HW Mr. Padilla 5.15.17

Homework: Dear parents/guardians, please assist your child with today homework.

Option 3:  (Peeta has just declared that he loves Katniss on a live interview):

For a moment, the cameras hold on Peeta’s downcast eyes as what he says sinks in. Then I can see my face, mouth half open in a mix of surprise and protest, magnified on every screen as I realize, Me! He means me! I press my lips together and stare at the floor, hoping this will conceal the emotions starting to boil up inside of me.

 “Oh, that is a piece of bad luck,” says Caesar, and there’s a real edge of pain in his voice. The crowd is murmuring in agreement, a few have even given agonized cries.

“It’s not good,” agrees Peeta.

“Well, I don’t think any of us can blame you. It’d be hard not to fall for that young lady,”says Caesar. “She didn’t know?”

Peeta shakes his head. “Not until now.”

I allow my eyes to flicker up to the screen long enough to see that the blush on my cheeks is unmistakable.

“ Wouldn’t you love to pull her back out here and get a response?” Caesar asks the audience. … “Sadly, rules are rules, and Katniss Everdeen’s time has been spent. Well, best of luck to you, Peeta Mellark, and I think I speak for all of Panem when I say our hearts go with yours.” The roar of the crowd is deafening. Peeta has absolutely wiped the rest of us off the map with his declaration of love for me. When the audience finally settles down, he chokes out a quiet “Thank you” and returns to his seat.

We stand for the anthem. I have to raise my head out of the required respect and cannot avoid seeing that every screen is now dominated by a shot of Peeta and me…

Questions:

What is Katniss’ first reaction when Peeta confesses his feelings on t.v.?

How does she feel about this attention? Give evidence form the text.

In your own words, what does Katniss mean when she says: “Peeta has absolutely wiped the rest of us off the map with his declaration of love for me.”

Option 2:  (Peeta has just declared that he loves Katniss on a live interview):

… I can see my face, mouth half open in a mix of surprise and protest… Me! He means me! I press my lips together and stare at the floor, hoping this will conceal the emotions starting to boil up inside of me.

 “Oh, that is a piece of bad luck,” says Caesar, and there’s a real edge of pain in his voice. The crowd is murmuring in agreement,...

“It’s not good,” agrees Peeta.

“Well, I don’t think any of us can blame you. It’d be hard not to fall for that young lady,” says Caesar. “She didn’t know?”

Peeta shakes his head. “Not until now.”

… the blush on my cheeks is unmistakable.

“ Wouldn’t you love to pull her back out here and get a response?” Caesar asks the audience. … “Sadly, rules are rules, and Katniss Everdeen’s time has been spent. Well, best of luck to you, Peeta Mellark, and I think I speak for all of Panem when I say our hearts go with yours.” The roar of the crowd is deafening. Peeta has absolutely wiped the rest of us off the map with his declaration of love for me. ….

We stand for the anthem. I have to raise my head out of the required respect and cannot avoid seeing that every screen is now dominated by a shot of Peeta and me…

Questions:

1.How does Katniss react when Peeta makes his declaration of love?

2. Do you think Katniss is happy or not? Explain why?

3. Why do you think Caesar say: “Well, best of luck to you, Peeta Mellark, and I think I speak for all of Panem when I say our hearts go with yours.”

4. What does Katnisss mean by: “Peeta has absolutely wiped the rest of us off the map with his declaration of love for me. ….”

Option 3:  (Peeta has just declared that he loves Katniss on a live interview):

1.      What did Peeta do?

… I can see my face, mouth half open in a mix of surprise and protest… Me! He means me!

2.      How does Katniss react when Peeta says he loves her?

I press my lips together and stare at the floor, hoping this will hide the emotions …

3.      What does Katniss do?

 “Oh, that is a piece of bad luck,” says Caesar…  “Well, I don’t think any of us can blame you. It’d be hard not to fall for that young lady,” says Caesar.

4.       What does Caesar say is hard?

Caesar says: “… Well, best of luck to you, Peeta Mellark, … I speak for all of Panem when I say our hearts go with yours.” The roar of the crowd is deafening. Peeta has …wiped the rest of us off the map with his declaration of love for me. ….

5.      How does the crowd react?

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HW Mr. Padilla 5.12.17

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:

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?

Option 1:

…What must it be like… to live in a world where food appears at the press of a button?

1.    What is Katniss thinking about?

 How would I spend the hours I now commit to combing (searching) the woods for sustenance (food) if it were so easy to come by?

2.    What does she spend her time on?

3.    What does not come by easy?

 What do they do all day, these people in the Capitol, besides …

4.    Who is Katniss thinking of?

(people)…waiting around for a new shipment of tributes (The Hunger Game participants) to … die for their entertainment?

5.    What are the people in the capital waiting for?

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HEW MR PADILLA 5.11.17

Dear parents/guardians, please assist your child with today's homework.

Today we learned about the Irish Potato Famine. Look at the image, then choose an option below.

Option 3: Based on what we discussed in class:

What was the Irish Potato Famine?

Why did it happen?

How did it affect the Irish people?

Where did many Irish people move to?

Option 2:

Describe what you see in the image.

How can you connect The Irish Potato Famine to the Hunger Games?

Option 1:

List what you see?

What are the people doing?

How do they look?
What is happening to them?

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HW Mr Padilla 5.10.17

Homework: Parents/Guardians, please assist your child with today’s homework.

Food for thought:

Thanksgiving holiday is one of the most widely celebrated in the USA.  In fact, it is estimated 46 million turkeys are consumed on Thanksgiving day. This means that before the holiday, turkeys are prepped so they may be nice, fat, juicy and taste delicious.  The turkeys surely have no idea why they are fed so much as the holiday approaches, they just eat, eat, gobble, and eat.  Afterwards, well, you know how that turkey ends up…

Option 3

The supper comes in courses. A thick carrot soup, green salad, lamb chops and mashed potatoes, cheese and fruit, a chocolate cake. Throughout the meal, Effie Trinket keeps reminding us to save space because there’s more to come. But I’m stuffing myself because I’ve never had food like this, so good and so much, and because probably the best thing I can do between now and the Games is put on a few pounds. “At least, you two have decent manners,” says Effie as we’re finishing the main course. “The pair last year ate everything with their hands like a couple of savages. It completely upset my digestion.” The pair last year were two kids from the Seam who’d never, not one day of their lives, had enough to eat. And when they did have food, table manners were surely the last thing on their minds.

Task:

How are Peeta and Katniss similar to the thanksgiving turkeys?.  Why are Peeta and Katniss being fed so much?  Be creative, be funny, be detailed.

What is the difference between Katniss & Peeta and the “pair last year”?

Why are Peeta and Katniss being treated?

 How is this similar to what happens to turkeys before thanks giving?

Option 2

The supper comes in courses. A thick carrot soup, green salad, lamb chops and mashed potatoes, cheese and fruit, a chocolate cake. Throughout the meal, Effie Trinket keeps reminding us to save space … But I’m stuffing myself because I’ve never had food like this… and because probably the best thing I can do between now and the Games is put on a few pounds. “At least, you two have decent manners,” says Effie as we’re finishing the main course. “The pair last year ate everything with their hands like a couple of savages…”  The pair last year were two kids from the Seam who’d never, not one day of their lives, had enough to eat. And when they did have food, table manners were surely the last thing on their minds.

1.        Why is Effie reminding Katniss and Peeta to save space?

2.        What are 2 reasons Katniss is stuffing herself?

3.        How are Katniss and Peeta different to last years pair?

4.        Why were the kids from the Seam so hungry?

5.        What was the last things in their minds when they ate?

  

Option 1 

… A thick carrot soup, green salad, lamb chops and mashed potatoes, cheese and fruit, a chocolate cake. Throughout the meal, Effie Trinket keeps reminding us to save space

1.    Why is Effie reminding Katniss and Peeta to save space?

… But I’m stuffing myself because I’ve never had food like this… and because…the best thing I can do between now and the Games is put on a few pounds.

2.    What are 2 reasons Katniss is stuffing herself?

A.       

B.     

“At least, you two have decent manners,” says Effie …. “The pair last year ate everything with their hands like a couple of savages…” 

3.    How are Katniss and Peeta different to last years pair?

The pair last year were two kids from the Seam who’d … not one day of their lives, had enough to eat.

4.    Why were the kids from the Seam so hungry?

And when they did have food, table manners were … the last thing on their minds.

5.    What was the last things in their minds when they ate?

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HW Mr. Padilla 5.8.17

Homework: Parents/guardians, please assist your child with today’s homework.

Option 3:

I bought our food at the market and cooked it as best I could and tried to keep Prim and my-self looking presentable. Because if it had become known that

my mother could no longer care for us, the district would have taken us away from her and placed us in the community home. I’d grown up seeing those home kids at school. The sadness, the marks of angry hands on their faces, the hopelessness that curled their shoulders forward. I could never let

that happen to Prim. Sweet, tiny Prim who cried when I cried  before she even knew the reason, who brushed … my mother’s hair before we left for school, who still polished my father’s shaving mirror each night…

The district had given us a small amount of money as compensation for his death (Katniss’ father), enough to cover one month of grieving at which time my mother would be expected to get a job. Only she didn’t. She didn’t do anything but sit propped up in a chair or, more often, huddled under the blankets on her bed, eyes fixed on some point in the distance. Once in a while, she’d stir, get up as if moved by some urgent purpose, only to then collapse back into stillness. No amount of pleading from Prim seemed to affect hers no other way to put it. I kept telling myself if I could only hold out until May, just May 8th, I would turn twelve and be able to … get that precious grain and oil to feed us… We could well be dead by then.

Task: Hunger and poverty are two themes in The Hunger Games. Base responses on today’s reading.

Write a paragraph in which you explain how and why does Katniss take care of her family?  How would you describe Katniss as a person?

Option 2:

Because if it had become known that my mother could no longer care for us, the district would have taken us away from her and placed us in the community home. I’d grown up seeing those home kids at school. The sadness, the marks of angry hands on their faces, the hopelessness that curled their shoulders forward. I could never let that happen to Prim. Sweet, tiny Prim who cried when I cried  before she even knew the reason, who brushed … my mother’s hair before we left for school, who still polished my father’s shaving mirror each night…

The district had given us a small amount of money as compensation for his death (Katniss’ father), enough to cover one month of grieving at which time my mother would be expected to get a job. Only she didn’t. She didn’t do anything but sit …up in a chair …under the blankets on her bed…Once in a while, she’d stir, get up as if moved by some urgent purpose, only to then collapse back into stillness. No amount of pleading from Prim seemed to affect hers no other way to put it. I kept telling myself if I could only hold out until May, just May 8th, I would turn

twelve and be able to … get that precious grain and oil to feed us… We could well  be dead by then.

Task: Base responses on today’s reading.  In your own words:

1.       How does Katniss describe the children from the community home?

2.       How does she describe her little sister Prim?

3.       How does she describe her mother?

4.       How would you describe Katniss?

Option 1:

... it had become known that my mother could no longer care for us,

1.       What could Katniss’ mother not do?

the district would have taken us away from her and placed us in the community home. I’d grown up seeing those home kids at school. … I could never let that happen to Prim.

2.       What would the district have done?

3.       Why did Katniss not want Prim to go to a community home?

 Sweet, tiny Prim who cried when I cried before she even knew the reason, who brushed … my mother’s hair before we left for school

4.       Do you think Katniss loves her sister? Explain why or why not.

The district had given us a small amount of money … his death (Katniss’ father), enough to cover one month of grieving… my mother would be expected to get a job. Only she didn’t.

5.       Why could Katniss mom not take care of them?

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HW Mr. Padilla 5.5.17

Homework: Parents and guardians, please assist your child with today’s homework.

Connection between theme of Rich and Poor in Hunger Games and real life:

Option 1:

One of the most recent events that supports this theme is the Occupy Wall Street protests.

One of the main goals behind the protest was the unrighteous divide of the 1% Wall Street rich and the more common 99% of the working class. In the novel the working class encounters problems such as lack of food, shelter, clothing — the bare necessities that we are accustomed to. Whereas, the other half of the people in the novel are exposed to the finer things in life ranging from decadent pastries to glamorous costumes and wardrobe.

Mention a current real life (not Occupy Wall Street) event that supports the theme of Rich and Poor.

How is this real life theme similar to the novel?

Do you believe that the division between rich and poor in real life are as bad as in the novel? Can they become as bad? Explain why or how?

Option 2:

One of the most recent events that supports this theme is the Occupy Wall Street protests.

One of the main goals behind the protest was the …divide of the 1% Wall Street rich and the … 99% of the working class. In the novel the working class encounters problems such as lack of food, shelter, clothing — the bare necessities that we are accustomed to. Whereas, the other half of the people in the novel are exposed to the finer things in life …from decadent pastries to glamorous costumes and wardrobe.

In your own words,  compare Occupy Wall Street protests to the theme of rich and poor in the Hunger Games. You can use the chart below to organize your response.

Hunger Games	Occupy Wall Street

Option 3:

One …recent event that supports this theme is the Occupy Wall Street protests.

One of the main goals behind the protest was the …divide of the 1% Wall Street rich and the … 99% of the working class. In the novel the working class encounters problems such as lack of food, shelter, clothing — the …necessities that we are accustomed to. Whereas, the other half of the people …are exposed to the finer things in life …from … pastries to glamorous costumes..

A.     What recent event supports the theme of rich and poor in The Hunger Games?

B.     What was one of the main goals of the protest?

c. What is a problem that working class people and people today share in common?

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HW Mr. Padilla 5.4.17

Homework: Parents/guardians. Please assist your child with today’s homework.

Option 3

Even though trespassing in the woods is illegal and poaching carries the severest of penalties, more people would risk it if they had weapons. But most are not bold enough to venture out with just a knife. My bow is a rarity, crafted by my father along with a few others that I keep well hidden in the woods, carefully wrapped in waterproof covers. 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. Most of the Peacekeepers turn a blind eye to the few of us who hunt because they’re as hungry for fresh meat as anybody is. In fact, they’re among our best customers. But the idea that someone might be arming the Seam would never have been allowed

Based on what you have learned so far in The Hunger Games:

Task: There are many people starving, meanwhile, there is plenty to eat in the woods. Why are people not allowed to hunt so they may feed themselves?  Think of as many reasons as you can to explain why this is happening.

Option 2

Even though trespassing in the woods is illegal … more people would risk it if they had weapons. But most are not bold enough to venture out with just a knife. My bow is a rarity… carefully wrapped in waterproof covers. 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. Most of the Peacekeepers turn a blind eye to the few of us who hunt because they’re as hungry for fresh meat as anybody is. In fact, they’re among our best customers. But the idea that someone might be arming the Seam would never have been allowed.

Questions:

A.      Why are not more people trespassing the woods?

B.       How could Katniss’ father have made more money? Why didn’t he?

 C.    What makes Katniss’ bow unique or special?

D.      What does turning a blind eye mean?

E.     Why do the Peacemakers turn a blind eye?

Option 1:

Even though trespassing in the woods is illegal … more people would risk it if they had weapons.

1.    Why do few people risk trespassing the woods?

But most are not bold … My bow is a rarity… carefully wrapped in waterproof covers.

2.    How does Katniss describe her bow?

My father could have made good money selling them (bows), but if the officials found out he would have been publicly executed

3.    Why did Katniss father not sell bows?

…Most of the Peacekeepers turn a blind eye to the few of us who hunt because they’re as hungry for fresh meat as anybody is. In fact, they’re among our best customers. …

4.    Why do Peacekeepers not turn in those who hunt?

5.    Take an educated guess, what are peacekeepers?  (no right or wrong answer)

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HW Mr. Padilla 5.3.17

Homework: parents/guardians, please assist your child with today’s homework.

Hunger Games Review: 

Option 1:

“Prim!” I scream. I reach her just as she is about to mount the steps.  With one sweep of my arm, I push her behind me.  “I volunteer! I volunteer as tribute!”

A shift has occurred since I stepped up to take Prim’s place, and now it seems I have become someone precious. The crow touches the three middle fingers of their left hand to their lips and holds it out to me.  It is an old gesture.  It means thanks, it means admiration, it means good-bye to someone you love.

1.    How does Katniss protect Prim at the Reaping?

2.    Why did Katniss become someone precious?

3.       What gesture does the crowd give Katniss?

4. What does the gesture mean?

Option 2:

“Prim!” I scream. I reach her just as she is about to mount the steps.  With one sweep of my arm, I push her behind me.  “I volunteer! I volunteer…!”

A shift has occurred since I stepped up to take Prim’s place, and now it seems I have become someone precious. The crow touches the three middle fingers of their left hand to their lips and holds it out to me.  It is an old gesture.  It means thanks, it means admiration, it means good-bye to someone you love.

1.    How does Katniss protect Prim at the Reaping?

2.    Why did Katniss become someone precious?

3.       What gesture does the crowd give Katniss?

4. What does the gesture mean?

Option 3:

“Prim!” I scream. I reach her just as she is about to mount the steps.  With one sweep of my arm, I push her behind me.  “I volunteer! I volunteer…!”

1 .    How does Katniss protect Prim at the Reaping?

A shift  (change) has occurred (happened) since I stepped up to take Prim’s place, and now it seems I have become someone precious. 

2. Why did Katniss become someone precious?

The crowd touches the three middle fingers of their left hand to their lips and holds it out to me…  It means thanks, … it means good-bye to someone you love.

3.  What gesture does the crowd give Katniss?

4. . What does the gesture mean?

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