05.21 - Coal Miner's Daughter

Today in class, we focused more on what it would be like to grow up in District 12 as a coal mining district by exploring what life is like for people who live in coal mining families. To do this we took a look at the song "Coal Miner's Daughter" by Loretta Lynn and "The Mountain" by Steve Earle (YouTube versions of the song included below).

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After listening to each of these songs, we discussed what it told us about life in a coal mining family (see handouts below). Then, everyone applied what they had learned about this lifestyle to how they saw it had effected Katniss as a competitor for The Hunger Games (see essay prompt below). Everyone had the rest of the period to work on this response.

Remaining time in the period was spent reading from The Hunger Games and working on the chapter 11 - 15 reading log.

Handouts:
Katniss - A Coal Miner's Daughter (song lyrics and writing prompt)
Hunger Games Reading Schedule (includes reading logs)

Reading Logs Folder (Google Drive folder with all reading logs)
Complete both reading logs for chapters 01-04 and 05-07.
Complete a reading log for Katniss OR Peeta for all other reading sections.

If I photocopied your own set of characteristics and you need an extra copy, come check in with me.

Homework:


If you did not do so in class, finish responding to the "Katniss - A Coal Miner's Daughter" writing prompt.

Read to page 207 in The Hunger Games.

Complete a reading log on Katniss OR Peeta for chapters 11-15.
(For a 100, note characteristics for both Katniss and Peeta and then, in your discussion compare and contrast them in these chapters).