Outside Reading Blog Post

The Hunger Games
By: Suzanne Collins

I wonder how North America changed so much into this place called Panem. The capitol of this place treats them terrible. Katniss lives in District 12 which is the poorest district. They also have to compete in the national Hunger Games where 24 kids have to fight to the death. These kids range from 12-18 years old and there is 12 boys and 12 girls.

If I were Katniss I wouldn’t know how to hunt and provide food for my family. Katniss’s Father was an expert in this but when he died Katniss had to take over. Her dad taught here some things but she had never hunted by herself. When he died she had to finally go out by herself and fight for her and her family’s lives.

                                        

I wonder why the capitol of Panem makes little innocent kids fight to the death. This is cruel because some of them aren’t even into their teens yet. Some are only 12 years old, Like Katniss’s sister Prim. Prim was elected to go in the Hunger Games but Katniss wouldn’t let her.

I was reminded how much Katniss loves Prim when she stood up in front of her District and took her sisters position in the Hunger Games. This was a courageous act because the odds are against her that she will die in the games. This was her sister though, and she didn't want her 12 year old sister to die.

I wonder if Katniss will survive the games. She is a very good survival expert because she travels out in the forest to hunt for animals at home but hunting humans is a whole other game. Some of them are older, and some are younger and she can't let emotions get to her or she will be done with.

Parent Letter

Dear Mom and Dad:

Is there anything you want more than a vacation? How about one outside the United States? If we went outside the USA, I would get to visit another country and we would get to escape Kansas. So let's go so I can see how other countries live and so we can enjoy better weather.

I know that the trip would cost a lot of money and you would miss a lot of work, but I am getting a job this summer and I could help pay for the trip and you have vacation days for work that you could use. We haven't been on a vacation in a while and I have never been outside the United States so let's go on a vacation.

One reason is that I would get to go outside this country. I have never been outside the USA so this would be really cool. I would love to see how other countries live. This would be a great educational trip because I'm so used to how we live in the United States but if I got to see how other countries live, I would know more than just the American Lifestyle. So we should go on a vacation outside the United States so I can see how other countries live.

Another reason is that we get to escape boring and cold Kansas. We have had way too much snow this winter and you and I are getting tired of it. If we went on a vacation, we could leave all this behind. We could go somewhere warm, like Mexico or the Bahamas. We would actually get to enjoy the weather outside and go do things instead of sitting at home. So we should go on a vacation so we can escape the terrible weather in Kansas.

I think we should go somewhere outside the United States so I can see how other countries live and so we can escape Kansas. I think you would have a blast and I know I would so let's go!

Love,

Logan

Acrostic Poem

L-ucky
O-riginal
G-reat
A-erospace & Engineering
N-ice

S-uper

Riddle Poem

I’m launched from the man in the middle

I’m going 90 miles per hour

I reach the batter but he swings and misses

I smack into the glove of the man behind the plate

As the guy on the other side

Throws me as hard as he can

I get ready to be caught

I finally reach the glove and it clasps me tight

When the pitcher throws me

The batter digs in for the fight

I go straight for him

And he swings and I hear a bang

Answer: Baseball

Concrete Poem