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 * = [[image:Mockingjay-the-hunger-game-trilogy-10539312-75-75.jpg]] ||= **One Book, One Hawk** **2011-12** ||

** Special LSW English Matinee, March 29. Did you get a ticket? **

 * Third Meeting: 11/16/11**

Because this meeting was rescheduled from 11/9, we had many //Hunger Game// fans with conflicts. The five of us in attendance:
 * Examined the prototype of our Hunger Game pendants
 * Discussed the following:
 * 1) Are you rooting for the K/G pairing or the K/P pairing?
 * 2) Which children were the worst off: The ones in the Districts where the children were raised to think that competing to kill other children and possibly die themselves was honorable? Or the outlying districts which were so poor that the inhabitants had to forage for the smallest portions?

Ten literary scholars attended the second meeting of the **One Book, One Hawk** club. Highlights included**:** Participants are encouraged to continue reading. Our next meeting will be announced via written and sound announcements.
 * Second Meeting: 10/26/11**
 * 1) An announcement of the winner of our drawing. Harper, we will send you a pass when the trilogy arrives from Scholastic!
 * 2) A decision regarding our **membership icon:** A pendant of the Mockingjay icon from the **Hunger Games** cover, along with the motto**: "May the odds be ever in your favor."**
 * 3) A discussion of Katniss and the ending of the Hunger Games.

The **One Book, One Hawk** club is now official! The first meeting occurred Wednesday, October 12. Participants took a quiz over //**The Hunger Games**// and shared in a discussion. Any student taking the trivia quiz is entered in a drawing for the **Hunger Games** collection. Thank you to all participants--may the odds be in your favor!! The next meeting will be posted in the announcements and on the media website!
 * First Meeting: 10/12/11**
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This year’s “One Book, One Hawk” will be //The Hunger Games// by Suzanne Collins. Our goal is to have all freshmen students at Southwest read this book before the beginning of October. Students who have English 9 this term can check out a book from their English teacher. Students not in English 9 can check out a book from the media center. Students can also purchase the book, borrow the book from a friend or check out the book from the city library.

Starting in October, we will have a series of programs for these students who are interested in discussing the novel. These programs will take place before school, after school and in the evening to accommodate all students and their schedules. Programs will include workshops on archery, dystopian literature, script writing, stage combat, edible plants and many others. We will also have games, contests and other surprises.

Students in the upper grades or parents who want to participate as a discussion leader or in workshops are encouraged to contact the media center with their interest.

Also, if anyone has copies of the book they would like to donate for students or if anyone would like to donate new copies, please bring these books to the main office or the media center.

For questions, please contact the media center, Ms. Ford, Mr. Gudgel, Ms. Heimes or Ms. Shanahan. Contributed by Mrs. Toni Heimes, LSW English Teacher and Debate Coach