Radio Interview As students read, ask them to accumulate a list of questions they would ask the main characters from the novel. After a cluster of chapters have been read, draw names from the class and ask those students to assume the identities of characters from the novel. Ask one student to assume the role of disc jockey. Have student ‘listeners’ call into the radio show to interview main characters by raising their hands and asking their questions. Students portraying characters should be aware of character motivations and actions before participating in the activity.

Advertising Panem Products Students will make a series of billboards for products created in Capitol City and used by Hunger Games participants. Before completing this activity, students should brainstorm a list of items which might be used in Capitol City or in the arena. They can use poster-sized paper or simply add their ads on card stock. Students should provide a picture of the product, an explanation of what it does, and include a catchy phrase to promote their product. For more advertising ideas, have students browse through magazine ads.

Dystopiaian Society  Even though the purpose of this unit is to explore the pure enjoyment that reading can offer us, I wanted to teach students about what a "DYSTOPIAN SOCIETY" is. Not only because it is a fancy word that is sort of fun to say, but because many middle and high school students have been exposed to this subject before, but might not have known it. A dystopian society is defined by Webster's dictionary as being "an imaginary place where people lead dehumanized and often fearful lives". In The Hunger Games, the setting of the novel is in the country of Panem that is located in what used to be the United States. Panem is comprised of twelve districts that ring the Capitol; the Capitol is cruel, controlling and reminiscent of the socialist economy that is often feared in today's world.

Many books and movies are dystopia in theme. The Giver by Lois Lowery, George Orwell's 1984, are a few examples of novels with dystopia traits. 

Link: The Best List of Dystopia Movies--discuss what makes the societies “fearful” and why authors or movie makers would use this theme. 

Pick and Choose Students will choose five items they’d like to find in the Cornucopia at The Hunger Games. Which items do they feel they could benefit from the most? Ask them to complete their choices with a description of the purpose. Also, if they could request one item from their sponsor during the games, what would they request?

Persuading the President Write a persuasive letter  to President Snow to end The Hunger Games. Students should try to include logical, ethical and emotional appeals in their letter.

Story through Song Rewrite lyrics from familiar songs to create musical parodies which concern the novel in some respect. If possible, bring in a karaoke machine to have students perform their work live. They can also create a recording at home and burn their song on a CD or save as an mp3 file to listen to on their mp3 player.

Write a Sensory Emotion Poem Students will first brainstorm the many emotions Katniss experiences along with the incidents which inspire the emotional reaction. Choose one emotion for the poem. In the first few lines of the poem, associate the emotion with the five senses. The last line of the poem will include a metaphor of the emotion. Challenge students to add more than one stanza to their poems. Another idea is to use the poem to summarize Katniss’s emotions from the beginning, middle, and end of the novel, each emotion through a different stanza. This activity will encourage creative thought while motivating students to think critically about the novel.

Title (Emotion)

(Line 1) (Emotion) is (color)

(Line 2) What does the emotion taste like?

(Line 3) What does the emotion smell like?

(Line 4) What does the emotion feel like?

(Line 5) What does the emotion sound like?

(Line 6) What does the emotion look like?

(Line 7) (Emotion) is _____________(include a metaphor)

EXAMPLE:

Frustration is brown.

It tastes like burnt oatmeal

and smells like the pages between an ancient book.

It feels like choking and gasping for air in a smoke-filled room

and sounds like the drone of locusts on a summer’s day.

It looks like the fingernail dents in the palm of my hand.

Frustration is an empty well at the edge of a desert.