The story is set on an unidentified future date, when the nation of Panem has risen out of the ruins of what was once known as North America.

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1 - Watch the INTRODUCTION and answer the questions. (0.00.32 – 0.02.53). What happens each year? _________________________________________________________________ What is a tribute? ____________________________________________________________________ How old are the tributes? _________________________________________________________________ What is a reaping? ____________________________________________________________________ What will the tributes do in the “Arena”? ________________________________________________________ How many victors (winners) will there be? _______________________________________________________ What happened years ago? _________________________________________________________________

THE “REAPING” (0.10.08 – 0.20.34)

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In District 12, sixteen year-old Katniss Everdeen cares for her mother and sister Primrose (Prim) since her fatherdied in a mine accident when she was 11. On the day of the "reaping," when each District must select two tributes, one male and one ___________________, to represent them in the Hunger Games, ___________________ is selected as the female tribute. Katniss offers herself as ___________________ and is allowed to serve as tribute alongside Peeta Mellark, a middle class ___________________ from the district.The Peacekeepers escort Peeta and Katniss into separate ___________________ in the Justice Building, where they will be allowed one hour to say ___________________ to their loved ones. Prim and Katniss' mother come in first. She tells her mother that she can't ___________________ again, that she has to be strong for Prim this time. Prim makes Katniss promise that she'll try really hard to win. She gives Katniss the gold ___________________ from her dress. It is a bird, a mockingjay inside a circle. Gale, Katniss’s best friend, is her last ___________________ and as soon as he enters the room, the two of them ___________________ . He gives her advice, telling her that she's had ___________________ with killing and is a great hunter.

Effie: “Let’s have a big hand for our very first volunteer, Katniss Everdeen!”The rulers in the capitol have very little regard for the lives of those in the districts and work to keep the people living within the districts, as well as the districts themselves, as divided as possible. By maintaining such division and terror among the people in Panem's districts, the Capitol is ensuring that there will not be another uprising. The Capitol uses the

Hunger Games as a tool to control, punish, and humiliate the people in each district. It is ironic, then, that the reaping, which is a very unjust ceremony, is held in front of the Justice Building. The people of Disctrìct 12 maintain silence when Effie Trinket asks them to applaud and they salute Katniss instead; they are doing all that they safely can to protest against the Capitol's dictatorship.

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THE PRESENTATION (0.25.41 – 0.35.00)3 - Match the picture with the name of the movie character.

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Haymitch Abernathy, a ___________________ and the only living victor from District 12, ___________________ both Katniss and Peeta before and during the Hunger Games. When Katniss asks him for some advice for the Ga-mes, he just tells her to stay alive and try to make peole like her; this way she can get sponsors. The tributes are taken to the Capitol to be ___________________. When they reach the Capitol, Peeta and Katniss stare out the window at the wealth — the shiny cars, the paved streets, the __________________ people in all of their bright clothes and makeup and hair. As the people turn to look at the tribute train coming in, Katniss is ___________________ by their excitement, how eager they are to see them die. Peeta, on the other hand, waves and ___________________ .

5 – Put the events in the correct order.1 For the opening ceremonies, the stylists Cinna and Portia decide to dress their tributes in complementary costumes. ___ She looks at Peeta and sees that he looks dazzling in the flames, and decides she must too. Cinna directs them to hold hands, and they enter the procession to wild cheers.___ Every tribute's costume must reflect his or her district's principal industry; for District 12, this means coal. ___ But when Cinna lights their capes, Katniss feels only a slight tickling. ___ The tributes get into their horse-drawn chariots and wait to be announced to make their way through the streets.___ They win the crowd over, and Katniss likes the love and affection from the crowd. ___ Peeta and Katniss are nervous about the synthetic fire that Cinna wants to use, both of them convinced that they will be burned alive, 8 Katniss and Peeta have been presented to the crowd as a beautiful, luminescent team.

Katniss: “So you’re here to make me look pretty?”What is beauty? Katniss can't see the Capitol people as human because they've altered their physical appearance in various ways. The Capitol people, on the other hand, don't recognize her beauty because she looks so natural. Cinna, though, can see some of Katniss' feelings, understanding how disgusting the Capitol people must seem to her. He lets some of the real Katniss shine through in the Games' opening ceremonies.

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THE TRAINING (0.35.00 – 0.50.40)5 – Answer the questions. The presentation of the tributes seems to be greatly focused on visual presentation and looks — what does

this reveal about the belief systems of the Capitol? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What are “career tributes”?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What reasons does Peeta give for thinking Katniss will be better than him in the arena? What does Katniss say about Peeta’s abiliies?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What does Katniss do before the judges? Why might this act be considered controversial?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

President Snow:“Why do we have a winner? HOPE. It is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective, a lot of hope is dangerous. A spark is fine, as long as it’s contained. So… con-tain it.”

What does it mean in this context?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

THE INTERVIEW (0.51.34 – 1.03.06)6 – Complete the sentences.When Katniss is interviewed she talks about______________________________________The presenter Caesar Flickerman is _____________________________________________In the end people find her ____________________________________________________

When Peeta is interviewed he talks about________________________________________He reveals that _____________________________________________________________

Haymitch: “It’ s a television show!”What strategy does Haymitch suggest? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________The themes of identity and reception are recurring in the film. Much of Katniss and Peeta’s technique in the Games so far has been to mask their true identities, working to put on a

show for the Capitol and win sponsors for the Games. They have been remade physically and have been coached to act in particular ways. They have even been given particular identities: Peeta has now become the lovesick and likeable boy, Katniss remains the desirable girl on fire, and together they are star-crossed lovers. Peeta, however, knows that the Games can change people: what does he tell Katniss? If I’m gonna die, _____________________________________.

THE HUNGER GAMES BEGIN (1.03.07 – 1.10.05)7 – A What does Cinna give Katniss to take into the arena with her? ___________________________________

7 – B Complete Haymitch's advice to Katniss:They'll put all kinds of _________________________ right in front, right in the _________________________ of the Cornucopia. _________________________ go for it. It's a bloddbath. They're trying to pull you in. That's not your game. You _________________________, run, find _________________________ ground, look for water. Water's your new best _________________________. Don't step off the _________________________ early or they'll _________________________ you sky high.

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KATNISS FIGHTS FOR HER LIFE (1.14.30 – 1.29.00)8 - Say true or false.Peeta forms an alliance with other tributes. ______Katniss' strategy is to stay away from other tributes. ______The Gamemaker manipulate the environment as they please. ______Peeta wants to kill Katniss himself. ______Haymitch can't get Katniss any sponsors. ______Rue tries to kill Katniss with the tracker jackers. ______Katniss also gets stung by the tracker jackers. ______

THE GAMEKEEPERSThe people in the Capitol love violence and entertainment at any cost, including the cost of human lives. The Gamemakers arrange the tributes around the Cornucopia

to ensure a bloody beginning, and Katniss knows that they use strategies, too, to force the tributes together if the Games should get too boring. In this extreme form of reality show, the Gamemakers have complete control over the tributes. Just as the Capitol manipulates the people in the districts, the Gamemakers are able to manipulate the tributes in the Games.What do the Gamemakers do to challenge Katniss? ________________________________________________What are “tracker jackers”? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

A FRIEND IS LOST, A FRIEND IS FOUND (1.38.32 – 1.53.33)9 A - How does Rue die? How does Katniss mourn Rue? _______________________________________________________________________________________What happens in District 11 after Rue’s death? ____________________________________________________________________________________________9 B - Complete with one word

Rue's death provokes a disturbance in District _________ and Katniss becomes _________ new hero. The Gamemakers want ________ kill her but Haymitch convinces _______ to use her in their favour. Then, the rule ___ one victor gets suspended and, in its place, a new rule ______ announced. Two victors ______ be crowned, if both originate _______ the same district. Katniss needs _______find Peeta. He _____ been hiding in the forest but he has ______ badly injured. They find a cave and stay ______ together. After Peeta confesses ____ love for Katniss, she kisses him.

ONE OR TWO VICTORS? (2.06.34 – 2.13.31)All the other tributes are dead, Katniss and Peeta have faced many different dangers, everything seems to be settled but…What major rule change occurs at this moment?___________________________________________________________________Why are Peeta and Katniss going to eat Nightlock (= poisonous berries)? ______________________________________________________________Why is the Gamemaker sent to a room with a bowl full of Nightlock?______________________________________________________________What dangers do Katniss and Peeta still face despite the games being over?______________________________________________________________

REBELLION Katniss refuses to let the Gamemakers have the final say; her device with the nightlock is her final and most significant act of defiance. The Games were all about controlling and manipulating the people of the districts, but by threatening to kill themselves with the poisonous berries, Katniss and Peeta force the Games to change. Either Peeta and Katniss die and the 74th Hunger Games have no winner, or the Capitol reinstates the earlier rule

and has two winners. Either way, Katniss — a girl from the districts — will succeed in rebelling against the Capitol by not giving it exactly what it wants.But in the end Katniss understands that her act of rebellion has placed her and, even worse, her family and all of District 12 in danger. The Capitol cannot afford to look weak or ignorant in front of its districts. Somehow, they will expect Katniss to pay for what she's done.

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