editing, proofreading, and publishing skills and strategies, and knowledge of language conventions, to correct errors, refine expression, and present their work effectively;4. Reflecting on Skills and Strategies: reflect on and identify their strengths as writers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful at different stages in the writing process.

Media Studies

3. Creating Media Texts: create a variety of media texts for different purposes and audiences, using appropriate forms, conventions, and techniques.

Materials- The Scholastics edition of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins- We will use the internet, the course website specifically, YouTube, and various

visual aids- We will watch the movie

Tentative Schedule

Lesson #

Date Time Breakdown

1. Wed, June 8

4:30 – 6:30

4:30 – 5:30 Introduction

5:30 – 6:30 Chapter 1 Pgs. 3 – 20

2. Mon, June 13

4:30 – 6:30

4:30 – 6:30: Chapter 2 Pgs. 21 – 33 Chapter 3 Pgs. 34 – 47

Homework: Character Tweets

3. Wed, June 15

4:30 – 6:30

4:30 – 6:30: Chapter 4 Pg. 48 – 60 Chapter 5 Pg. 61 – 72 Chapter 6 Pg. 73 – 85

Homework: Interesting Interviews

4. Mon, June 20

9:30 – 5:30

9:30 – 9:40 = Review9:40 – 12:30 = Chapters 7 – 9 Pg. 86 – 103 12:30 – 1:30 = Lunch1:30 – 2:30 = World Café 2:30 – 3:00 = Break3:00 – 5:30 = Test Review (Plot, Themes, Characters, Symbols, Etc.) Homework = Study

5. Tues, June 21

9:30 – 5:30 (We may switch this day to 11:30 – 7:30)

9:30 – 11:30 = Test Review11:30 – 12:30 = World Café12:30 – 1:30 = Lunch1:30 – 3:00 = Test3:00 – 5:30 = Edit Interesting Interviews

6. Wed, June 22

9:30 – 5:30

9:30 – 9:50 = Return and take up test9:50 – 12:30 = Chapters 10 – 12 Pg. 133 – 171 12:30 – 1:30 = Lunch 1:30 – 5:30 = Chapters 13 – 15 Pg. 172 – 207 Homework = Writing a Letter

7. Thurs, June 23

9:30 – 5:30

9:30 – 11:00 = Chapters 16 – 18 Pg. 208 – 244 11:00 – 12:30 = Tag Team Seminar12:30 – 1:30 = Lunch1:30 – 2:30 = Part 2 Review2:30 – 3:00 = Break

3:00 – 5:30 = Commercial Advertising / Marking Creative ProjectHomework = Commercial Advertising / Marking Creative Project

8. Fri, June 24 9:30 – 5:30

9:30 – 9:50 = Commercial Advertising / Marking Creative Project9:50 – 12:30 = Chapters 19 – 21 Pg. 247 – 289 12:30 – 1:30 = Lunch1:30 – 5:30 = Chapters 22 – 24 Pg. 290 – 330 Homework = Character Tweets

9. Mon, June 27

9:30 – 5:30

9:30 – 11:30 = Chapters 25 – 27 Pg. 331 – 374 11:30 – 12:30 = Part 3 Review12:30 – 1:30 = Lunch1:30 – 5:30 = MovieHomework = Movie Review

10. Tues, June 28

9:30 – 5:30

9:30 – 11:00 = Prepare for Who’s on Trial 11 – 12:30 = Present Who’s on Trial 12:30 – 1:30 = Lunch1:30 – 2:30 = Edit Movie Review2:30 – 3:30 = Work on ISP3:30 – 5:30 = Exam ReviewHomework = ISP and Exam Review, and edit any outstanding assignments

11. Wed, June 29

9:30 – 5:30

9:30 – 11:30 = Edit ISP 11:30 – 12:30 = Early Lunch12:30 – 2:30 = Exam ReviewHomework = ISP and Exam Review, and edit any outstanding assignments

12. Thurs, June 30

9:30 – 5:30

9:30 – 9:45 = Edit ISP 9:45 – 10:00 = Exam Review10:00 – 12:00 = ISP Presentations 12:00 – 1:00 = Lunch1:00 – 1:15 = Exam Review1:15 – 3:30 = Exam

Assessment TasksSeparate assignment sheets will be provided with more detail, but please read the below to briefly learn about the assignments in this unit.

1. Character Tweets (Assessment FOR Learning) After reading a chapter or a section of The Hunger Games, you will choose a character to write “Twitter Tweets” for: a 140-character summary of what just happened, or how they feel about the events that took place. The character count includes punctuation and spaces.

2. Interesting Interviews (Assessment OF Learning)You will create interview questions that you would like to ask a specific character. You can select any character from the novel. You will create the questions and then answer them from the character’s perspective.

3. World Café (Assessment FOR/AS Learning)The teacher will use this activity during the first test review to observe your comfort

and knowledge of the novel. The teacher will write the below questions on sheets of paper and the students will brainstorm ideas and answers to each questions.

a. How does Katniss feel about the country of Panem before the reaping, and why does she need to be careful about how she speaks about Panem in public? Write down specific examples of how you know this.

b. Describe Katniss’s relationship with Gale, with Prim, and with her mother. How do these relationships define her personality?

c. Why does she say about Peeta, “I feel like I owe him something, and I hate owing people”? How does her early encounter with Peeta affect their relationship after they are chosen as tributes (but before the Games)?

d. Why are tributes given stylists and dressed so elaborately in the opening ceremony and interviews? Does this ceremony remind you of events in our world, either past or present?

e. When Peeta declares his love for Katniss in the interview, does he really mean it or did Haymitch create the “star-crossed lovers” story to help them get sponsors? What are the sponsors looking for when they watch the Games?

4. Test on Part 1: “The Tributes” (Assessment OF Learning)Your test will be made up of matching, multiple choice and short answer questions.

5. Writing a Letter (Assessment OF Learning)You will write a letter as one of the characters to another character. We will discuss scenarios and options.

6. Tag Team Seminar (Assessment FOR/AS/OF Learning)This is a student-led seminar. The teachers only involvement will be calling time and switching the discussion question to the next topic. After reading the initial question, only the students will discuss. You can elaborate on the previous points, debate the merits of a previous point, or make an entirely new point. To prepare for this, you will be provided the questions in advanced and instructed to bring notes of quotations and response ideas.

a. In what ways do the Gamemakers control the environment and “entertainment” value of the games?

b. Why do Katniss and Rue team up, and is this partnership different from the other teams that are made?

c. Does knowing that she is on TV make Katniss behave differently than she would otherwise? How do you know?

d. Are Peeta and Katniss actually in love or are they just pretending for the Games?

7. Commercial Activity (Assessment OF Learning)You will use technology, critical thinking, and creativity to produce and create advertising campaigns for a tribute or item.

You can choose one of the projects below:a. Your favorite tribute needs more sponsors! Your job is to create a commercial

to promote your tribute, which will air during the Super Bowl. Write a script for your commercial.

Think about…

What is your slogan for that tribute? How would you promote him/her?Would you use a celebrity endorsement or an endorsement from one of the other characters? Or footage from the Games?Who are you appealing to: Capitol citizens or District citizens?

b. Create a print advertisement for your favorite tribute.

Think about…What is your slogan for that tribute?How would you promote him/her?Would you use a celebrity endorsement or an endorsement from one of the other characters? Or footage from the Games?Who are you appealing to: Capitol citizens or District citizens?

c. Write a script for a commercial for one of the gifts a tribute receives in the arena.

Think about…What is your slogan for that item?How would you promote it?What is the purpose of your item?What group of people would it appeal to? (Who would buy it?)

Examples of Gifts:Burn ointment, bread (from district 11), brother (for/shared with Peeta), sleep syrup (to give to Peeta), Capitol medicine (for Peeta), lamb stew dinner (shared with Peeta)

8. Movie Review (Assessment OF Learning)Write a movie review as if you work for IMDB, The Toronto Star, The Sun, Rotten Tomatoes, Cineplex, or some other company of your choosing. You will use the outline provided that will help guide you through the steps of a movie review. For the review you will create a catchy introduction and review hook; you will evaluate and describe various aspects of the movie; you will compare the movie to the novel; and you will state your opinion.

9. Who’s on Trial (Assessment AS/OF Learning)This activity allows you to practice perspective talking and role-playing. You will be assigned a scenario closer to the date of the trial; for example: “Who is responsible for the success of The Hunger Games in Panem?” And a specific role in the scenario; for example: Head Gamemaker, Caesar Flickerman, a Tribute, a Mentor, a Capitol citizen. You will have to plead your case about why you are not responsible: why it is not you (your character) and suggest another character that should be on trial.

10. ISP: Portfolio (Assessment AS/OF Learning)You will take all your written assignments from The Hunger Games unit and put together a Creative Writing Portfolio. You will edit each assignment to make it the best work it can be and you will select one to present to the class. You will be

evaluated on your revision, your presentation, and on a separate writing reflection. For the writing reflection you will discuss your progress in this course in terms of your reading, writing, and oral speaking capabilities.

11. Exam (Assessment OF Learning)The exam will take place on the last day of the course. The exam will focus on Part 2 and 3 of The Hunger Games as well as your knowledge from the Media Studies and Short Stories unit.

Novel Breakdown

Part 1: “The Tributes” (127 pages)

Part 1 consists of getting to know the narrator, Katniss, and the other twenty-three tributes (or victims) who have been chosen in the Reaping to go to the Hunger Games, through her perspective.

Chapters 1 – 3 Pgs. 3 – 20Pgs. 21 – 33Pgs. 34 – 47

44 pages

Chapters 4 – 6 Pg. 48 – 60Pg. 61 – 72Pg. 73 – 85

37 pages

Chapters 7 – 9 Pg. 86 – 102Pg. 103 – 113Pg. 114 – 130

44 pages

Part 2: “The Games” (111 pages)

Part 2 is the narration of the Hunger Games and Katniss’ experience in the arena.

Chapters 10 – 12 Pgs. 133 – 147Pgs. 148 – 160Pgs. 161 – 171

38 pages

Chapters 13 – 15 Pgs. 172 – 184 Pgs. 185 – 194 Pgs. 195 – 207

35 pages

Chapters 16 – 18 Pgs. 208 – 221 Pgs. 222 – 232 Pgs. 232 – 244

36 pages

Part 3: “The Victor” (127 pages)

Part 3 is about the victor of the games, the activities that take place after winning the Hunger Games, and the consequences of winning: both positive and negative.

Chapters 19 – 21 Pgs. 247 – 261 Pgs. 262 – 277 Pgs. 278 – 289

42 pages

Chapters 22 – 24 Pgs. 290 – 302 Pgs. 303 – 319 Pgs. 320 – 330

40 pages

Chapters 25 – 27 Pgs. 331 – 345 Pgs. 346 – 359 Pgs. 360 – 374

43 pages

Anticipation Guide: AGREE or DISAGREE

Read each statement carefully. Consider whether you agree or disagree with each statement and circle your choice. Consider why you agree or disagree and write an explanation in the third column. After reading chapter one, try to determine how Katniss feels about each of these statements.

Do you AGREE or DISAGREE? Please circle your answer.

Explain why you agree or disagree. Use personal examples and reflections.

1. Older siblings should be responsible for the temporal needs of their younger siblings.

AGREE DISAGREE

2. Hunting is wrong.

AGREE DISAGREE

3. Reality television is a fun and exciting form of entertainment. AGREE

DISAGREE

4. Plastic surgery should be used as a form of expression (like clothing). AGREE

DISAGREE

5. Having children is always a good thing.

AGREE DISAGREE

6. If a government does

something wrong, it is the responsibility of the citizens to speak up.

AGREE DISAGREE

7. It is never okay to kill.AGREE DISAGREE

Further Discussion- Scenario 1: You drive a truck for a large and wealthy grocery store chain. You

drive through an area where people are starving to death. If you stop and distribute the food, many lives would be saved, and the grocery store wouldn’t notice it was gone. However, it’s still not your food to give. The right thing to do is to continue driving and not stop.

- Scenario 2: You’re walking down a street and pass a man with a gun holding ten people hostage. He tells you if you pick one person to die, he will spare the lives of the other nine. However, if you don’t pick one he will kill all ten of them. The right thing to do is not to pick one person to die.

Author: Suzanne Collins

Suzanne Collins has had a successful and prolific career writing for children’s television. She has worked on the staffs of several Nickelodeon shows, including the Emmy-nominated hit “Clarissa Explains It All” and “The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo”. Collins, who was named among Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in 2010, made her mark in children’s literature with the New York Times bestselling five-book series for middle-grade readers, The Underland Chronicles, which has received numerous accolades both in the United States and abroad.

In the award-winning The Hunger Games trilogy, Collins continues to explore the effects of war and violence on those coming of age. The final book in the trilogy, Mockingjay, debuted at No. 1 on all national bestseller lists during its first week on sale. In a starred review, Publishers Weekly said it “accomplishes a rare feat, the last installment being the best yet, a beautifully orchestrated and intelligent novel that succeeds on every level.”

Influence

“It’s hard to choose one element that inspired The Hunger Games,” says Suzanne Collins. “Probably the firstseeds were planted when, as an eight-year-old with a mythology obsession, I read the story of Theseus. Themyth told how in punishment for past deeds, Athens periodically had to send seven youths and seven maidens to Crete where they were thrown in the Labyrinth and devoured by the monstrous Minotaur. Even as a third grader, I could appreciate the ruthlessness of this message. ‘Mess with us and we’ll do something worse than kill you. We’ll kill your children.’

“Other early influences would have to include watching too many gladiator movies, which dramatized the

Romans’ flair for turning executions into popular entertainment; my military specialist dad who took us tobattlefields for family vacations; and touring with a sword fighting company in high school. But it wasn’t until the much more recent experience of channel surfing between reality TV programming and actual war coverage that the story for this series came to me.”

SummaryThe United States government has been dissolved, and in its place is a dystopian society known as Panem. Panem is made up of the Capitol and thirteen surrounding districts that take up the mass of the entire modern U.S. After District 13 is completely destroyed for revolting against the Capitol, the government implements the Hunger Games, a gladiator-like televised event in which one boy and one girl, aged between twelve and eighteen, from each district must fight each other to the death. After her younger sister gets randomly chosen to participate in the Hunger Games, sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen volunteers in her place.

SettingThe novel takes place in what was North America. Due to various disasters, America has been dissolved, and a dystopian government called Panem has been established in its place. The two main places that the novel takes place in are District 12 and the Capitol.

- Katniss explains that District 12 is situated in the Appalachian Mountains and there is a large mining community. Because of this, it is a safe guess to say District 12 is somewhere around where modern day West Virginia is.

- Woods surround the district as well as an electric fence that exist as much for keeping people in as keeping animals out.

- The Capitol is situated in the Rocky Mountain or modern day Colorado. The Capitol is a very technological, modern city. The citizens are extremely happy, overly friendly, and dress in extreme styles (such as orange hair).

- Once the Hunger Games begins, Katniss spends most of her time in “the arena,” which is an indoor arena created to look like a forest.

Where are the Districts of Panem?

The Capitol: Rocky Mountains, Colorado AreaDistrict 1 (Luxury): Northern Rocky Mountains, Wyoming/Utah

District 5 (Power): Near the foot of the Rockies, Mexicali coast through ArizonaDistrict 6 (Transportation): Great Lakes area into Ontario, CanadaDistrict 7 (Lumber): Great Plains Montana areaDistrict 8 (Textiles): Oklahoma and Arkansas areaDistrict 9 (Grain): Greater Nebraska and Dakotas farmlandDistrict 10 (Livestock): Lower Texas into Mexico, warmer climateDistrict 11 (Agriculture): Southern states into the Gulf of Mexico, near AtlantaDistrict 12 (Mining): Appalachian Mountains, Kentucky/Tennessee

District 2 (Masonry): Southern Rocky Mountains, New MexicoDistrict 3 (Technology): Iowa and Illinois regionDistrict 4 (Fishing): Sierra Nevada Mountain Range, former California coast

District 13 (Graphite/Nuclear Weapons): North East/New England into Quebec (Lake Huron)

When talking about Panem, use the resources above to note where various Districts are and what their district trade is. Below, you will find an activity to help students fill in the information about the resources of the United States, and the geography of different regions.

Point of ViewThe story is told in the first person and recounts the narrator’s personal history and experiences. The narrator is mostly objective, but on occasion she will imagine what other characters must be feeling. The narrator is the protagonist of the novel: Katniss Everdeen, a 16-year-old girl living in District 12 of Panem. Katniss is an extremely intelligent and resourceful girl who has had an incredibly difficult life. Because of this, she chooses not to become attached to people, with one exception—her sister, Prim.

Katniss is extremely practical. Katniss describes a time when a kitten showed up at her door and she considered drowning it. After all, to Katniss it was just one more mouth to feed. However, she decided to let Prim keep him and in the end was pleased with her choice because of the cat’s ability to hunt for himself and keep Prim happy. Katniss also relays a story in which a lynx started following her. While she enjoyed its company, in the end she was forced to kill it because it would scare away the other game, and food is always first in Katniss’ life. She concludes the story by telling the reader that she had earned a good deal for its pelt. To many readers, Katniss’ thoughts and actions may seem cruel, but in a dystopian society where starvation is a real threat, she is just being practical.

Katniss takes this practical mindset with her to the Hunger Games, but as the story progresses, we see Katniss release some of her well-built barriers and begin to let certain characters into her heart. For example, she does all that she can in order to keep Rue, a small girl who is also a tribute in the Hunger Games, alive. The same goes for her relationship with Peeta. Katniss risks a lot, including her life, in order to help Peeta survive.

Because the entire story is told from Katniss’ perspective the reader is heavily influenced by her biases. Even still, she is a descriptive narrator and offers plenty of insights, not only into her own life, but also into the people around her.

Characters

Katniss Everdeen

The protagonist and female tribute of District 12. She is an excellent hunter and tremendously resourceful.

Peeta Mellark

The boy tribute of District 12 and the son of a baker. He is kind and loyal, and he becomes Katniss’s love interest. He is Katniss’s main ally during the Games.

Gale Katniss’s friend and hunting Effie The escort of the tributes from

partner. Gale is probably the person closet to Katniss, and he is the only person she feels comfortable relaxing and being herself.

Trinket District 12. She is very concerned with appearances and her own career.

Haymitch Abernathy

Katniss’s and Peeta’s trainer. He is a drunk and one of only two people from District 12 to win the Games; and the only one still living.

Caesar Flickerman

The ostentatious television host who interviews Katniss and Peeta before and after the Games.

Prim Everdeen

Katniss’s little sister. She is small and gentle, and Katniss volunteers in her place when her name is drawn during the reaping.

Cinna Katniss’s main stylist. He becomes Katniss’s friend over the course of the story and counsels Katniss to be herself.

Mother (Everdeen)

Katniss’s mother. After her husband died, she stopped caring for Katniss and Prim, forcing Katniss to become the family’s primary provider.

Venia The person who waves Katniss before she sees Cinna, her stylist.

Madge Undersee

The Mayor’s daughter and the only person Katniss is friendly with at school. She gives Katniss the mockingjay pin.

Cato The male tribute from District 2. He is a career tribute, meaning he has trained for the Hunger Games his entire life, and he is large, short-tempered, and a fierce fighter.

Mayor Undersee

The mayor of District 12. Rue The female tribute from District 11. Katniss and Rue become allies during the Games.

Claudius Templesmith

The announcer during the Hunger Games.

Foxface

A female tribute in the Hunger Games characterized by her wiliness and intelligence. She dies by eating poisonous berries collected by Peeta.

President Snow

The president of Panem. Thresh The male tribute from District 11. He shows mercy toward Katniss because of the way Katniss treated Rue.

Clove The female tribute from District 2. She actually defeats Katniss in a fight and nearly kills her, but Thresh intervenes and saves Katniss’s life.

Glimmer

The female tribute from District 1. She dies when Katniss drops a trackerjacker nest on her and some other tributes.

Themes Focus on

These Topics

Poverty / Class Distinction

Living in a Dystopian

Society

Sacrifice

Violence on Television /

Reality Television

Cruelty vs. Altruism

Appearance vs. Reality

Hope

Humanity

Loyalty

Some key vocabulary to get you started…

Symbol / Imagery /

Motif

Districts

Mockingjay

Tracker Jackers

Privacy / Lack

thereof

Reality TV

Food

DandelionsRue's Flowers

Double Suicide

Katniss's Dresses

Fire

Defiance

Hunting

ARENA: A vast outdoor arena rigged with Panem's high-tech TV cameras as well as traps and challenges to test the tributes fighting each other to the death in the Hunger Games. An arena may contain anything from "a burning desert to a frozen wasteland." After the Hunger Games, the arenas become popular tourist destinations for Capitol citizens. 

BLOODBATH: The initial fighting at the onset of the Hunger Games, as tributes race to a cornucopia, which contains crucial supplies such as food, weapons and medicine. Typically, there are a lot of deaths during the bloodbath. 

THE CAPITOL: A glamorous and protected city, where the ruling classes of Panem live. The Capitol's citizens are interested in outlandish fashion, fabulous food and, of course, the Hunger Games. 

CAREER: A volunteer tribute who has trained for his or her entire life to participate in the Hunger Games. Typically, these tributes (known as Careers) come from Districts 1, 2 and 4, which are more closely aligned with the Capitol. 

CORNUCOPIA: A location inside every Hunger Games arena that may initially contain essential supplies such as food and water, medicine and weapons. It's the location of the bloodbath and feasts. 

DARK DAYS: The time in Panem's history when the Districts rose up against the Capitol, resulting in the destruction of District 13. The Hunger Games are the yearly reminder that the Dark Days must never be repeated. 

DISTRICTS: In addition to the Capitol, there are 12 districts in Panem, each with a different industry (such as coal mining or fishing), culture and standards of living. Districts 1, 2 and 4 are thought to be the wealthiest and the most closely aligned with the Capitol. Katniss Everdeen hails from the poorest district, the coal-mining area known as District 12. District 13 was destroyed by the Capitol during the Dark Days. 

FEASTS: If food is scarce and there isn't enough action to placate Capitol viewers during the Hunger Games, the Gamemakers may announce a feast to lure the tributes to the Cornucopia to fight. 

GAMEMAKERS: These Capitol citizens are responsible for producing the most exciting and entertaining Hunger Games possible – and they unleash untold havoc on the contestants inside the arena with just a push of a button. 

HUNGER GAMES: Both a punishment for the Dark Days and a celebrated obsession in the Capitol, each of the 12 districts must provide one girl and one boy, known as tributes, to participate in an annual televised battle to the death in a large outdoor arena. The winner (the last tribute alive) will return to their district to live a life of fame and fortune. The citizens of the winner's district will also receive prizes, consisting mostly of food and supplies, for a year.