Journey of Self-Discovery: Unit Study Guide
The Hunger Games; Exam Friday, 10/4

Poetry and Short Stories: Multiple Choice

  • Two Kinds and Rice and Rose Bowl Blues:
  • Who is the “author”?
  • What are the themes of his each?
  • What takes place between mother and daughter in each?
  • How does each one end?
  • House on Mango Street:
  • Who is the author?
  • Why doesn’t Esperanza want to take her great-grandmother’s place by the window?
  • What does Esperanza mean?
  • Why does Esperanza tell stories?

Up-Hill:

  • Who is the author?
  • How many speakers are there?
  • What does the resting place symbolize?
  • A Return to Love:
  • Who is the author?
  • What does she say is our deepest fear?
  • What does she say will happen if we let our own light shine?
  • The Road Not Taken:
  • Who is the author?
  • Which road did the author take?
  • What had made all the difference to the author?
  • What does this journey symbolize?
  • The Scarlet Ibis:
  • Who is the author?
  • Why did the narrator push his brother so hard?
  • What did the narrator make Doodle do in the barn?
  • The narrator says that often a knot of cruelty is born of what?
  • How does the Scarlet Ibis symbolize Doodle? (list several ways)

Other:

  • Reader Response: Donut Example: What is in the center? On the outside? Meaning is formed from the interaction of what?
  • Goal of Class this Year: To grow as individuals and learners
  • Dystopia: a fictional society characterized by human misery, oppression, disease, and overcrowding. The government is usually totalitarian: one that exercises control over the freedom, will, or thought of others.
  • Utopia: an imaginary place that is ideally perfect: free from poverty and suffering.

Unit Vocabulary: Matching with Definitions and Examples

  • Allegory
  • Allusion
  • Character Development
  • Direct Characterization
  • Dramatic Irony
  • Dynamic Character
  • Figurative Language
  • Flashback
  • Idiom
  • Imagery
  • Indirect Characterization
  • Metaphor
  • Personification
  • Point of View
  • Propaganda
  • Simile
  • Situational Irony
  • Symbolism
  • Theme
  • Tone
  • Verbal Irony

Novel Vocabulary:Matching

  • Arbitrary
  • Pretense
  • Eccentric
  • Prestigious
  • Patronizing
  • Imprudent
  • Precarious
  • Meticulous
  • Lethargy
  • Consolidate
  • Scrupulous
  • Incompetent
  • Exorbitant
  • Dissonant
  • Benign
  • Segue
  • Obliterate
  • Preposterous
  • Condone
  • Demeanor

Literary Techniques: Matching; True/False

  • Figurative Language Worksheet
  • Idioms Worksheet
  • Irony Worksheet

The Hunger Games: Matching; Multiple Choice; True/False; Essay

  • Character Matching
  • Significant Events
  • Be prepared to write short essays over the following topics:

significant quotes

dystopia/utopia

significance of Rue(Rue is well known for its symbolic meaning of regret and it is often referred to as the Herb of Grace, because Catholic priests used to use the branches to sprinkle holy water. It has also been called the herb of repentance or plant of patience and endurance because one rue plant can live for hundreds of years.)

glimpses of Panem in modern day society

climax of the novel

the role of violence in entertainment

deterioration of respect for human life

disparity of wealth

responsibility and dangers of power

importance of identity/integrity

journey of self-discovery

Quotes of the Week: Fill in the Blank: Extra Credit