The Hunger Games
The movie that is sweeping box offices all across the country is Hunger Games. Based off of the widely popular book written by Suzanne Collins. The main character is a sixteen year old girl named Katniss. The book is set in the future and plays out the lives of twelve participants. Katniss lives with her mother and sister in the poorest districts of Panem. There was many wars and battles that took place between the Panem district and the Capital. Unfortunately the district was defeated. As a part of the surrender deal, each district would have to select a girl and a boy from the twelve districts to fight to the death on live television. The televised event would be known as the “Hunger Games”. There are various rules and game changers in this difficult journey that the participants have to undergo. Its a battle to stay alive or be killed. In order to find out who goes into the games, the system is chosen by a lottery. When Katniss sister is chosen, Katniss steps up to go in her place. I don’t want to spoil the ending for you but lets just say you’ll be wanting more. Go to your local bookstore and get your hands on this book. You won’t want to put it down. Get ready to become addicted to this book just like I did. Read the book first and then go see the movie. Trust me you'll love it.
Check this out : Want to know more about the Hunger Game movie. Watch this trailer to see some clips of the movie. Movie Trailer
Vocabulary
sweeping - to move / have a big effect
box office - movie theaters
participants - person who partakes in an event
districts - an area
defeated - beaten
various - many
undergo - to go through
addicted - liking a particular thing
Use the vocabulary list above to help you with the word search.
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ACROSS3. many 4. to go through 5. beaten 6. to move | DOWN1. liking particular thing 2. movie theater |
Hunger Games Vocabulary
| addicted sweeping box office various undergo defeated |
I love your activities and I like how you incorporated the future tense for the grammar point! I know there is a movie out too about the Hunger Games. I have heard that it is the next twilight!
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