Mid Term Exam

Mid Term Exam:   Part 1: I will be talking about Alek Wek. According to http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2011/11/27/model-alek-wek-a-sudan-hunger-diary.html  Alek Wek is an African model who had to starve as a child . When Alek Wek was seven years old, her family got trapped in their homes, During the civil War. If she left her home she could risk getting killed, or kidnapped. So her family would not get killed they crawled everywhere, in their house.
                Her Family did not have much food. But, the food that they did have, they had to share it with their neighbors. Alek Wek starved most of the days.When she was fourteen, she flew to London as a refugee along with one of her sisters. In London, she had so much stuff to choose from.While in London, she entered a pageant. After the pageant was over, a scout came to her and told her that she should be a model.
         Before she knew it she was a model walking on runways and walking in high heels.Today Alek Wek is living in Brooklyn. Where she says she eats alot and never starves herself. She is now helping kids around her neighborhood and at schools think globally. She is enjoying what she does and is happy that the kids are asking questions about her life.

Part 2: I will be speaking about, The Hunger Games. The Hunger Games was written by Suzanne Collins. According to http://www.shmoop.com/hunger-games/summary.html, The Hunger Games is about a girl named Katniss Everdeen and her friends Peeta Mellark, and Gale. Every year, the capital of Panem hosts and event called The Hunger Games. This is where they pick two tributes, a boy and a girl from each district, and they fight till the death.
          She likes her friend Gail as more than a friend, but during the training of the games, she never gets to see him. After a while she starts to fall for her friend Peeta  Mellark. But, there is one problem, she has to kill him. Later on in the book , the people over the Games decided to make a rule, The two players from that district can team up and become partners. Peeta and Katniss can become partners. But, people expect them to fall in love with each other, and that is a problem because she also likes her friend Gail.

          Katniss also meets this girl named Rue. Katniss is not on the same team as Rue, but she does not wan't to kill her. She doesn't want to kill Rue because, Rue reminds her of her little sister. Rue and Katniss stick together for a while. But one day, Rue got killed. In the end, District 12 winners, Katniss and Peeta have to pretend to be a couple, so people would still like them and think they are hero's.

Part 3:    http://www.glogster.com/faithyt/suzanne-collins/g-6ls7qj4sapbrml73nesn6a0

Part 4:  What? Humming Bird
            Who? Humming Bird
            When? 12/16/2011
            Where? At the Museum
            Why? The Bird was Stray
            How? It found its way

          What? Games
          Who? Jane McGonial
         When?1/31/2011
         Where?
         Why?They are influencing children
         How? People are spending 40 hours a week playing video games

        What? Rare spider silk
        Who? Spider
        When? 9/24/2009
        Where? At the Museum
        Why?
        How? It comes from spiders, But you hardly ever see it