The Hunger Games 16 - 18

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Choose a quote from the book, write it at the top of your entry and then write about: Observations about a character.

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In chapters 16 - 18 Katniss and Rue had just made an alliance. They decided that if they could take out the career tributes' food supply, they couldn't survive for long. As the two of them hunted and gathered some food they came up with a plan. Off in the distance Rue set up a fire making sure to use enough green wood to make the smoke noticeable. Cato quickly notices the smoke and pointed it out to the other tributes that were with him. Soon all the career tributes had left in the direction of the smoke when Foxface arrived at the camp and precautiously approached the pyramid of supplies. Then she began to approach the pyramid with strange little hops, sometimes landing on one foot, teetering slightly, sometimes risking a few steps. (Page 218) Katniss then knew that there were some kind of booby traps. After pondering how to destroy the pyramid Katniss shot three arrows at an apple sack. The third arrow released the apples as they fell a pond the mines. The pyramid was completely demolished when the careers came back. Eventually Katniss made it back to where Rue and her were suppose to meet only Rue wasn't there. Katniss went to the location of where the third fire, but it had never be lite. In the short distance Katniss heard a Mocking Jays' repeating Rue's four-note tune when all of a sudden there was a child's scream. "Katniss! Katniss!" Rue shouted out. (page 232) Katniss ran as fast as she could towards the voice of Rue to find the District 1 boy had thrown a spear in the shaft of Rue's stomach. Katniss imediently shot an arrow at the boys neck killing him. Rue had died and Katniss was with her to her last breath.

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On page 208, Rue decided to trust me wholeheartedly. I know this because as soon as the anthem finishes she snuggles up against me and falls asleep. After reading this I could infer that Katniss and Rue had basically became friends. Page 213, Unexpectedly Rue throws her arms around me. I only hesitate a moment before I hug her back. Neither of them took precautions about one another. In Katniss' perspective it's almost as if Rue is like Prim, her younger sister. On page 234 when Rue asked Katniss to sing to her, Katniss thought, But if this is Prim's, I mean, Rue's last request, I have to at least try. Because of Rue small size indirectly she reminds Katniss of Prim. Katniss was almost always thinking about Prim, that she wouldn't want her to see her die, she was doing this for Prim, and thinking about leaving Prim home alone before remembering that she had her mother, Gale and the baker who promised she'd never go hungry.

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In chapters 16 - 18 I'd observed that Katniss had become really close to Rue. The similarity to Prim, how she gave her sleeping bag to Rue, they hugged each other before leaving to destroy the careers' food supply. After Katniss found Rue and killed the District 1 boy Rue said, "You have to win." Katniss insisted that, "I'm going to. Going to win for the both of us now." Not only did she promise Prim that she would win but now she promised Rue she would. On page 242 Katniss thought, " But I told Rue I'd be there. For the both of us. And somehow that seems even more important than the vow I gave Prim." So now I think Katniss is committed to win the hunger games for Rue and Prim. Although at the end of chapter 18 Claudius Templesmith's voice boomed down from overhead con graduating the remaining six tributes. He announced that there had been a rule change. Both tributes from the same district will be declared winners if they are the last two left. As of now Peeta and Katniss were both allies.

The Hunger Games 13 - 15

Discussion Option
Use these prompts to inspire your response: What character, idea, person, attitude, etc. do you really like? Why?

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    In chapters 13 - 15 Katniss finally retrieves the bow and arrows. By cutting down the tracker jackers nest, it fell on the career tributes alliance. Although Katniss only got stung a couple of times, later on from pages 192 - 194 she began to have hallucinations. As Katniss wakes she wonders How long had I been out for. It was morning when I lost reason. Now it's afternoon. But the stiffness in my joints suggest more than a day has passed, even two possibly. (Page 196) Soon afterwards she finds a stream and sets camp there. Katniss quickly hunted a rabbit and some form of wild turkey when she hears a twig snap. She couldn't see anything but then suddenly spots the tip of a child's boot just peeking out behind the trunk of a tree. Automatically Katniss knows it's Rue. On page 200 the words come out Katniss before she can stop them, "You know, they're not the only ones who can form alliances." Rue shortly questioned back, "You want me for an ally?" After a quick discussion Katniss and Rue had just formed an alliance. 

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    By forming an alliance with Rue, I think Katniss made a smart decision. With pass knowledge that Rue had saved her life before on page 185, chapter 14 Rue pointed out to Katniss that there was huge nest of tracker jackets right below her, she knew that she could trust Rue. Later on when they met up and made the alliance Rue had found some leaves that help the tracker jacker stings abate. After Katniss offered her some of the food she had just hunted, in return Rue offered to heal her stings. As Rue graciously applied the anointment on Katniss' stings, Katniss noticed that Rue had a long burn on her forearm. Since Katniss got burnt from the fire balls and Haymitch sent her some anointment for the burns, she offered Rue some of it for her burn. 

    Overall I believe that Katniss made a good decision by teaming up with Rue. By doing so Katniss found out that the girls from Districts 1 and 4 had died while she was passed out by the hallucinations, leaving only 10 of them left. As well as the sunglasses Katniss had in her supply bag allowed you to see though pitch black. As Katniss talked to Rue she found out that Peeta was no longer with the career tributes. By making the alliance with Rue, Katniss now had her tracker jacker stings healed, knowledge about her glasses and allied with someone to make a plan to take out the career tributes. 

The Hunger Games, 10 - 12

Discussion Option
Use these prompts to inspire your response: What would you do if you were Katniss at this point in the book?

In chapters 10 and 11 Peeta had just confessed during the interview that he liked Katniss causing the District 12 tributes to be nicked named "the star-crossed lovers". Eventually all of the 24 tributes were placed in the arena, although you have to wait 60 seconds before the gong is rung and you can move. As the 60 seconds quickly pass by Katniss pondered if she should run for the arrow and bows or follow Haymitch's instructions. As there is almost 10 seconds left Katniss glances at Peeta only to see him shake his head. As the sun shined in Katniss' eyes she ambiguously saw Peeta shake his head making her puzzled as the gong rings out. Katniss knew she missed her chance to get to the cornucopia, instead she grab a sheet of plastic, loaf of bread and runs for the bright orange supply backpack twenty feet from her.


If I was Katniss I would had not question going to the cornucopia at all, even though there was the bow and arrow. I wouldn't had looked at Peeta or any of the tributes I would had just decide were I would go. Probably I would had done what Katniss ended up doing, taking the orange supply bag, but only I would of gone towards it straight away and right to the lake.

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In chapter 12 Katniss was almost certain she would die of dehydration. On page 168 Katniss was so desperate for water, as loud as she dared said, " Water " trying to signal Haymitch that she needed water. Quickly following her desperation she assumed he was most likely drunk or because she knew he didn't like her that Peeta would get all the supply. Dispute her anger, hatred and suspicions, a small voice in the back of Katniss' head whispers an answer, Maybe he's sending you a message. ( page 169 ) At that point Katniss realizes that it must mean she close to some sort of water supply. Eventually she found a pond and finally got water.


At the point when Katniss faced dehydration, I thought that her best chance to get water was at the beginning of the games.Since the backpack had containers to hold water, I think that she should have grabbed the backpack, gone to the lake, fill up on water then possibly search the outskirts of the forest. Although she did find a pond, her odds were very low. In this case I think after the backpack, water was her first priority.

The Hunger Games, 8 - 9

Discussion Option
Use these prompts to inspire your response: What has happened in the book that seems important to the story?

In chapters 8 through 9 Katniss and Peeta had just found out their scores from the private session with the Gamemakers. Ever since Katniss arrived to the Capital she occasionally meets the Avox girl who she saw being chased, almost like she was trying to escape. Katniss and Gale (her hunting partner) were in the woods when out of nowhere a hovercraft appeared dropping a net on the girl and carried her up. As the now Avox girl was being pulled up, she locked eyes with Katniss. That was the first time Katniss had seen that girl. This occurred in chapter 6.

After seeing the Avox girl a few times at the Capital, Katniss seemed to feel like it was her fault, she could had done something to help her. In chapter 9 on page 118 and 119 Katniss was smashing dishes around her room as the Avox girl came in. The girl went to the bathroom getting a damp cloth and started wiping off Katniss' face and the blood of her hands without being order to. At that moment Katniss questioned herself thinking, Why is she doing this? Why am I letting her? Not being able to control herself, Katniss whisper to her,"I should have tried to save you". The Avox girl shakes her head as Katniss begins to think, "Does this mean we were right to stand by? That she has forgiven me? But Katniss couldn't help herself but say, "No, it was wrong". Tacitly the girl tapped her lips and pointed to Katniss' chest. Making Katniss infer that she would have ended an Avox as well or been killed. After helping the girl clean up the room Katniss lets her tuck her into bed. Katniss wants her to stay there until she falls asleep and be there when she wakes up but doesn't say anything as the girl leaves.


In my opinion I think the Avox girl has an important role that relates to the Hunger Games. If she didn't then I don't think the author would just waste time explaining about some Avox girl. She has been mention a few different times now so I think she might give Katniss useful information in the Hunger Games.

Applied Mathematics Semester Review

    Last semester I learned about Fermi math and percentage. In the picture to the left represents a Fermi math problem. The question was around how many NFL footballs are used every regular season in the NFL. I started out by figuring out how many games are played each regular season for one team (16) and how many teams there are (32). Two teams play in each game so then you multiply how many NFL games by each team (16) by half of the NFL teams (16). In then which you get 256 NFL games played in one regular season. Roughly 36 balls are used in one game. So now you multiply the 256 NFL games by the 36 footballs used in one game. Afterwards you get 9,216 footballs used each regular NFL season.

 
   For percentage in the picture to the right shows two different percent problems. The first question asks if 17 students like organic bananas and 3 students prefer conventional bananas, what percent of overall students prefer organic bananas? First off the question states what percent of overall students. So you add 17 and 3 and get 20. All you do for percent is you divide 17 (students who prefer organic bananas) by 20 (the overall amount) then multiply by 100 and you get 85%. For the other question is thirty-five percent of dog owners at IA own small dogs and the remainder own large dogs. There are 150 dog owners in all, what percent of dog owners own large dogs? So first of all we have 35% of small dogs and x of large dogs. If you take 35 (%of small dogs) and divide it by 100 then multiply it by 150 (total amount of dog owners) you get 52.5 small dogs. Now if you subtract 150 by 52.2 you get 97.5 large dogs. To turn it into a percent you take 97.5 divide by 150 then multiply by 100 and get 65%. 

Ten Terms and Formulas Related to Last Semester's Math

• Formula of Percent Change: New Value - Old Value      * 100

                                                       Old Value 

• Variables equations that shows distributive property:  x (m + n) = x - m + x - n 

• Percent Formula: x / m * 100

• Perimeter of a Rectangle Formula: 2 X Lengths + 2 X Widths P = 2 L + 2 W

• Area of a Rectangle Formula: Length X Width

• Circumference: 2 * pi * radius = pi * diameter

• Area of a Circle: pi * r(2) = 1/4 * pi *d(2) 

• Percent: x / m * 100 = n %

• Volume: 3.14 x Radius x Radius x Length

• Rectangular Prism Surface Area:   2 × l × w  +  2 × l × h  +  2 × w × h 

The Hunger Games, 1-7

Quote Option

Choose a quote from the book, write it at the top of your entry and then write about what seems unusual: 

Repeatedly Peeta doubts himself such as on page 108 Peeta says,"I hope that's how people interpret the four I'l probably get". It seems like Peeta is either always underestimating himself or he already has a plan for the hunger games. Just like towards the beginning when Katniss and Peeta were introduced to Haymitch, Peeta insisted to take care of Haymitch when he was drunk instead of letting Katniss do it. Since Peeta works at his parents bakery, he knows Katniss pretty well. Katniss would usually trade Peeta's father squirrels she hunted for some bread. Every since Katniss' father died in a mine accident it appears that Mr. Mellark (Peeta's father) was watching out for Katniss and Prim (Katniss' younger sister) and making sure that they had something to eat, hence why he would trade squirrels for bread. Since Mr. Mellark would trade for the squirrels Peeta knew that Katniss was good with a bow and arrow by how precisely the arrow was shot at the squirrel.
 
I think that Peeta seems unusual and I don't think he's someone you would entirely trust. He's nice and thoughtful of others but it's like he has something hidden inside him. Incessantly he is always saying something good about Katniss. Just like on page 89 and 90, Haymitch asked Katniss if she was any good with a bow an arrow, which she replied, "I'm alright" but abruptly Peeta exclaimed,"She's excellent". In return Katniss questions Peeta saying that he has strength by lifting hundred-pound bags of flour and he knows how to wrestle.
 
In a way it feels like the author wants you to wonder about Peeta. Constantly Katniss has thoughts about Peeta if he's just really a nice person or has a cryptic plan. On page 72 Peeta complements Katniss which makes Katniss think "Don't be so stupid. Peeta is planning how to kill you. He is luring you in to make you easy prey. The more likable he is, the more deadly he is."

Pea Growth Rate Experiment

      In class we planted two different kinds of pea plants; MMS and OSP2. Above is a graph based on Rahim's, Abbey's and my peas' growth. As you can see the OSP2 grew more than the MMS. We planted our pea plants on about January 13 and started calculating the height on January 17. Our measurements were in centimeters. We were measuring our plants everyday until unexpectedly the majority of pea plants were ate by  rabbits or ground squirrels.

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STAR Test Math

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By doing the STAR practice math questions I learned a few new things such as the x and y axis, slopes and mastering adding, subtracting fractions. For the x and y axis (as you can see the picture to your left) I learned that the x-axis and the y- axis are just two intersections number lines. I used to confuses the two but now I know the x-axis runs from the left to the right and the y-axis runs up and down. I also learned about slopes. Slope equals rise over run. As you can see the graph to the bottom left is y = 2x -5. How you get y = 2x -5 is that if you move back 2 boxes and down to the line, then to left 2 and down back to line, that's how you get the 2x and inside you get 5 boxes, hence were you get -5. For adding and subtracting you find the common denominator of both numbers. As the example below, the denominators are 3 and 2. To find the common denominator you either multiple across or to find the lowest you can list common multiples of each number. For this equation the common denominator is 6. Whatever you do to the bottom you must do to the top. Simply you can take you new denominator and divide it by the previous denominators. So 6 divided by 3 is 2 you now apply the 2 by multiplying it by 1 (the original numerator) same for the other fraction. 6 divided by 2 is 3 so now you multiple the other numerator by 3 and now you have two fractions, 2/6 and 3/6. If you were to add or subtract them the denominator stays the same, only the numerator changes. 2/6 + 3/6 = 5/6 or 3/6 - 2/6 = 1/6. And that's what I learned by doing the STAR testing practice.

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Tomorrow Cast 2032

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    My topic is about the melting of the polar ice caps. Carbon Dioxide is a huge contributor of the ice caps melting. When Carbon Dioxide is emitted into the atmosphere it builds up a layer, therefore when the sun heats up the Earth it's also effects the layer making the Earth twice as warm. Since the Earth is getting warmer, the ice caps are melting. As the ice caps start to melt at a rapid rate it effects the Arctic land animals such as Polar bears. With only a few ice sheets spread out, it's hard for animals like Polar bears because they aren't able to swim incessantly for hours on end. In the end this will make the Polar bear and other Arctic land animal population dramatically decease, possibly become extinct. By doing this topic I learned some of the 7th grade life science learning goals. Part of the "Earth and Life History (Earth Science)" I learned how the Earth is heated by the sun and how it effects the ecosystem.
Important Vocabulary Words:

• Glacier: an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly, either descending from high mountains, as in valley glaciers, or moving outward from centers of accumulation. 
• Iceberg: a large floating mass of ice, detached from a glacier and carried out to sea.
• The Ice Age: An Ice Age is a period of geologic time in which the Earth's climate sees a dramatic drop in temperature. The drop often is followed by larger ice fields in the polar regions. 
• Polar Ice Caps: A polar ice cap is a latitude region of a planet or natural satellite that is covered in ice.
• Sea Level: Is a measure of the average height of the ocean's surface (such as the half way point between the mean high tide and the mean low tide)
• IPPC: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
• EPA: Environmental Protection Agency 
• Global Warming: an increase in the earth's average atmospheric temperature that causes corresponding changes in climate and that may result from the greenhouse effect.
• Greenhouse Gases:  any of the gases whose absorption of solar radiation is responsiblefor the greenhouse effect, including carbon dioxide, methane,ozone, and the fluorocarbons.
• Carbon Dioxide: a colorless, odorless, incombustible gas, CO ₂ , present in the atmosphere and formed during respiration, usually obtained fromcoal, coke, or natural gas by combustion, from carbohydrates by fermentation, by reaction of acid with limestone or other carbonates, or naturally from springs.