Hatchet Novel Study - Activities - Study Questions - Final Projects - Vocabulary

This Hatchet Novel Study Unit contains 300+ pages with a complete unit plan for Hatchet by Gary Paulsen - Hatchet lesson plans, Hatchet vocabulary activities, final projects, Hatchet writing activities, and a full set of Hatchet chapter questions are included. These Hatchet novel study questions and Hatchet worksheets include detailed reading response activities that aid reading comprehension and encourage students to think critically and engage with text. Detailed answer keys are also included in this detailed Hatchet unit guide.

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Highlights of this engaging resource include:

⭐Interactive Notebook Information and Setup Tips - multiple pages of information and tips to help get interactive notebooks running successfully in your classroom.

⭐Student Title Page - This makes a great interactive notebook or unit cover.

⭐Pre-Reading Activities - these ask students to access prior knowledge and help get students excited about the novel.

⭐Author Interview Questions and Video Link - Students view a video interview with the author, and complete a series of comprehension questions. Answer key included.

⭐Detailed Chapter by Chapter Comprehension Questions - Detailed questions pages for all of the chapters are included.

⭐Comprehensive Answer Keys - No need to flip back through the book to find the answers - all of the work has been done for you!

⭐Group Discussion Cards - A full set of group discussion cards have been included. These are designed to get kids talking and encourage deep thinking about the novel. Two suggested activities to use along with the cards have been included.

⭐Hatchet Vocabulary Word Wall Cards - A full set of vocabulary word wall cards have been included - simply cut, laminate, and hang!

⭐Hatchet Vocabulary Foldable Activities - Foldable activities for all 19 chapters of the novel are included, with detailed student instructions.

⭐Hatchet Vocabulary Quizzes - 19 different vocabulary quizzes, with answers keys, are included.

⭐Vocabulary Worksheets - 8 different vocabulary worksheets are included - pick and choose the ones that work best for your learners.

⭐Chapter Summary Poster Activities (with Student Example) - Students use the included templates to summarize and illustrate each chapter of the novel. These make great interactive notebook additions or bulletin board displays, and are great for review.

⭐Characterization Charts and Graphic Organizers - a wide variety of different options are included - choose the ones that work best for your group.

⭐Reading Strategy Based Questions - these deep thinking questions focus on key reading strategies like visualizing, determining importance, summarizing, connecting, and inferring.

⭐Creative Graphic Organizers - a lot of different options are included - choose the ones that work best for your group. These have been specifically designed to engage upper elementary and middle school students in creative ways.

⭐Fun Foldable Activities - These engaging activities make learning interactive. They are designed to be MESS FREE and NO PREP - no small pieces to lose!

⭐Close Reading Information and Tips - multiple pages of information with tips and tricks to help set this strategy up for success with your learners.

⭐Detailed Student Annotation Guide - Help make close reading easy with this detailed student guide!

⭐5W News Report Final Project - Students analyze the who, what, when, where, and why of the novel in this fun final project!

⭐Wilderness Survival Tips Reading Passage - a detailed reading passage all about surviving in the wild!

⭐Wilderness Survival Guide Final Project - students choose their top wilderness survival tips (as chosen from the reading passage) and create their own wilderness survival guides.

⭐Hatchet Chapter Quizzes - 2 different quizzes, with answer keys, for each of the 19 chapters of the novel have been included.

⭐Hatchet Unit Test - A final unit test, with answer key, has been included.

⭐ Paired Non-Fiction Reading Passages - four different non-fiction reading passages focusing on topics related to the novel are included. Two versions of each passage are included - with and without built in annotation activities.
Comprehension questions, answer keys, and fact gathering templates are also included!

Topics include:

✅Gary Paulsen: A Journey Through Words

✅Wilderness Safety Tips for Outdoor Adventures

✅Animals of the Canadian Wilderness

✅Wilderness Shelters: Your Guide to Survival

⭐TPT Digital EASEL Activity - A digital activity has been included to use online with your learners. Answer keys and teacher instruction pages have been removed, so it is ready to assign. Text boxes have been added so students can easily type in their answers. Activities that do not lend themselves to online learning, such as foldable activities and graphic organizers with artistic elements, have been removed from the online activity.

Your students will master a variety of skills during this unit, including:

•Making Predictions
•Connecting to Text
•Visualizing a Story
•Summarizing key events
•Pulling key details from text
•Providing text evidence to support their answers
•Formulating Questions
•Vocabulary Mastery
•Determining Importance
•Monitoring Comprehension
•Making inferences
•Character Development
•Close Reading and Annotation Skills
•Analyzing Internal and External Conflicts

What teachers like you are saying about this resource:

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐" My students loved this novel and the engaging activities this resource provided. I cannot wait to use it next year”

-Sheila H

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"My students absolutely loved these resources. My class can be a bit of a challenge sometimes when it comes to reading. I have mostly boys in an emotional support room. But now they rave about how their favorite book so far is Hatchet. I absolutely loved this product. I plan on using it for many years to come.”

-Erica P

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐“My students love Hatchet! This is a great way for me to gauge their level of comprehension as well as practice constructed response items with them. The extra activities are engaging and have students begging to move to the next chapter!”

–Ashely Thompson

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"This was great to use as an online resource while doing our novel study. I really appreciated that chapter summary section to get students caught up on the reading and also the variety of activities.”

-Jacqueline C

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