Hatchet

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen is one of the Extended Novels for My Perspectives Grade 7

Building Background Knowledge Scavenger Hunt

Print Out Station Signs

Station 1: About Gary Paulsen:

Guts: The True Stories Behind Hatchet and the Brian Books. Delacorte Press: New York. 2001. Print. Pages 3-6.

Station 2: The Tools of Survival

Eyewitness Books: Dent, Marion, Editor. North American Indian. Alfred A. Knopf: New York. 1995.

Station 3: Setting - Map from Facts on File.

Station 4: Setting - Taiga

Animals of the Taiga
Taiga Biome

Station 5: Cessna Airplane

Aimes, Lee J. Draw 50 Airplanes, Aircraft, and Spacecraft. Watson-Guptill Publications, New York. Print, (unpaged).

Station 6: Flight Controls

Nahum, Andrew. Eyewitness Books: Flying Machine. Alfred A. Knopf: New York. Print. Pages 44-45.

Station 7: Other Books by Gary Paulsen

See: Read if You Like Hatchet

Station 8: (Optional) Other Survival Stories or Adventure Fiction

Book Check out time.

Hatchet Scavenger Hunt

Student Handout for Hatchet Scavenger Hunt developed by Teacher Librarians in LBUSD

Moose.pdf

Station 4: Taiga Biome printable if not using computers

Taiga Facts.pdf

Station 4: Taiga Biome printable if not using computers

Cessna.pdf

Station 5: Cessna Airplane drawing instructions

Hatchet Stations

Station Headings to place on the tables

See Also: RIYL Hatchet

Station 8 Adventure Fiction

Additional Option for Station 8 if allowing time for book check out.

Idea from Eunice Castaneda in LAUSD

Read a survival scenario and you choose 1 of 3 options. Gives you facts about the scenario. Following pages, it tells you the right choice and explains why. Also explains why other 2 choices will not work.

Students can write out their choice and explain why.

Additional Lessons:

LBUSD MY PD Course: #2458 Hatchet Close Read

Students read the plane crash passage and write an explanatory essay about Author's Purpose (Theme and Central Idea).