Hungry FRIM

-Introduction

We 7th graders went on a field trip to Frim, where I went in 3rd grade as I was thrilled to see Frim again. We all stayed there for two days and 1 night. We all did at least 4 activities and hiked at night including on the afternoon. Our class linked the real world to 'The Hunger Games' (By Suzanne Collins)

In our humanities activity, our class pretended to be in 'The Hunger Games.' and in this activity we all chose materials in order to survive in Cornupia.

My group chose Flint, Twine, Tarp, First aid kit, and a sleeping bag. We chose flint to make fire to keep the predators away and to cook. For Twine, we chose this for protection and shelter, and for Tarp, it was for rain collection and shelter. The first aid kit was to protect ourselves and heal, and the sleeping bag was to make safe shelter, as we can climb above the tree and make our shelter.

However, we received two t-shirts, a plastic bag, a hand sanitizer, and a box of matches. Well, I didn't feel any anger but I just wanted the first aid kit, as it is a real good source to survive in the wilderness. I was quickly adapted to our new materials because the materials we got was pretty useful and we had various ways to use it. Because of the matches, I felt a little bit safer than before as we had a source of fire.

It was a little bit unfair in the first when we couldn't speak out as our group was District A. Later, I felt a little bit scared when Mr. Whiting and Ms. Gonnerman came to check our plans and our use of materials. We couldn't do the performance, but I felt relieved because since we didn't do it, we wouldn't get embarrassment. From the start, we never wanted to even perform as we had confidence in our plans. Our site we chose was a good place, as there was a source of water. However, there were dangers around us. There were a lot of groups around us, but we could eliminate one group by blocking the source of water for them by making a small dam. From the murderer that roamed around the night, we could easily escape them because of the river that flows by us. The one wish I wanted was having the flint because flint is a much better source than the matches because matches run out fast. I was rather worried if we could survive longer if we had matches, but I still felt good as the other groups didn't have the source of fire. I think our group was collaborative because we all planned before we acted and our shelter was safe enough. I think we all fairly discussed about our plans and thought before we acted. That was our strength.

I think this game helped us understand about the theme of the Hunger Games, and how difficult it might have been in the Arena. The Arena was full of traps and dangerous tributes. It gave us and idea of the feeling of how unfair the main character would had felt as we link it to the real world.

In this trip, I really enjoyed the Catch the Flag game, the Bonfire, and the Night hike. In the Catch the Flag game, it was just like the Hunger Games, and I experienced about how Katniss might have hid in the Arena, and avoided the dangers. The Bonfire was enjoyable as Niqui sang along with Ashleigh's beatbox. It was a highlight. Also, the smores was the highlight! I loved the melted marshmallows along with Nutella, including the crackers. In the Night Hike, I loved the fireflies shining around as they flew around us. The interesting thing was that female fireflies couldn't fly like the male fireflies. Instead, they crawled around the floor with their tails lit. It was my first firefly sight. Also the trees that covered the canopy layer was really pretty. The moonlight shined on the leaves and it shined through as it looked like glittering stars. The trees' leaves were like puzzles, as their shapes fit together, and it looked like the formed a stream. It was really beautiful.

The worst things were not bringing a torch, not being to just sit down outside our tents at night, and not being able to go to the canopy walk.

It was really hard to find our way in the night walk, because it was dark to see where we were walking. I tripped a multiple times but thanks to Niqui who had a torch, I could easily see my way. If I had brought a torch, Ashleigh, the person in front of me should have been able to see more clearly including myself.

The second thing was that it was really hot inside the tent when we wanted to sleep. My tent mates couldn't stand the heat so we opened the tent so that the cool air will come in. We chatted for a moment which wasn't a polite thing to do because we might have kept the others up. We sat outside our tents but kept quite, and later came back in and chatted for some time which we shouldn't have. We couldn't resist the heat.

Also, I wish we could have went to the canopy walk because if we saw the top view of the forest, it would have been fascinating as we could have seen birds like the hornbill if we were lucky. I've went to the canopy walk when I was in 3rd grade, and it would have been fun to go again and recall old memories. I wish we could have gone there as it would have made the trip much better.