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- 3rd - 5th
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Students listen to passages from Gary Paulsen's novel "Hatchet" , draw on of the images from the passage, and identify which details Paulsen uses to crate these images. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students visualize how Brian Robeson feel when he crash lands on the deserted island at the beginning of the novel, Hatchet. They spend this whole class period using prior knowledge of survival skills. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students describe the character changes in Brian, the main character in Gary Paulsen's, Hatchet by completing a graphic organizer. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students read Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, discuss refraction, identify example of it from novel, and perform classroom experiments demonstrating refraction and reflection. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students read the novel, Hatchet, aloud in class and answer questions as they read. Students research different weather patterns and seasons in Canada to examine how the main character could survive. Students graph the time it would take to travel by various methods of transportation, and compare the geographic regions of Canada and South Dakota. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students, after reading "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen, explore/research what an Iditarod is and then create a speech about their selected musher and present their new found information to their classmates. In addition, they participate in a Word Wall, write a Musher Bio Poem and get involved in a Scavenger Hunt. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students read Gary Paulsen's, Nightjohn, before research the Abolition Crusade and the Underground Railroad. They discuss why the characters in the book put importance on literary skills. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students explore the structure of a story. They identify the beginning, middle, and end. Students analyze the literary techniques of foreshadowing, simile, metaphor, personification and idioms in The Transall Saga. They analyze what is is like to be part of a different culture. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 4th
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Students examine the importance of reading silently and creating pictures in their minds. First, they listen to a read aloud of a chapter of Gary Paulsen's, Hatchet, as they practice visualization. Next, they read a chapter and draw a picture of the image that they created in their mind before writing a summary. As an assessment, they hand in their picture and summary. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students answer prediction questions before reading Gary Paulsen's, Hatchet. They discuss different aspects of the reading before meeting in groups to decide on what they would include in a wilderness survival kit. Full Review »
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