Welcome back from the long weekend. I doubt we'll see another snow cancellation anytime soon, so I hope you made the most of it!
Last class we read the first part of chapter 11 in The Hunger Games, in which the games kick off with a violent, bloody start.
We're going to read some more today, but I'm going to graciously take an idea from Ms. Audy (last year's student teacher) and do a little activity where we start asking questions about our reading.
We will loosely break into groups of 2 (depending on attendance) and each group or person will be assigned a category in which to ask questions about the reading:
This business of the "Death Recap"
Survival/fighting strategies of the tributes
The Love Triangle: Katniss, Peeta, Gale
The Cornucopia and the Bloodbath
Alliances and how they're made
After reading through a bit more or Katniss's adventures in the arena, we are going to take a break and get into groups for these categories. Each group or person will collaborate and come up with two questions pertaining to something in the area of their category. Once the questions have been written down, the sheet gets passed to the left and one of those questions will be answered by the next group. The papers will be passed to the left once more, and when all questions have been answered we will review them in class with a discussion.
A few good examples from Ms. Audy's class were:
Should Katniss have taken more at the Cornucopia?
What are some strengths and weaknesses of Katniss's strategy?
-Mr. Thomas
