Multi-Genre Project: Wilderness Survival

In the novel "The Hunger Games", the main character, Katniss, is a wilderness survival expert.  She knows a lot about nature, plants, animals, hunting, foraging, and surviving.  The interesteing thing about Katniss is that she is so good at these skills that so many people are unaware of and yet she truely struggles with her own emotions.  While she is in the Hunger Games, Katniss will often times use these skills to occupy her while she is dealing with all of the other things that are happening between her and her family, friends, coach, and the capital.

I created a prezi that is a list of some of the bigger Do's and Don'ts that people should follow when they find themselves stranded in the woods.

Multi-Genre Project: Learning to Shoot a Bow and Arrow.

In the novel "The Hunger Games", the main character, Katniss, is lethal with a bow and arrow.  One of the only times that Katniss is ever happy in the story is when she is out in the woods hunting game with her trusty weapon.  The bow reminds her of her father that she misses deeply and it comforts her while she deals with all of the turmoil that surrounds her.  It is as if the bow is an emotional compass for Katniss.

I thought I would give it a try so I went to the Bass Pro shop and got a lesson.  I ended up shooting a 55 lbs all wood recurve bow.  It was a lot of fun and I found out I was far from lethal.

Here is a video I made of the event

Multi-Genre Project: The Reaping Poster

In the story "The Hunger Games" Everything starts to really go down the tubes for the main character, Katniss, when her little sister is chosen in the Reaping.  Katniss loves her little sister Prim with all of her heart and when Prim gets chosen to for the Hunger Games is breaks Katnisse's heart.  She has two choices, she can either sit back and watch as her innocent little sister marches off towards certain death or she can take her sisters place and most likely end up dead herself.  This causes a lot of emotional distress for Katniss and she reflects on her decision and her feelings often throughout the book.  I created a fictitious poster that may have been displayed around District 12 by the Capital to inform the citizens about the upcoming event.  I'm certain that if Katniss had seen this poster before the Reaping she would have been filled with rage and would have probably ripped it right off the wall.

Multi-Genre Project: The Hunger Games Soundtrack

I have read the novel "The Hunger Games" By Suzanne Collins.  As I read the gripping tale of Katniss I would find myself feeling the same ways that Katniss was feeling.  If Katniss was depressed then so was I and if Katniss was feeling mushy and in love then so was I.  One of the major ways that I express my emotions is through the kinds of music that I listen to.  AS I read the book my emotional link to Katniss created a soundtrack.  I decided to create a podcast that highlighted some of the songs that I was listening to as I read and connected emotionally with Katniss.



OR you can download the mp3 HERE.
Please comment and let me know what songs were playing in your head when you read the book.