Humanities

Meeting 3

Agenda

• “Hunger Games” presentation• Cultural Poems Presentation– Will be a quiz on this next week

• Poetry analysis• Song Analysis Assignment

Hunger Games Chpts 1-3Summary

• Katniss wakes up at home. Meet the family!– Sleep in same room: Mom, Prim, Buttercup

• She lives in District 12, primarily mining (used to be Appalachia.

• Gale and the Woods – hunts & gathers– They sell their goods in the Hob and to the mayor

• The Reaping System is explained• Prim’s name is called in the Reaping• Katniss takes her place (volunteer tribute). Peeta called. • Katniss relives her starvation years & Peeta’s rescue • 1 hr to say goodbye to her family, then on the train

Tone setting: Pg 1Find:

Positive Connotation Words

• Warmth• Mother• Cocooned• Lovely• Primrose• Beautiful• Bright

flower

Negative Connotation Words• Cold rough• Bad dreams worn• Beaten-down ugliest• Mashed-in scrawny• Rotten squash• Hates distrusts• Belly-swollen worms• Fleas vermin• cried

Analysis• Symbolism: Names– Everdeen – (ever green) forever green– Katniss – flowering plant w/ roots ~potato– Peeta - Peter means rock, Pita = food– Mellark – meadowlark, bird of hope– Gale – a very strong wind– Hawthorne – Nathaniel: wrote about

puritans and the puritanical society. – Primrose – Flower, Purity

Analysis: Symbolism

• Reaping – • Cut or gather (a crop or harvest)- large numbers

of men were employed to reap the harvest• Harvest the crop from (a piece of land)• Receive (a reward or benefit) as a consequence

of one's own or other people's actions- the company is poised to reap the benefits of this investment

Activity

• Groups of 4 – assigned by me

• Draw an assignment

• Groups will achieve their given task (you may trade with another group)

Cultural Poem Analysis

• Take notes (each could be on quiz next week)

• Evaluate – each peer evaluation/comment worth 5 pts

• Turn in your Cultural Poems handout when you present to get a grade

Examine how one represents:Human Relationships

• “To His Coy Mistress” pg 831-832

• “My Mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun” pg 808-809

• “To My Dear…Loving Husband” pg 830-831

• “Living in Sin” pg 780-781

What do these poems say about women’s movement and feminism, gender roles, romance, and sexuality?

Song Lyric Project

• Find a song that illustrates relationships: love, family, gender roles, romance, sex, etc.

• Lyrics need to be read (or sung) to the class• Fully analyzed for meaning. – symbols – Metaphors – Relevance of this piece in human relationships.

• Due 08/11/2011 @ 6pm