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Given the nature of the 2011 summer reading program, you had significant autonomy in selecting the books you would read. While you were responsible for completing a proposal, you were not given other assignments to complete over the summer. As indicated on your proposal form, you are required to write a letter to your 2011-12 Language Arts teacher that demonstrates your thoughtful reading of your book. We have chosen to break this down further into three focused "Power Paragraphs" for two reasons, one, to introduce you to the idea of a power paragraph, and two, to assist you in covering all aspects of the assignment.

__ Prompt for Paragraph One - A Reflection of Your Choice __
 * *Must be posted to the WIKI by midnight on Wednesday, 8/24 **

I chose the novel //The Hunger Games by// Suzanne Collins as my summer reading book because supposedly it was a book that provoked the reader’s thoughts, and challenged his/ her abilities to guess what would happen next. The Hunger Games was a book full of surprises; each chapter had endless possibilities of things that could potentially happen since the most of the book took place in an arena with 24 teenagers trying to survive/ kill as many people as possible so that one of them could be the out coming victor. I hoped it would be a book where “not everyone dies, but there’s still enough action and remarkable events to make it very interesting” and in fact it did, specially at the end where both Katniss and Peeta were going to “take one last look at the world” ( Collins 345) but then they found out that they would both make it out alive from The Games. The Hunger Games was a great book and it was full of suspense, which made me start reading its sequel “Catching Fire”.

Collins, Suzanne. //The Hunger Games//. New York: Scholastic, 2008. Print.

__ Prompt for Paragraph Two - A Discussion of What You Gained by Reading Your Book __
 * *Must be posted to the WIKI by midnight on Thursday, 8/25 **

//The Hunger Games// was a book based on decision making skills and that's what I learned about the most after I was done reading the novel. Katniss (the protagonist) was constantly making difficult decisions throughout the book such as deciding if she would kill Peeta or not, choosing whether becoming allies with Rue was a good idea, or if she should go out and fight or to just try to win The Games by outlasting the other tributes. One of the most critical decision she had to make was to finally win The Games by killing Peeta or if she was going to go against the Gamemakers and end The Games in a way it has never ended before "Without a victor, the whole thing would blow up on the Gamemakers' faces." said Katniss (Suzanne 344). The Gamemakers gave up and let both Katniss and Peeta win The Games, which proves that no matter what situation you come across, you can always make the right decision.

__ Prompt for Paragraph Three - What to do With it... __
 * *Must be posted to the WIKI by midnight on Sunday, 8/28 **

I chose to read // The Hunger Games //because some of my friends told me it was somewhat similar to the book // Witch and Wizard //by James Patterson, which was a fiction/ action novel, which I really enjoyed. I found the book really interesting because it made me look at life at another perspective, and the reason for that is because the book had so much detail that I could precisely picture in my mind everything that was happening as I read the book. I would recommend //The Hunger//

//Games// to people that are really into action and that wouldn’t mind “experiencing” face to face with death situations.


 * Scoring: Your three paragraphs will be given one overall grade, and the timeliness of your posts will be reflected in your "timeliness" grade. **

// An outstanding response to the prompts will include the following: //
 * A strong topic sentence that clearly establishes the focus on the prompt
 * Evidence that clearly supports the topic sentence You have some good evidence, be sure to establish how it adds to your own ideas.
 * Correct use of internal citations and a properly formatted MLA citation for your book (put this citation at the end of paragraph one)
 * Strict adherence to the Power Paragraph format This can be a challenging format, but it is a great way to help you write focused responses to a prompt.
 * Mechanics are clean and do not detract from meaning Be sure to give yourself time to edit and polish your work.