This lesson plan is for a 7th grade mixed ability English class about The Hunger Games. The lesson objectives are for students to understand Chapter 2 and create their own tribute. Students will listen to an audiobook of Chapter 2, summarize key events, compare the story to the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur, and create a tribute with a name, costume, strengths/weaknesses. The lesson incorporates collaborative learning and creative thinking to help students engage with the material in different ways.

1. Lesson Plan pro forma
Class: 7NE
(mixed ability sets)
indicate levels of attainment
Date:
26/4/2016
Time: 08:40 –
09:45
No. of pupils:
30
Unit /SoW: The Hunger Games
Key Learning Goals:
ref. to exam board criteria/NC as
appropriate
… in pupil-friendly format:
LO: What happens in Chapter 2?
Can I create my own tribute?
Expected Learning Outcomes:
all pupils? some pupils? a few
pupils?
All pupils will understand chapter 2
of The Hunger Games. They will
think about what makes a good
tribute, using the myth Theseus and
the Minotaur. They will create their
own tribute.
Opportunities for Assessment:
Formative & summative
 Class reading – students will listen to Chapter 2 via audiobook and will
stop the recording to go through what is going on. Students will also note
down words that they do not understand and use a dictionary to find out
the definition of these words.
 Summary of Chapter 2 – students will think, pair, share and bullet point
key events to recap what has been going on
 Comparison to Theseus and the Minotaur – students will watch the clip
Theseus and the Minotaur and will think about how it links to The Hunger
Games. This will help link the two events – showing Katniss to be the
hero.
 Create your own tribute – students will have to create their own tribute.
They will have to think about giving them a name, opening ceremony
costume, strengths and weaknesses and adjectives to describe them.
Cognitive challenges:
Desirable difficulties for all abilities; how will students progress?
Creating their own tribute – thinking about Theseus and the Minotaur, they will
have to create their own tribute. They will have to think about their own
attributes and their weapon of choice. This will allow them to be creative and
think deeper about their choice of character.
EBT strategies:

2. e.g. APK, reciprocal teaching, collaborative learning, advance & visual organisers,
similarities and differences, goals, repetition and practice, meta-cognition,
feedback, cognitive challenge, subject knowledge, summaries and note-taking
 Collaborative learning – students will be working together when they are
comparing Theseus and the Minotaur, thinking about how it links to The
Hunger Games
Key Terminology:
 Dystopia
 Utopia
 Hunger Games
 Primrose Everdeen
 Katniss Everdeen
Resources:
 Audio clips of Chapter 2 – The Hunger
Games
Homework and practice:
• N/A