Here are chapters 4-6 of The Hunger Games. As I mentioned last week, the chapter summaries are intended for the adult to read over, and the follow-up are for your child. Enjoy!
Chapter 4 Summary:
- Kat sees Peeta as kind. She decides that could be dangerous.
- Kat decides to have as little to do with Peeta as possible
- We learn that Kat knows about edible and medicinal plants
- She’s named “Katniss” after a water plant
- Kat thinks about her family. She feels lonely, and falls asleep
- The next day, they eat breakfast
- Haymitch gives them advice: “Stay alive”.
- Peeta is angry – he hits Haymitch’s glass, it breaks, and Haymitch punches Peeta. Haymitch sees that Peeta is a fighter.
- Kat throws a knife across the room, which impresses Haymitch
- Haymitch tells Kat and Peeta: no matter what, don’t resist the stylists
- The train rolls into the station, people outside point at the train eagerly
- Peeta waves and smiles at the crowd
- Kat thinks he’s already planning a strategy, which means he’s probably also out to get her
Chapter 5 Summary:
- Kat is in the Remake Center – getting cleaned, hair removed
- Cinna (the stylist) enters, they eat
- He tells Kat that he and Portia (Peeta’s stylist) want them in complementary costumes for the opening ceremony
- They are supposed to wear something to the opening ceremony that represents the tributes’ district’s main industry.
- District 12’s industry is coal mining
- They are getting a fire costume
- During the opening ceremonies, Kat and Peeta go by chariot to the City Circle, where there are crowds of people in the streets
- Peeta and Kat are asked to hold hands as they entered the city
- The crowd cheers for District 12, which is unusual
- The audience loves Kat and Peeta
- Peeta compliments Kat – she doesn’t want to get lured into Peeta being too nice to her
Chapter 6 Summary:
- The Tower at the Training Center is the home for the tributes until the Games begin
- They have plush living quarters
- A red-headed girl serves a cake, Kat recognizes her, but can’t think of from where
- The adults tell her that there’s no way she could know an “Avox”
- An Avox is someone who’s committed a crime, and their tongue has been cut out so they can no longer speak
- Peeta and Kat go up on the rooftop
- Kat tells him where she recognized the girl from – one day, Kat and Gale were in the woods, and suddenly a hovercraft came down, dropped a net, and pulled a girl up and spear-shot a boy. They vanished into thin air. The girl saw Kat as she screamed. Kat didn’t do anything.
- Peeta asks about Gale
- Kat tells Peeta that his father brought her cookies when they were leaving for the Capitol
- Peeta tells Kat that his dad knew Kat’s mother since they were children
- Kat goes back to her room, and sees the red-headed girl. She wants to apologize to her, but she is ashamed, and she simply goes to bed.
STUDENT ACTIVITIES:
CHAPTER 4 FOLLOW UP:
- How did Katniss get her name?
- What are some adjectives that Haymitch would use to describe Peeta and Kat’s personalities by the end of the chapter?
CHAPTER 5 FOLLOW UP:
- Why do Peeta and Kat get dressed in fire outfits?
- Why is Kat uncomfortable with Peeta being nice to her?
CHAPTER 6 FOLLOW UP:
1. What is an Avox?
2. Find 5 tricky vocabulary words, and write each of them in a sentence of your own.
WANT MORE?
- As always, playing math games at home is a great way to reinforce math skills learned in school.
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- Need help or advice about your child’s learning?
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