The Hunger Games Lesson Plan

The Hollywood Games Part I: Women in Media

Kind of Activity:

Long-term Project

Objective:

Examine the differences between movie-Katniss and book-Katniss.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.7, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.8

Structure:

Now that you have finished reading the novel, assign students to watch the 2012 Hunger Games movie, either as a class or as a homework assignment. Encourage students to look for similarities and differences between the film and the text. You may want to ask students to take notes as they watch.

As a class, discuss students' impressions of the film vs. the text. What critical plot or character details have been altered, and why?...