Student will write an essay from a list of 3 choices about the Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. This is built as a week long assignment with multiple checkins and peer review built in. Heavy use of CER Writing
Week 4 Agenda
Monday - Prewriting
Tuesday - Introduction Paragraph
Wednesday - Body Paragraph A
Thursday - Body Paragraph B and C
Friday - Conclusion Paragraph and Final Draft
Prompt 1
Throughout The Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen demonstrates several qualities that contribute to her survival and ultimate victory. Identify at least three key qualities that help Katniss succeed in the Games. How do these traits influence her decisions and actions throughout the novel? Provide specific examples from the text to support your analysis.
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Prompt 2
At the beginning of the novel, Katniss claims, “Peeta Mellark and I are not friends.” In the final chapter, Katniss remarks, “Already the boy with the bread is slipping away from me.” What role did Peeta’s character play in Katniss’s journey over the course of the novel? Did “the boy with the bread” change or influence Katniss? If so, how? Use evidence from the text to support your analysis.
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Prompt 3
Throughout the Hunger Games, the Capitol is portrayed as a powerful and oppressive force that controls the districts. Analyze the role of the Capitol as a symbol of power and oppression in the novel. How does the Capitol exert control over the districts? What methods do they use to maintain power and control over the people in the districts? How does this influence the actions and motivations of the characters, including Katniss, Peeta, and other tributes? In your response, provide evidence from the text to support your analysis and discuss the implications of the Capitol's power on the overall theme of the novel.
DO NOW
Which Quarter Paper Question were you planning to answer? (You can always change your mind later)
Question:
Why did you pick the choice above?
You are going to write a 5-paragraph Quarter Paper. This will include:
Introduction Paragraph
Body Paragraph A
Body Paragraph B
Body Paragraph C
Conclusion Paragraph
You will choose ONE of the three prompts to write your Quarter Paper about.
Each prompt has its own set of prewriting questions to help you organize your ideas and plan your writing. These questions are numbered and color-coded to match the prompt they go with.
You do NOT need to answer all of the questions.
Only answer the questions 2, 3, or 4 and all the lettered parts of the question you pick
Take your time, think carefully, and do your best! This prewriting step will make writing your Quarter Paper much easier.
The Katniss Survival Skills Paper
Throughout The Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen demonstrates several qualities that contribute to her survival and ultimate victory. Identify at least three key qualities that help Katniss succeed in the Games. How do these traits influence her decisions and actions throughout the novel? Provide specific examples from the text to support your analysis.
The Question Simplified
What quality or qualities does Katniss have that helped her win the Hunger Games?
Directions:
Make a list of skills that Katniss has.
Then, choose 3 of the skills that you want to write about for your Quarter Paper.
Explain how the 1st skill you chose helped Katniss ultimately win the Hunger Games.
Use this for your Claim for Body Paragraph A (Question#9)
Explain how the 2nd skill you chose helped Katniss ultimately win the Hunger Games.
Use this for your Claim for Body Paragraph B (Question#12)
Explain how the 3rd skill you chose helped Katniss ultimately win the Hunger Games.
Use this for your Claim for Body Paragraph C (Question#14)
The Katniss and Peeta Paper
At the beginning of the novel, Katniss claims, “Peeta Mellark and I are not friends.” In the final chapter, Katniss remarks, “Already the boy with the bread is slipping away from me.” What role did Peeta’s character play in Katniss’s journey over the course of the novel? Did “the boy with the bread” change or influence Katniss? If so, how? Use evidence from the text to support your analysis.
The Question Simplified
How did Peeta help Katniss change over the course of the book?
How did Peeta help Katniss grow when they were both living in District 12, before the Hunger Games?
Use this for your Claim for Body Paragraph A (Question#9)
How did Peeta help Katniss grow at the Capitol, when the two were training for the Hunger Games?
Use this for your Claim for Body Paragraph B (Question#12)
How did Peeta help Katniss grow in the actual Hunger Games arena?
Use this for your Claim for Body Paragraph C (Question#14)
The Capitol and Other Characters Paper
Throughout the Hunger Games, the Capitol is portrayed as a powerful and oppressive force that controls the districts. Analyze the role of the Capitol as a symbol of power and oppression in the novel. How does the Capitol exert control over the districts? What methods do they use to maintain power and control over the people in the districts? How does this influence the actions and motivations of the characters, including Katniss, Peeta, and other tributes? In your response, provide evidence from the text to support your analysis and discuss the implications of the Capitol's power on the overall theme of the novel.
The Question Simplified
How did the Capitol influence characters in the Hunger Games and how did they feel about the Capitol?
Choose 3 to 6 characters that you want to write about and their relationship to the Capitol.
Katniss
Peeta
Haymitch
Effie Trinket
The Avox Girl
Marvel - District 1 Tribute
Glimmer - District 1 Tribute
Cato - District 2 Tribute
Clove - District 2 Tributes
Rue - District 11 Tribute
Thresh - District 11 Tribute
another character of your choice etc.
Characters for the Quarter Paper
Summarize:
Using your answers above, summarize and write a Thesis Statement that answers one of the Quarter Paper prompts below:
What quality or qualities does Katniss have that helped her win the Hunger Games?
How did Peeta help Katniss change over the course of the book?
How did the Capitol influence characters in the Hunger Games and how did they feel about the Capitol?



DO NOW
Directions: Look at the Quarter Paper rubric to left and write 1 of the following:
Something you notice about it
Something you completely understand in it
A question you have about it
Last Minute Movie Poll






Hook (1pt)
Grabs the reader's attention. Can be a fact, joke or question (including your Quarter Paper prompt question)
Summary of the story you will write a paragraph about (3pts)
Includes the name and author of the story. (The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins)
Includes a 2-3 sentence summary of the story. (What was The Hunger Games novel about?)
Thesis Statement that answers the Quarter Paper prompt question in 1 sentence as a Claim. (1pt)
The Thesis answers the Thesis question
The Thesis uses important words from the Thesis question (including the Thesis's subject).
The Thesis is a complete sentence (with a capital letter at the beginning and a period at the end).
Paragraph must also be understandable and sound natural (1pt)
Introduction Paragraph (Rough Draft)
Make sure to write this as an Introduction Paragraph based on the rubric below:
In the same answer box:
Write a hook that grabs the reader's attention
Write summary of the Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (2-3 sentences)
Answers the Quarter Paper Question as a Thesis Statement
Use the Introduction Paragraph Rubric at the top of the page when crafting your introduction paragraph.
Introduction Paragraph (Final Draft) (Time Permitting)
Directions:
Copy and paste your Introduction paragraph above (you are going to edit it)
Read it to yourself
Listen for grammar mistakes, repetitive language, and/or unnatural sounding language
Fix these mistakes for this Final Draft
Directions: Read the passage below. Then answer questions about errors in the passage.
Marta is a 1) sophomore college. She is working on a degree in Special Education. She works as a camp 2) councilor every summer. The camp is a special camp for children with 3) physical and mental disadvantages. Marta helps the kids get exercise and 4) make better their social skills. She takes the kids swimming every afternoon in the summer. 5) They goes bowl once a week. The children really 6) like the camping out in tents. Marta 7) always have wanted work with kids with disabilities. 8) She is looking forward to a career in Special Education.

Claim (2 pt)
The Claim answers the question.(1pt)
The Claim uses important words from the question (including the subject). (1pt)
The Claim is a complete sentence (with a capital letter at the beginning and a period at the end). (1pt)
Evidence#1 (2pt)
There is a Lead-in that introduces the quote (usually by saying, The author writes,)
The Evidence is a word-for-word quote from the text (with "quotation marks" around it)
There is an Author's Citation which contains the last name of the author (in (Parenthesis))
Reasoning#1 (2pt)
Reasoning#1 explains how or why the evidence#1 supports the claim.
Evidence#2 (2pt)
There is a Lead-in that introduces the quote (usually by saying, The author writes,)
The Evidence is a word-for-word quote from the text (with "quotation marks" around it)
There is an Author's Citation which contains the last name of the author (in (Parenthesis))
Reasoning#2 (2pt)
Reasoning#2 explains how or why the evidence#2 supports the claim.
Summary/Conclusion (2pts)
A Conclusion is a summary of the paragraph or a sentence that restates the Claim in new words.






Body Paragraph A
Make sure to write this as a CERC Paragraph based on the rubric below:
CLAIM
To make your Claim, copy and paste your answer from:
Question #2b ( for The Katniss Survival Skills Paper)
or
Question #3a (for The Katniss and Peeta Paper)
or
Question#4b (for The Capitol and Other Characters Paper)
Then make sure you find multiple evidence and reasoning to support your claim to make a paragraph described below.
In the same answer box:
Write a claim to answer the question
Write evidence#1 that supports the claim
Write reasoning#1 the explains why your evidence#1 supports your claim
Write evidence#2 that supports the claim
Write reasoning#2 the explains why your evidence#2 supports your claim
Write a summary/conclusion that summarizes or restates your claim
Use the CERC Paragraph Rubrics at the top of the page when crafting your paragraphs.
Directions: Hand your computer to a student at your table and have them answer the questions (below) about your CERC paragraph.
If you do not have a student peer to review your work, you can review your own work by writing your own name on Question #10a
*This student will now be known as the "Peer Reviewer"
What is the name of the Peer Reviewer reviewing this CERC Paragraph?
DO NOW
On a scale from 1-10, how confident are you with your Quarter Paper so far? Why is this?
(1 "Not Confident at All" - 10 "Super Confident")
Claim (2 pt)
The Claim answers the question.(1pt)
The Claim uses important words from the question (including the subject). (1pt)
The Claim is a complete sentence (with a capital letter at the beginning and a period at the end). (1pt)
Evidence#1 (2pt)
There is a Lead-in that introduces the quote (usually by saying, The author writes,)
The Evidence is a word-for-word quote from the text (with "quotation marks" around it)
There is an Author's Citation which contains the last name of the author (in (Parenthesis))
Reasoning#1 (2pt)
Reasoning#1 explains how or why the evidence#1 supports the claim.
Evidence#2 (2pt)
There is a Lead-in that introduces the quote (usually by saying, The author writes,)
The Evidence is a word-for-word quote from the text (with "quotation marks" around it)
There is an Author's Citation which contains the last name of the author (in (Parenthesis))
Reasoning#2 (2pt)
Reasoning#2 explains how or why the evidence#2 supports the claim.
Summary/Conclusion (2pts)
A Conclusion is a summary of the paragraph or a sentence that restates the Claim in new words.






Body Paragraph B
Make sure to write this as a CERC Paragraph based on the rubric below:
CLAIM
To make your claim, copy and paste your answer from:
Question #2c ( for The Katniss Survival Skills Paper)
or
Question #3b (for The Katniss and Peeta Paper)
or
Question#4c (for The Capitol and Other Characters Paper)
Then make sure you find multiple evidence and reasoning to support your claim to make a paragraph described below.
In the same answer box:
Write a claim to answer the question
Write evidence#1 that supports the claim
Write reasoning#1 the explains why your evidence#1 supports your claim
Write evidence#2 that supports the claim
Write reasoning#2 the explains why your evidence#2 supports your claim
Write a summary/conclusion that summarizes or restates your claim
Use the CERC Paragraph Rubrics at the top of the page when crafting your paragraphs.
Directions: Hand your computer to a student at your table and have them answer the questions (below) about your CERC paragraph.
If you do not have a student peer to review your work, you can review your own work by writing your own name on Question #13a
*This student will now be known as the "Peer Reviewer"
What is the name of the Peer Reviewer reviewing this CERC Paragraph?






Body Paragraph C
Make sure to write this as a CERC Paragraph based on the rubric below:
CLAIM
To make your claim, copy and paste your answer from:
Question #2d ( for The Katniss Survival Skills Paper)
or
Question #3c (for The Katniss and Peeta Paper)
or
Question #4d (for The Capitol and Other Characters Paper)
Then make sure you find multiple evidence and reasoning to support your claim to make a paragraph described below.
In the same answer box:
Write a claim to answer the question
Write evidence#1 that supports the claim
Write reasoning#1 the explains why your evidence#1 supports your claim
Write evidence#2 that supports the claim
Write reasoning#2 the explains why your evidence#2 supports your claim
Write a summary/conclusion that summarizes or restates your claim
Use the CERC Paragraph Rubrics at the top of the page when crafting your paragraphs.
Directions: Hand your computer to a student at your table and have them answer the questions (below) about your CERC paragraph.
If you do not have a student peer to review your work, you can review your own work by writing your own name on Question #15a
*This student will now be known as the "Peer Reviewer"
What is the name of the Peer Reviewer reviewing this CERC Paragraph?
DO NOW
Question:
What is something that you need to finish, or would like to finish, before you turn in your Final Draft Quarter Paper Due today?
Restate the Thesis
Write the Thesis from the Introduction Paragraph in new words
Summary of Body Paragraphs A
Restate Body Paragraphs A's Claim in a new way that you have not done yet in this Quarter paper
Summary of Body Paragraphs B
Restate Body Paragraphs B's Claim in a new way that you have not done yet in this Quarter paper
Summary of Body Paragraphs C
Restate Body Paragraphs C's Claim in a new way that you have not done yet in this Quarter paper
Clincher
Explain why you think the ideas in your paper could be important to someone
Paragraph must also be understandable and sound natural (1pt)
Conclusion Paragraph (Rough Draft)
Make sure to write this as an Conclusion Paragraph based on the rubric below:
In the same answer box:
Write a sentence that restates the Thesis Statement in a new way
Write Summary of Body Paragraphs A
Write Summary of Body Paragraphs B
Write Summary of Body Paragraphs C
Write a Clincher that explains why your Quarter paper is important
Use the Conclusion Paragraph Rubric at the top of the page when crafting your conclusion paragraph.
Conclusion Paragraph (Final Draft) (Time Permitting)
Directions:
Copy and paste your Conclusion paragraph above (we are going to edit it)
Read it to yourself
Look for grammar mistakes, repetitive language, and unnatural sounding language
Fix these mistakes




Copy and paste all 5 of your paragraphs in the space(s) below to answer the Quarter Paper Prompt.
This should include the following paragraphs in this order:
Introduction Paragraph
(Copy your Paragraph from Question#7)
Body Paragraph A
(Copy your Paragraph from Question #9)
Body Paragraph B
(Copy your Paragraph from Question #12)
Body Paragraph C
(Copy your Paragraph from Question #14)
Conclusion Paragraph
(Copy your Paragraph from Question #17)
Notes: *Please also add a SPACE between each paragraph for easier reading. See the image to the left as an example
Pick one or two characters you chose in PART 4a and answer the following question
How did the Capitol influence these characters in the Hunger Games and how did these characters feel about the Capitol?
You use this answer as your Claim for Body Paragraph A (Question#9)
Pick one or two more characters you chose in PART 4a and answer the following question
How did the Capitol influence these characters in the Hunger Games and how did these characters feel about the Capitol?
You use this answer as your Claim for Body Paragraph B (Question#12)
Pick another one or two more characters you chose in PART 4a and answer the following question
How did the Capitol influence these characters in the Hunger Games and how did these characters feel about the Capitol?
You use this answer as your Claim for Body Paragraph C (Question#14)
How would you correct the error for 1) sophomore college?
How would you correct the error for 2) councilor?
How would you correct the error for 3) physical and mental disadvantages?
How would you correct the error for 4) make better?
How would you correct the error for 5) They goes bowl once a week. ?
How would you correct the error for 6) like the camping out in tents?
How would you correct the error for 7) Marta always have wanted work with kids?
How would you correct the error for 8) She is looking forward to a career?
In your opinion, how could this paragraph be improved?
In your opinion, how could this paragraph be improved?
In your opinion, how could this paragraph be improved?