Thursday, May 12, 2016

HW Mr. Padilla 5-12.16

Homework: Parents/Guardians, please assist your child with today’s homework.
Option 1:
What must it be like, I wonder, to live in a world where food appears at the press of a button? How would I spend the hours I now commit to combing the woods for sustenance if it were so easy to come by? What do they do all day, these people in the Capitol, besides decorating their bodies and waiting around for a new shipment of tributes to roll in and die for their entertainment?
Task: What is the biggest difference between the rich and the poor based on this passage? Support your respo0nse with evidence from the text.
Option 2:
…What must it be like… to live in a world where food appears at the press of a button? How would I spend the hours I now commit to combing the woods for sustenance (food) if it were so easy to come by? What do they do all day, these people in the Capitol, besides decorating their bodies and waiting around for a new shipment of tributes (The Hunger Game participants) to … die for their entertainment?
Task: List three things that Katniss is wondering in this passage. 
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Why do you think she asks herself these questions?
Option 3:
…What must it be like… to live in a world where food appears at the press of a button? How would I spend the hours I now commit to combing the woods for sustenance (food) if it were so easy to come by? What do they do all day, these people in the Capitol, besides … waiting around for a new shipment of tributes (The Hunger Game participants) to … die for their entertainment?
Task:
According to Katniss, how easy is it for the rich to get food?
What does Katniss she worry about? And why?
What does she think rich people do with their time?


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