Transcript The Hunger Games – day 3 - Ms. Lesniak`s Sophomore English Class

Objective
Students will identify how
Anthem and The Hunger
Games have similarities and
differences by creating Tcharts for 3 of the elements
of a dystopia.
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The Hunger Games – day 3
Katniss feels betrayed that Peeta joined the
Careers.
While taking refuge in the tree, Katniss is
disturbed by a tracker jacker nest which was
created by the gamemakers to move the game
forward.
Peeta tells her to run. She hallucinates and
wakes up a few days later to Rue.
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The Hunger Games – day 3
Katniss and Rue devise a plot to destroy
Cato’s camp. They set small campfires to
distract Cato.
Katniss knows his camp is guarded, so she
uses her bow and arrow to detonate the mines.
Meanwhile, Rue falls into a trap and is stuck in
a net. Katniss follows her cries and frees her.
However, at that moment a boy from District 1
shoots a spear that kills Rue.
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The Hunger Games – day 3
Katniss wants to show what Rue meant and
honors her by covering her body with flowers.
Her downfall is that she begins to give to much
hope and “lights a fire” within the districts.
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The gamemakers force the tributes into giving
up their free will and morality in order to survive.
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The Hunger Games – day 3
Before the enraged gamemakers plot to have
Katniss killed, Haymitch warns that it will only
make things worse.
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The gamemakers use the idea of “star crossed
lovers” as propaganda to keep the districts
under control. They allow two people to win the
games as long as they are the last two
remaining from the same district.
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The Hunger Games – day 4
A love connection begins to spark between
Peeta and Katniss, in which they receive
supplies from the sponsors.
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Thresh, in repayment for honoring Rue, kills
Clove to spare Katniss’ life.
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3 Elements of a Dystopia
You will pick 3 of the following elements of a dystopia to
use as your topics for the 3 body paragraphs of your essay.
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Propaganda used to control citizen
Restriction of free will and independent thought
A figurehead or concept is worshiped by the citizens
Citizens are perceived to be under constant surveillance
Citizens fear the outside world
Citizens live in a dehumanized state
Citizens conform to expectations
Education
Technology
Example T-Chart on Symbolism
Using the notes you took, you will create 3 T-Charts.
Symbolism
Equality and Katniss both
bring light to their society.
Equality and Katniss bring
light by sparking hope in their
society.
Equality and Katniss both
defy rules to bring hope.
Equality does so with his light
box, while Katniss brings
hope through her defiance of
the Capitol.
Equality's actions after the
council's rejection is contrasting
to Katniss' actions after the
Captiol's disapproval.
Equality avoids consequences by
fleeing his city and deciding that
someday he may return to get a
few people.
Katniss has no choice but to face
consequences and refuses to
back down until change is made.
She starts an uprising against the
Capitol.
Example Paragraph on Symbolism
In the dystopian stories The Hunger Games and Anthem both of the main characters bring
light to their society. Equality, from Anthem, uses science and tools he found from the
unmentionable times to create electricity and a light box. Katniss is referred to as “The Girl
on Fire” after her debut at the 74th Hunger Games induction ceremony. The light both of
these characters create is symbolic of the hope they bring to their society. When Equality
creates the light box he introduces the idea of an advanced society that will change how his
society lives. After the Scholars deny the light box, Equality escapes and finds hope to
create his own society. During the Hunger Games, Katniss brings hope for change to the
other districts by defying the rules of the Capitol. The districts watch her defiance and start
to believe they can overpower the Capitol. While both of these characters bring hope to
their society, their consequences for doing so are profoundly different. Once Equality's light
box is rejected he flees from the city taking the box with him into the uncharted forest.
Equality continues to find hope in the forest because he knows no one will come after him
and states, “Some day, we shall stop and build a house, when we shall have gone far
enough. But we do not have to hasten” (Rand 84-85). In contrast, when Katniss sparks hope
within the districts it starts an uprising. The districts begin destroying government buildings
and fighting the peacekeepers. Unlike Equality, Katniss cannot escape her city, leaving her
to be punished by the government and fighting for her life.
Setting up your paper MLA style
Writing the Thesis
Writing Topic Sentences/Transitions