Hatchet by Gary Paulsen A Story of Perseverance
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen A Story of Perseverance and Determination Created and Compiled by Sally C. Shoemaker
E. Q. : What do I know about survival skills? • What ten (10) items would I include in a survival kit? • Write this question in your journal. • Make a list of items that you think are important for survival. • Be sure to include an explanation for each item.
The Alaska Experiment: Part 1 -Into the Wilds • While we view this video, record problems that you identify in the video. Look for problems that you see arise, possible solutions and make predictions about possible problems. Problems Solutions Predictions
E. Q. : How can background knowledge make me a better reader? • What do you know about the Canadian Wilderness? • Write this question in your journal. • Think about all you have learned in geography. • Write down as many facts as you can think of about the Canadian Wilderness.
• Setting: The Canadian Shield This plateau region of eastern and northern Canada and the Great Lakes area of North America mainly includes rough and rocky surfaces, and large areas of coniferous (evergreen) forests. In addition, the northern regions along the Arctic Circle are comprised of rocky frozen tundra. The highest elevation is estimated at 1, 640 ft.
• The Author: • Gary Paulsen Born May 17, 1939, Gary Paulsen is one of America's most popular writers for young people. Although he was never a dedicated student, Paulsen developed a passion for reading at an early age. After a librarian gave him a book to read — along with his own library card — he was hooked. He began spending hours alone in the basement of his apartment building, reading one book after another.
• The Author: Gary Paulsen - continued It is Paulsen's overwhelming belief in young people that drives him to write. His intense desire to tap deeply into the human spirit and to encourage readers to observe and care about the world around them has brought him both enormous popularity with young people and critical acclaim from the children's book community. Paulsen is a master storyteller who has written more than 175 books and some 200 articles and short stories for children and adults. He is one of the most important writers of young adult literature today and three of his novels — Hatchet, Dogsong, and The Winter Room — were Newbery Honor Books. His books frequently appear on the best books lists of the American Library Association.
• Issues • This novel discusses many issues that you may or may not deal with in your own lives. • Survival • Divorce • Anger • Hunger • Pain • Frustration • Wanting to Give Up • Thankfulness
• When you are discouraged, what motivates you to keep trying? • Think of a time when you really considered giving up, but didn’t. • What made you keep going when you were tempted to quit? • Write this response in your journal. • Make sure to 1. explain the situation, 2. tell how you felt, 3. and what you did to keep going.
Vocabulary List #1 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. horizon – 1 wince(ing) – 1 audible – 1 turbulence – 2 mock(ing) – 2 6. hummocks - 4 7. amphibious - 5 8. diminish - 6 9. ruefully - 6 10. staff - 8
Vocabulary List #1 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. horizon – 1 audible – 1 amphibious - 5 diminish - 6 staff - 8
E. Q. : How does a writer’s use of foreshadowing impact the meaning of the story? • What is foreshadowing? • Write this question in your journal. • Write a definition for this term in your journal. • Be sure to include an example.
• What is foreshadowing? • Foreshadowing is a literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story. Foreshadowing often appears at the beginning of a story or a chapter and makes the reader develop expectations about the coming events in a story. There are varieties of ways of foreshadowing. • A writer may use dialogues of characters to hint at what may occur in future. • Any event or action in the story may throw a hint at the readers about future events or action. • Even a title of a work or a chapter title can act as a clue that suggests what is going to happen. • Foreshadowing in fiction creates an atmosphere of suspense in a story so that the readers are always interested to know more.
• Reading Selections Evidence of Foreshadowing Unfamiliar Words & Phrases Contrasts and Contradictions Figurative Language/ Sensory Details Chapters 1 and 2 Four Square Notes
• Foreshadowing: Guided Questions • In your journal, respond to each of these questions: 1. How does foreshadowing and imagery help the reader better understand the events of a story? 2. How do you predict these events will become important in later chapters?
E. Q. : How does a writer use language devices for specific effects in his/her writing? • Memorable Devices • Think of a significant person in your life such as a parent, grandparent, or mentor. • What is the one thing that you remember this person saying or communicating to you? • Write this statement in your journal and explain why it is important to you.
• Language Devices • Personification • Simile • Metaphor • Repetition • Imagery
• Reading Selections: • Chapters 3 and 4 • Flow Map– Use a flow map in your journal to “chart” the sequence of events in the two chapters we are reading today.
The Power of Positive Thinking • What power does Brian find in positive thinking? • Answer this question in your journal. • Make sure to include evidence from the text.
E. Q. : How do authors develop characters? • Character Description: • Write a description of Brian in your Journal. • Make sure to include information about his physical description as well as his thoughts, words, actions, and feelings.
• Reading Selections: • Chapters 5 & 6 • Make sure to watch out for vocabulary words. • Record words and definitions in your journal.
• Obstacles: • Complete this written response in your journal. • Brian faces different types of obstacles or problems. • Name one (1) obstacles that he has faced and explain what advice you would give him to deal with or overcome that problem.
E. Q. : How does hope create change in a character? • Hope: • What are you hoping for in 2016? • Write this question and a complete response in your journal.
• Reading Selections: • Chapters 7 & 8 • Draw a Multi Flow Map in your Journal. • Illustrate how Brian’s feelings about his situation have changed and the reasons that brought these changes.
E. Q. : How do I use what I have read to summarize the events of the story? • Reading Quiz #1 • This quiz will cover chapters 1 through 8. • You may use your book and your journal as you take this test. • Take out one sheet of paper to use as your answer sheet. • DO NOT WRITE ON THE TEST. • BONUS! - Write a one (1) paragraph summary of Chapters 1 -8. This is worth 10 points! • May the Force be with you!
Vocabulary List #2 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. smoldered - 9 flue - 9 eddy (ied) - 10 dormant - 10 comprised - 11 6. persistent - 12 7. claimed - 13 8. infuriating - 13 9. influence - 14 10. confines - 14
Vocabulary List #2 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. smoldered - 9 dormant - 10 persistent - 12 infuriating - 13 influence - 14
E. Q. : How can we determine the types of conflict in a story? • Conflict: • What conflicts is Brian dealing with in the wilderness? • Write this question and your response in your journal. • Remember, there are four different kinds of conflict. • Character Against Character • Character Against Self • Character Against Nature • Character Against Society
• Reading Selections: • Chapters 9 & 10 • Clip from Castaway – Chuck “discovers” fire.
• Compare and Contrast: • Draw a Double Bubble Map in your journal. • Complete a comparison of Chuck from Castaway and Brian from Hatchet.
E. Q. : How are conflict and change related? • Coming of Age • How will you know that you are not a child anymore? • Write this question and a complete response in your journal.
• Reading Selections: • Chapters 11 & 12 • A Boy Called Slow • In this book, Sitting Bull performs a deed so courageous and significant that it earns him a new and more respected name.
• Leaving Childhood Behind: • What event or act will prove you worthy of leaving childhood behind? • What will give you new respect for yourself as you become an adolescent? • Write these questions and your responses in your journal.
E. Q. : How do we use textual evidence to support our ideas in writing? • “There were these things to do. ” • In describing Brian’s activities in the wilderness, Gary Paulsen repeatedly uses this phrase. • Why does he use this phrase and how does it reflect Brian’s frame of mind? • Write these questions and your responses in your journal.
• Reading Selections: • Chapters 13 & 14 • Today, as you review what you have read, create a list of textual evidence that shows how much Brian has changed. Make sure to collect quotes, descriptions, and page numbers. Page # Event Description Quote
E. Q. : How do we use textual evidence to support our ideas in writing? • In Class Essay: • In the story Hatchet, Brian comes to terms with his situation and is realizing that he must get motivated to make the best of his situation. Motivation is what will help Brian survive. He remembers the advice of a teacher who always told him that motivation was very important. • Everyone needs motivation to help them in difficult times. • Think about the positive things in your life that motivate you. • Could negative experiences motivate you as well? • Convey an experience when you had to motivate yourself to do something you did not think you could do.
Vocabulary List #3 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. stabilize – 15 incessant – 17 propel – 18 fuselage – 18 numb – 19 6. sheath – 19 7. coil (s) – 19 8. precise – 19 9. drone – 19 10. furor – Epilogue
Vocabulary List #3 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. stabilize – 15 propel – 18 numb – 19 drone – 19 furor – Epilogue
E. Q. : How can a flashback provide the reader with important information? • How does Gary Paulsen incorporate the past into the present? • Write this question in your journal. • Define “flashback. ” • Give three different examples from the book.
• Reading Selections: • Chapters 15 & 16 • While thinking about what you have read, put an “eye” on the future and make predictions. • Create a prediction chart. Page # Event Prediction
• Reading Quiz #2 • This quiz will cover chapters 9 through 16. • You may use your book and your journal as you take this test. • Take out one sheet of paper to use as your answer sheet. • DO NOT WRITE ON THE TEST. • BONUS: Write a paragraph explaining how Brian has changed since the beginning of the story. Make sure to use evidence from the text. 10 Points – DO NOT LEAVE THIS GIFT UNWRAPPED! • May the Force be with you!
E. Q. : How can the author’s writing style effect your understanding of the text? • A Question of Style • How would you describe Paulsen’s writing style? • Write this question in your journal. • Give a complete explanation and examples from the text.
• Reading Selections • Chapters 17 & 18 • Look for elements of style in what you have read. Page # Quote I like the way the author…
• What is your style? • How would you describe your style of writing. Give examples to show what “kind” of writer you are.
E. Q. : How does an author use irony to “make a point”? • What is irony? • Write this question in your journal. • Write a definition in your own words. • The use of words or events to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal or expected meaning: the irony of her reply, “How nice!” when I said I had to work all weekend.
The Survival Pack • What would you want to find in the survival pack? • Write this question in your journal. • Make a list of items you would like to find in the survival pack. • Be prepared to explain the reason or purpose for each item.
• Reading Selections: • Chapter 19 and the Epilogue • Open Book Test Tomorrow! • Think about Brian’s reaction to the Survival Pack. How would your reaction be different?
• Hatchet Test • This quiz will cover the entire book. • You may use your book and your journal as you take this test. • Take out one sheet of paper to use as your answer sheet. • DO NOT WRITE ON THE TEST. • Complete the BONUS! – 10 Points • May the Force be with you!
BONUS QUESTIONS! • Brian’s Reaction: • Respond to the following – 1. How do you feel about Brian’s reaction to the contents of the survival pack? 2. If you could replace one item in the pack with another item, what would you want to eliminate and what would you like to add to the pack?
Vocabulary List #4 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. matted – 693 glum – 694 sought – 694 plight – 694 nurtured – 695 6. fend – 697 7. exorbitant – 3 8. benevolent – 7 9. adjoining – 56 10. loomed – 61 All words are found in our Literature book.
Vocabulary List #4 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. matted – 693 nurtured - 695 fend - 697 benevolent – 7 adjoining – 56 All words are found in our Literature book.
E. Q. : How do similarities and differences in narrators and points of view affect your responses to what you read? • Under the Influence • Write about a person who has made a positive difference in your life. • What kind of person is he or she? • How did this person influence your life?
Reading Selections: • • “Going Blind” by Ray Charles & David Ritz – pages 693 -698 “from Ray Charles” by Sharon Bell Mathis – 699 -702
Point of View • • How would each selection be different if it were written from a different person’s point of view or if the point of view of the two selections were switched? Answer this question in your journal.
E. Q. : How can I identify and analyze character traits? • A Hero • Make a list of real people and fictional characters that you consider to be heroic. • What qualities or actions make each one heroic? Hero Quality
Reading Selections: • “The Fly” by Mai-Vo Dinh – pages 3 -7 • “The King of Mazy May” by Jack London – 54 -65
To Live • • • Jack London once declared, “The proper function of man is to live, not exist. ” Explain how the characters in our stories carry out this idea. Be sure to include characters from both selections.
E. Q. : Why do directors of films often change the original text? • “A Cry in the Wild” • Movie Comparison Worksheet
E. Q. : Why do directors of films often change the original text? • Interview Questions: • If you could interview Brian, what five (5) questions would you ask him? • Record a list of these questions in your journal.
E. Q. : How do we use textual evidence to support our ideas in writing? Writing Assessment #1: Character Change Informative/Explanatory • After reading Hatchet, write a multi-paragraph essay that answers all of the following questions: • What events in the story led to Brian going from a dependent “city boy” who knew very little about how to take care of himself, to a self-reliant, strong young man who knew how to survive alone in the wilderness? • What character traits did Brian acquire while surviving for 54 days? • Use evidence from the story that shows how Brian changed. • Provide support for your ideas by paraphrasing sentences from the book that support your understanding.
E. Q. : How do we use textual evidence to support our ideas in writing? Writing Assessment: Character Change • Writing Tasks: • • Prewriting Drafting
Tree Map Writing Plan Brian’s Change City Boy Survival Skills Changes Specific Evidence
E. Q. : How do we use textual evidence to support our ideas in writing? Writing Assessment: Character Change • Writing Tasks: • • Complete Drafting Begin Revising & Editing
E. Q. : How do we use textual evidence to support our ideas in writing? Writing Assessment: Character Change • Writing Tasks: • • • Peer Review Final Drafts Proofreading
E. Q. : How do you write to teach? Writing to Teach • What are the important elements of informational Writing? • Write this question in your journal. • Make a list of elements, components, or parts that must be included in this type of writing.
Martin Luther King, Jr. • Write a report telling everything you know about this person.
Power Learning and Note-Taking • Write fast! • Record important facts (exact names, places, numbers). • Capture quotes and, if possible, the context in which they were said. • Note what is said and what you see. • Record your ideas as well as information. • Pause early to organize information (use boxes and bullets, charts). • Use thought prompts.
Power Learning and Note-Taking, continued • Ask yourself questions: What ideas are shared by many? What are the debates? • Think, “What big things might I teach others about this topic? ” • Get specific examples or other evidence to support the big ideas. • Connect new ideas and insights to the overall topic or other big ideas. • Freewrite about the topic, trying to grow insights, then see if the insights are applicable or true to the topic as a whole, or just to the one case in point. • Follow a trail of research by asking, “What about this topic is important? ”
Power Learning and Note-Taking • Make a TO-DO LIST. • What do I need to do to take good notes when completing research on a topic? • Write this question in your journal. • Create a to-do list that answers this question.
E. Q. : Why is community service important? What is Community Service? • • Write this question in your journal. Define Community Service and give at least three (3) examples.
Choosing From a Profile While we view the profiles: • • What is especially significant or compelling about the person. What is his or her legacy or contribution? What is surprising about the person? Any oddities? What story, anecdote, or scene captures the person? Rate your top five (5) choices. Make notes to help you remember each profile.
Planning for Success What can you do to plan for success on this writing assignment? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
E. Q. : How can I plan for effective writing? How do I prepare for writing? • • • Write this question in your journal. Think about the writing assignment that we are beginning. Answer this question by listing steps or actions you will take as you prepare to write.
The Parable of the Blind Man and the Elephant Parables are stories that teach a lesson. Listen as I read this parable and think about the lesson it is teaching you. As information writers, as you get set to write about a topic, always try to make sure you get information from different points of view, from different sources, and different writers so that you can see the big picture – the whole picture.
Time to Research • I am providing you with research to use in class. • You may look for additional information on your own. • Make sure to use reliable sources. • Wikipedia is NOT a reliable source. • Take notes as you read. • You will only have the notes as you write.
E. Q. : How can I focus on the special elements that I as a writer would like to communicate? What is special about the activist I am researching? • • Write this question in your journal. Think about the information you have learned about your teen activist. Answer this question by listing specific elements about the individual you are researching. This will become the THESIS for your essay.
Locating Evidence to Develop Key Points Your Writing Plan • • • Today you will create a writing plan. Each section must tell about the teen activist you have chosen to research. After you have created your plan, go back and add evidence for each point you are trying to make.
Your Writing Plan Task Plan Thesis Statement Martin Luther King, Jr. led the nation in the fight for civil rights. Background Information B. Jan. 15, 1929, Atlanta, Rural Minister, Ebenezer Baptist Church – led by 3 generations, siblings, suicide attempt, ministry decision , education, marriage & family Life Events Montgomery Bus Boycott, NAACP, the SCLC, sit ins, March on Washington,
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