The Hunger Games – Weekly Reading Response Blog

i am REALLY enjoying The Hunger Games! Katniss is in the games… she meets a sweet little girl that reminds her of Prim the girls name is Rue her and Katniss become a team Rue is very sneaky and clever… What is happening now in my book is the Katniss is headed off to find the Careers Cornucopia stash it seems that there are bombs and lots of traps so Katniss is figuring out a way to get rid of the Careers food so they could starve but Katniss has to be very careful, Rue is setting up a fire to distract the Careers from the Cornucopia pyramid but a scrawny kid from district three is watching over he was one of the tributes who got attacked from the TrackerJacker so he is filled with plum sized stings! PLEASE DONT BE AFRAID TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS AND COMMENT BELOW! 🙂

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I HAVE SEEN THE MOVIE BUT I FIND THE BOOKS HAVE MORE DETAIL THAN THE MOVIE. 😀

I remember when Katniss met Rue! It was such a good part in the book, and it gets better from there.

And I agree that usually the books have more detail which makes it better!

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Reading Response Prompts

1. Tell what like or dislike about the book and why.

2. Tell about parts of your book that puzzled you or made you ask a question.

3. Tell what you noticed about the characters, such as what made them act as they did or how they changed.

4. Write about something in the book that surprised you or that you found interesting.

5. Write your predictions and about whether your predictions were right.

6. Ask for help in figuring out meaning of your book.

7. Tell about the connections that you made while reading the book. Tell how it reminds you of yourself, of people you know, or of something that happened in your life. It might remind you of other books, especially the characters, the events, or the setting.

8. Write about the author’s style and how it makes you feel.

9. Write about the language the author used and why you think the author wrote this way.

10. Write about the author’s craft – what was effective about the way the author wrote.

11. Write about anything else that you may think of that deals with the book.

12. Do you relate to any of the characters in the book? Explain how and why.

13. If you abanded the book, why did you?

14. Name 3 examples of signals that went off in your head while you were reading and explain them.

15. Explain what happened at the climax and explain why you think that is the climax.

16. Tell what you think could be changed in the book to make it better for readers.

Reading Response Rubric

Level 3 (B Range)
In your response you:
- have written at least one post a week
- demonstrate that you have read a variety of fiction and non-fiction materials
- reflect on the books you read effectively- relate to the books you read
- retell only the most important information in your responses
- explain your interpretation of a written work clearly, supporting it with evidence from the work and from your own knowledge and experiences clearly.
- demonstrate that you are a critical thinker that examines characters, plot, setting and literary - devices effectively

Level 4 (A Range)
In your response you:
- have written more than one post a week
- demonstrate that you have read a good variety of fiction and non-fiction materials
- reflect on the books you read very effectively
- relate to the books you read very effectively
- retell only the most important information in your responses
- explain your interpretation of a written work clearly, supporting it with evidence from the work and from your own knowledge and experiences clearly and concisely.
- demonstrate that you are a highly critical thinker that examines characters, plot, setting and literary devices effectively