Hunger Games--Final Projects

My students were given the task to create a diorama that depicted a scene from the Hunger Games.  In addition to the diorama, they were to turn in a paragraph or more explaining the themes present in the scene.  We talked for THREE days about theme and the themes present, and I was less than impressed with their paragraphs.  However their diorama's were pretty good.  I gave them two and a half weeks to accomplish this, and I think most still waited until the weekend before they were due...And I think they wrote their paragraphs that morning in the hall...

So here are some photos of their dioramas....

Peeta & Katniss at the 1st Interview--I know they didn't interview together, but this was what was turned in to me..

Katniss & Rue (Rue is on the left under the "net")  Katniss has just put flowers around Rue and sang to her.

Katniss and Peeta in the cave.  This one was done by a boy for sure--check out the bloody bandages on them!

This one is hard to see, but it's Katniss running from the fire.

I had two students who chose not to do a diorama, and one student who apparently could transfer from her head to the diorama...

I almost forgot!

Yesterday when I came to school a 8th grade boy ran up to me.  This is unusual for many reasons--
1.  This boy doesn't move fast...ever. 
2.  The 8th graders, ESPECIALLY the boys don't have much use for me and rarely talk with me outside of the classroom.  (Don't get me wrong, in my classroom they are respectful and participate, just outside of the classroom, meh, they could care less.)
3.  He was excited about something that clearly related to me directly.

He had gone to Wal-Mart over the weekend.  Guess what he bought?!?!  (hint:  It wasn't a gift for me..)  He was so excited because his mom bought him The Hunger Games trilogy!!!!  The best part?!  He was already on chapter 2 of Catching Fire!!!!  I did a happy dance on the inside.  Last year I couldn't this boy to read much for CLASS let alone for ENJOYMENT!  His step-grandma is the 3rd & 4th grade teacher at my school, she heard him telling me about his books.  Later she told me she was impressed.  I told her I loved his mom for buying them for him for no reason other than he wanted to read them.  His older brother is reading The Hunger Games because of this 8th grader.  I love it.  It makes my heart happy!!