Hatchet Novel Study

Assignment Checklist

Assignment / Date Assigned / Completed
Reading Journal #1
If you were lost in the wilderness, what would you do in the first 24 hours? What emotions do you think you would experience and why? / December 10, 2015 / q 
Reaction to Crisis Assignment
Compare Brian’s reaction to the pilot’s heart attack to how you would react if you were in the same situation. (Illustrations and chart) / December 11, 2015 / q 
Comprehension Questions Chapters 5 – 10
1.  Make a list of the items on which Brian’s survival would depend?
2.  What conclusion did Brian make after considering the actions of the pilot during the heart attack?
3.  What were Brian’s reasons for choosing the location of his shelter?
4.  How did Brian change his eating habits with the raspberries after his experience with the “gut-berries”?
5.  What was Brian’s most important rule of survival?
6.  How was Brian able to make fire?
7.  Other than protection and warmth, what other advantages were created by the fire? / December 14, 2015 / q 
Setting Map
Create a map of the area Brian is surviving in. Your map will be evaluated on the following criteria:
·  It includes several key elements from the story.
·  It includes a title, your name, and a legend
·  The map is detailed
·  The map is neat, colourful, and eye-catching. / December 16, 2015 / q 
Comprehension Questions Chapters 11 – 15
1.  What animal created the tracks found in the sand on the shoreline? Why was it an important find for Brian?
2.  What physical changes did Brian notice had taken place in him since the crash?
3.  While searching for wood for his bow and arrow, what did Brian hear?
4.  After Brian’s attempted suicide, what “two true things” came to his mind?
5.  Early in Brian’s “new time”, what had he learned to be the most important?
6.  How did Brian use the foolbird? / January 5, 2016 / q 
Reading Journal #2
Describe a personal connection you have made to a specific part in the story.
·  Be as detailed as possible in both your descriptions of the event from the story and why you made a connection with it. / January 7, 2016 / q 
Plot Diagram
Your plot diagram should include the following elements:
·  The setting, problem, conflicts, and theme
·  Establishing event(s)
·  Event that starts the rising action
·  5 key events that move the story forward
·  Climax
·  Falling action
·  Resolution
·  Title & Your name
·  Your plot diagram can have some illustrations and should be neatly writing, colourful, and eye-catching / January 7, 2016 / q 
Compare and Contrast Brian and Chuck
Use a Venn Diagram (or similar) chart to compare the characters of Brian from Hatchet and Chuck from Cast Away. Your finished project should:
·  Be neat and organized
·  Include similarities and differences that show a “deeper understanding” of the characters in the story
·  Include illustrations of both Brian and Chuck / January 14th, 2016 / q 
Reading Journal #3
How did Brian’s experience in the wilderness change him? Was he a better person afterwards? Why or why not? / January 15th, 2016 / q 

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