Process



1. Print off the Graphic Organizer from the link below. Click on the following web links. Read the articles and compare the arguments for and against school uniforms being required. Notice how the authors use quotes from their interviews to help persuade their audience. Identify supporting details and evidence for each of the articles and fill in the graphic organizer. This will be a model of what your article could look like and for what information could be included. Follow the directions on the top of the sheet. [|Graphic Organizer.docx] [|For School Uniforms] [|Against School Uniforms]

2. Read "Part 1: The Tributes" of //The Hunger Games//, pages 3-130//.// Once completed, you will choose 4 characters to interview. You should choose at least one person representing the Capitol's beliefs and at least one person oppose to the Capitol's beliefs. The other two are up to you. Characters who could be interviewed include, but are not limited to: Katniss, Prim, Peeta, Gale, Haymitch, Effie, President Snow, Cinna, Caesar, Members of the Prep Teams. Print out the following worksheet and fill in the names of the characters you plan to interview. [|First Interviews.docx]

3. You now have two roles. After identifying who you will be interviewing, you will need to formulate questions that will help you write your article. These should revolve around the Hunger Games, the unequal distributions of power, the moral issues with the Capitol's demands, personal feelings about the Capitol and the Districts, the unfair institution of "tessera," etc. You will also have to write the responses to the questions as if you were the character you are interviewing. At the end of each response, you should place page numbers that provide evidence to you that the character would answer in that way. In other words, you will need to analyze dialogue and defining traits of each character you have read about and place page numbers where these attributes are found as evidence the character may answer your question in the way you, as the character, have responded. Complete this task for all 4 character interviews.

4. Read "Part 2: The Games" of //The Hunger Games //, pages 133-244. Print off the answer sheet below. Then, follow the link to discussion questions for //The Hunger Games .// Go to page 5 of the document (actually the third page), titled "Discussion Questions for //The Hunger Games ,//" and answer questions 4, 9, 10, 12, and 14. These questions have been selected because they will help you form your opinion of the Games and will give you evidence for your article to be submitted to __Panem Published.__ __[|Answer Sheet.docx]__ __[|Discussion Questions]__

5. Read "Part 3: The Victor" of //The Hunger Games //, pages 247-374. Once you have completed this, you will need to choose whose side you are on. Who will you write your article in support of, the Capitol or the Districts? Once you have made your decision, you will do your final round of interviews. This time, all 4 characters you interview and the questions you ask should provide support for your belief, either Pro-Capitol or Anti-Capitol. Again, you will have two roles. You formulate and ask the questions, and you reply to the questions as the character you are interviewing. Don't forget to include page numbers that provide evidence that each character could respond in that way. This is your opportunity to ask questions that will really help build your case, either for or against the Capitol. Dig deep and form questions and responses that will help you write your article. Click on the link below, print off the sheet, and complete the interview. [|Last Interviews.docx]

6. Now that you have collected all of your evidence, click on the map link below and print off the sheet. In the GOAL box, write "To persuade the Districts/Capitol......." Fill in for who and what your article is about. This should determine whose side you are on. Next, synthesize all of your information and identify three main reasons why you are either for or against the Capitol. Write these reasons in the three boxes titled, "Reason 1," "Reason 2," and "Reason 3." Lastly, you will need to provide 3 facts/examples for each of your reasons as evidence for your article. These could be responses to interview questions or personal opinions based on your answers to the discussion questions. [|Map]

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">7. It's time to write your article! You have conducted interviews and answered questions to help form your opinion of the Hunger Games. Use your map as a guide to writing your persuasive article. Move to the "Evaluation" tab to see a rubric for your article. It should include the following: an intriguing title, interview responses from at least 4 characters, personal opinions on related subject matter, and a closing statement that states whose side you're on.