I hope you are enjoying The Hunger Games so far! Here are the chapter summaries and follow-ups for chapters 7-9:
Chapter 7 Summary:
- The next day, Kat gets up, goes down to the dining room, eats breakfast
- She daydreams of her mom and Prim
- We find out that the tributes will practice together for 3 days of training, then on the last afternoon, they can practice in private
- Haymitch tells Peeta and Kat that they can be coached separately (in case they wanted to hide certain skills from one another)
- They tell him that they’d like to be coached together
- They discuss their own skills: Kat: bow and arrow, snares Peeta: good with a knife, strong, wrestling
- We find out that Peeta’s mom thought Kat would win the Games
- Haymitch tells them not to show their talents, but rather to work on other ones
- He tells them he wants them together (in public) at all times
- Kat’s angry about having to pretend to be Peeta’s friend
- Kat goes to meet Effie and Peeta in training room
- It’s the first time they’ve all seen each other (the other tributes) in normal clothes
- Kat and Peeta go to the knot tying station
- In the following 3 days, they go to the other stations (fire starting, knife throwing, shelter-making)
- All 24 tributes have lunch together, Peeta and Kat struggle for conversation
- They report back to Haymitch and Effie at meal times about their days
- Day 3: they have their private sessions with the Gamemakers
- Kat shoots with the bow and arrow, misses the first time, then she gets it.
- Several Gamemakers aren’t paying attention (they’re feasting)
- Kat gets angry, and shoots an arrow in the direction of the Gamemakers. It skewers the apple in the roasted pig’s mouth
- Everyone stares at her in disbelief
- Kat leaves without being dismissed
Chapter 8 Summary:
- Katniss regrets having shot the arrow at the Gamemakers
- She wonders if her family might now be at risk
- We find out that the Gamemakers announce a score for each player (it gives the audience a starting place for betting)
- The Career Tributes get scores between 8 and 10
- Little Rue gets a 7, Katniss an 11! Peeta gets an 8
- We learn how Katniss met Gale in the woods, and how they slowly began trusting one another, and helped each other hunt
- The next day at breakfast, no one is talking
- We find out that Peeta has asked to be coached separately…
Chapter 9 Summary:
- Kat feels betrayed
- She works with Effie for 4 hours on “presentation” – walking in heels, sitting, proper posture, etc.
- She works with Haymitch on “content” next – interview questions
- Katniss is hating every minute of it
- She goes back to her room, she’s mad and throws dishes
- The girl with the red hair comes in, wipes Kat’s face, helps clean up
- Kat says she should have tried to have helped her (that day in the woods). The girl nods no
- Next day, Kat works with Cinna – costume design, nails, hair
- She has a beautiful jeweled dress
- Cinna suggest to Kat that she look directly at him, as a friend, while she answers the interview questions, to help her be herself
- All 24 tributes go out onto a stage
- There is a bleacher full of guests, TV crews, and crowds in the streets
- Caesar Flickerman is the host of the interviews
- Kat does well in the interview, the audience likes her
- Peeta admits he loves Katniss
STUDENT FOLLOW-UPS:
CHAPTER 7 FOLLOW UP:
- In this chapter, we learn about Katniss and Peeta’s special skills. List as many of these skills for both tributes.
- Why does Katniss shoot an arrow at the pig?
CHAPTER 8 FOLLOW UP:
- Why does Kat regret shooting the arrow at the pig?
- Find 5 tricky vocabulary words, and write each of them in a sentence of your own.
CHAPTER 9 FOLLOW UP:
- Write a summary of Chapter 9.
- What did Peeta mean when he said at the end of the chapter, “winning won’t help in my case”?
WANT MORE?
- As always, playing math games at home is a great way to reinforce math skills learned in school.
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