Chapter Seven - Vocabulary

1. arbitrary

2. alternating

3. assessment

4. vanish

5. camouflage

6. inaccessible

7. excel

8. rigid

Chapter Seven - Questions

1. What is Haymitch's training strategy for Katniss and Peeta?

2. What are "Career Tributes"?

3. How does Kat make a unique impression on the Gamemakers?

FIRST PAPER ASSIGNMENT

Task:

Based on our discussion of the topics on page 12 (Longman Writing), choose one of the six topics and develop an essay. You are to start off with defining a clear Thesis Statement; then write an Outline and the First Draft. I will be happy to see all of your ideas ‘sketched’ out, even unfinished and in the state of progress alongside with your First Draft. 

Your Outline and First Draft are due next Monday, November 3, 2014 (hard copy or via email).

Chapter 6 - Questions

1. From where does Kat recognize the girl with red hair?

2. Why do Kat and Peeta decide to talk on the roof?

3. What prevents tributes from jumping off the roof? Why do you think this is in place?

4. What reasons would Peeta have for being curious about Gale?

Chapter 6 - Vocabulary

1. complimentary

2. ironic

3. slaughter

4. traitor

5. debut

6. acknowledge

7. surveillance

8. mandatory

9. contemplate

Opening Ceremony Costumes Video

Opening Ceremony

Chapter 5 - Questions

1. What is surprising about Cinna, Kat's stylist?

2. Describe Kat's Tribute costume.

3. How does the crowd respond to Katniss and Peeta during their grand entrance? What makes them so special?

Chapter 5 - Vocabulary

1. sympathetic

2. vulnerable

3. trio

4. resist

5. retrieve

6. assemble

7. confirmation

8. minimal

9. prestigous

10. prey

Chapter 4 - Vocabulary

1. edible

2. fragile

3. deteriorate

4. chuckle

5. companion

6. incoherent

Chapter 4 - Questions

1. Have we learned anything new about Katniss?

2. Do you think Haymitch will be helpful as a mentor? Why or why not?

3. What does Katniss mean when she says: “A Kind Peeta Mellark is far more dangerous to me than an unkind one”?

4. What happens to convince Haymitch that Peeta and Katniss might be fighters?

Chapter 3 - Vocabulary

These will not be on Monday's (10.27.14) quiz. 

 

1. Intensity

2. Grasp

3. Luxury

4. Genuinely

5. Glimpse

6. Strategy

7. Sanctioned

8. Altered

9. Mimic

Chapter 3 - Questions

Please answer all of these questions and be ready to discuss your answers on Monday. :)

1. How does Katniss feel about her chances of winning? Why?

2. Who visits Katniss and what gifts do they bring her?

3. What is a mockingjay?

4. What role will Haymitch play in the Games?

5.  What advice does Gale give Katniss about surviving the games?

Audiobook

Here you can listen to the book as you read. :)

Hunger Games Book Audio

Chapter 2 - Questions

1. (Ching-Yu) How does Katniss save her sister from the reaping? 
2. (Jose) Why doesn't Katniss want everyone to see her cry on the televised replay of the reaping?
3. (Marina) What is the gesture the people of the District 12 give Katniss upon standing on the podium?
4. (Najla) Who is Haymitch? What is he like?
5. (Johnghoon) What is a tesserae?
6. (Carlos) What kind of person do you think Peeta is? What evidence from the book led you to come to this conclusion?
7. (Amulya) What is the connection between the bread and dandelion?
8. (Masashi) Who is Effie Trinket? What is she like?

Chapter 2 - Vocabulary

1. impact   

2. remote

3. extinct
4. vaporize

5. grateful

6. compose
7. yearn 
8. exposure
9. venture

10. scavenge

11. hearty

12. anthem

Chapter 1 - Vocabulary

1. insist - be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge 

 EXAMPLE SENTENCE: Prim named him Buttercup, insisting that his muddy yellow coat matched the bright flower.

2.    forage - the act of searching for food and provisions 

 EXAMPLE SENTENCE: I pull on trousers, a shirt, tuck my long dark braid up into a cap, and grab my forage bag.

3.    predator - any animal that lives by preying on other animals 

EXAMPLE SENTENCE: In theory, it's supposed to be electrified twenty- four hours a day as a deterrent to the predators that live in the woods -- packs of wild dogs, lone cougars, bears -- that used to threaten our streets.

 

4.    execute - murder in a planned fashion 

EXAMPLE SENTENCE: My father could have made good money selling them, but if the officials found out he would have been publicly executed for inciting a rebellion.

5.    indifferent - showing no care or concern in attitude or action 

EXAMPLE SENTENCE: So I learned to hold my tongue and to turn my features into an indifferent mask so that no one could ever read my thoughts.

6.    ration - a fixed portion that is allotted (especially in times of scarcity) 

EXAMPLE SENTENCE: It's real bakery bread, not the flat, dense loaves we make from our grain rations.

7.    sentimental - given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality

EXAMPLE SENTENCE: Think the old man was feeling sentimental this morning," says Gale.

8.    mimic -imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical effect

EXAMPLE SENTENCE: Suddenly he falls into a Capitol accent as he mimics Effie Trinket, the maniacally upbeat woman who arrives once a year to read out the names at the leaping.

9.    remedy - a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain

EXAMPLE SENTENCE: My father got to know my mother because on his hunts he would sometimes collect medicinal herbs and sell them to her shop to be brewed into remedies.

10. devoted - zealous in devotion or affection 

EXAMPLE SENTENCE: And Gale is devoted to his family.

11. prey - animal hunted or caught for food

EXAMPLE SENTENCE: The predators ignore us on a day when easier, tastier prey abounds.

12. compliment - a remark (or act) expressing praise and admiration

EXAMPLE SENTENCE: Madge shoots him a look, trying to see if it's a genuine compliment or if he's just being ironic.

13. eligible -qualified for or allowed or worthy of being chosen

EXAMPLE SENTENCE: You become eligible for the reaping the day you turn twelve.

14. rant -talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner

EXAMPLE SENTENCE: On other days, deep in the woods, I've listened to him rant about how the tesserae are just another tool to cause misery in our district.

15. mandatory - required by rule

EXAMPLE SENTENCE: Attendance is mandatory unless you are on death's door.

16. perimeter -the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary

EXAMPLE SENTENCE: Family members line up around the perimeter, holding tightly to one another's hands.

17. adjacent -having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching

EXAMPLE SENTENCE: Latecomers are directed to the adjacent streets, where they can watch the event on screens as it's televised live by the state.

18. prosperity - the condition of prospering; having good fortune

EXAMPLE SENTENCE: The result was Panem, a shining Capitol ringed by thirteen districts, which brought peace and prosperity to its citizens.

19. vast - unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope 

EXAMPLE SENTENCE:The twenty- four tributes will be imprisoned in a vast outdoor arena that could hold anything from a burning desert to a frozen wasteland.

20. ease - freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort 

EXAMPLE SENTENCE: The last tribute alive receives a life of ease back home, and their district will be showered with prizes, largely consisting of food.