HATCHET Unit Teaching Package (by Gary Paulsen)

HATCHET Unit Teaching Package (by Gary Paulsen)

TEXT: HATCHET by Gary Paulsen
LEVEL: 5th-8th
TOTAL: 145 slides/pgs
Pacing Guide and Answer Keys included

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CONTENTS:

* Suggested timeline of how a teacher could plan out the unit.
* Detailed explanations of the goals of each activity and how to conduct the activities in the classroom.

··· Crash Map Activity
- Students try to solve where Brian crashed
- 3pg
- RL.2

· Crash Tally Activity
- Students track a tally of how many days Brian has been stranded
- 1pg
- RL.2

· Plot Chart Organizer Diagram Arc
- organize the 6 parts of the plot
- 1pg
- RL.2

· Conflict Graphic Organizer - 6 Types of Conflict
- Students analyze the 6 different types of conflict in stories
- 1pg
- RL.2

· Characters Organizer
- analyze the main characters using novel quotes
- 4pg
- RL.3

· Journal - Quickwrite Writing Prompts - PowerPoint
- 1/2 writing assignments to spur much deeper conversational thinking
- 28-question PowerPoint
- RL.1

· 14 Comprehension Pop Quizzes
- 5-question pop quiz per 1-2 chapters
- 30-slide PowerPoint
- 28pgs of Printables
- The purpose of these is so students who read the chapters recently would ace the quiz and students who didn’t read recently would not do well.
- RL.10

· Vocabulary List and Quiz Assessment
- 150 vocabulary words from novel
- five 30-question lists & quizzes
- 20pg Bundle includes list of words, quiz, and answer keys
- RL.4

· Sensory Language Organizer
- analyze the sensory language in novel
- 1pg
- RL.4

· Figurative Language Worksheet
- analyze and complete 51 figures of speech specific to the novel
- 6pg bundle
- Similes, Metaphors, Idioms, Hyperboles, Analogies, Personification, Onomatopoeia, Puns, Irony
- RL.4

··· Symbols Analyzer
- analyze the hatchet as a symbol in the novel
- 1pg
- RL.4

··· Essay and Speech
- 3 response to literature essay options for students to choose from; optional delivery of essay as a speech
- Includes essay topics & speech grading rubrics
- 6pg
- W.1

··· Movie vs. Novel Comparison
- 2-page Worksheet
- Students compare & contrast the movie and novel
- RL.7

*** 145 pgs/slides total ***

Enjoy Hatchet! And remember, “so much of all this, so much of all living was patience and thinking.”