The Hunger Games Survival Guide                              Name: _________________________________


The Class
                             DIRECTIONS: Figure out how many times your name would have to be written down,
                             assuming you lived in the Seam & needed to sign up for the tesserae. Write your
                             name on the slips of paper & give to your teacher. Then record all students in the chart


 Reaping
                             below. When the reaping begins, record the results. After the reaping, answer the
                             questions below.

Predicting: Ask your classmates how many times their name is entered and record in the chart.
Whose name is entered the most times? _________________________________________________
How many total slips are in the container? ________________________________________________
What are the odds that person’s name will be called? _______________________________________

           Student Name                  Number of          Odds that Name will    # times name      Total # times
                                       Times Name is            be drawn           is drawn first      name is
                                          Entered                                     10 times          called




   ! 15   Standard(s) practiced: CCRA.W.7, CCRA.SL.2, CCRA.SL.4, CCRA.SL.5                           ©2010 Tracee Orman


The Hunger Games Survival Guide                       Name: _________________________________
          Student Name                  Number of     Odds that Name will   # times name     Total # times
                                      Times Name is       be drawn          is drawn first     name is
                                         Entered                               10 times         called




• Whose name was called first? ________________________________________________________
• Was this surprising or not? Explain: ____________________________________________________
• Whose name was called the most the first 10 times? ______________________________________
• How many times was your name called? ________________________________________________
• Were you surprised at the results? Why or why not? ______________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________


Standard(s) practiced: CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.3
   ! 16                                                                                      ©2010 Tracee Orman


The Hunger Games Survival Guide                              Name: _________________________________


The Class
                             DIRECTIONS: Figure out how many times your name would have to be written down,
                             assuming you lived in the Seam & needed to sign up for the tesserae. Write your
                             name on the slips of