Hatchet

By Gary Paulsen
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New Skills: Conflict in Literature, Plot, & Mood
Conflict:
What are the four types of conflict? Add them into the following table! Be sure to add a
heading labeled CONFLICT and a heading labeled EXAMPLES.

Types of conflict
Character vs character or man vs
man

example
Superman vs batman

Man vs nature or character vs nature

Robin hood

Man vs society or character vs society

Transformers (new)

Man vs self or character vs self

Frozen

Man vs tech or character vs tech

Terminator

Define Mood:
Define Plot:

Plot Chart: Use later for reference to Hatchet. (Bullet points directly below to match)

Review Skills:
Reviewed Skills

Examples

Inferencing

It was not unlikely the sound of a porcupine

Cause & effect

Moose trampled Brian . Brians ribs hurt

Point of View

I will not let you go out brian said to himself,to the flames
ever. The narrator is also shares. He will need a large
woodpile to get through the night.

Problem & Solution

When he was getting hit by the tornado and when it was done
he decided to find the pieces of his house . And he lost his
supplies in the lake.

Characterization

I like new brian because he does things that are braver than
old brian

Theme

Survival jumped out to me because when he survived a plane

crash .

Chapter By Chapter Summary

Chapter 1 Assignment: Create a bubble map that shows the varying emotions Brian felt in
Chapter 1. Be sure to cite specific text examples.

Felt like it was the end

He is scared
He is strong
Sensitive

Chapter 2 Assignment: Create a list of survival supplies you would need in a plane crash and
why you would need them. (Google Doc tables)
Item for Survival

Reason I Chose It

Food

So you will not starve

weapons

I if you get attacked

radio

So you will be able to call

for help

Water Bottle ( flask)

Survival kit

Flask So you can have

cold water
If you or your friend gets
hurt

Chapter 3 Assignment: How did you react to Brians thoughts and actions? Do you think that

Sensible because tryed to

remember books or movies he had saw about survival. At the beginning of
the chapter he thought he was going to die. But he had the courage to land
the plane. He hit his head real hard that put him out once.I think he is brave
he is sensible or unreasonable? Explain your answer.

because he was in the water of a lake and he was drowning but he got to
the surface of the lake.

Chapter 4 Assignment: Write 5 similes about Brians current state and explain their meaning.
Use a Google Table to do this.

Similes

Meanings

Brians head hurt like a

hammer hitting his head

His head really hurt

Brian was relieved that he

He was happy to be alive.
wasnt dead like a guy who was
set on fire.
He was lost like a fresh batch of He was lost and trying to find a
dunkin donuts trying finding its way home.
way home

Chapter 5 Assignment:Positive Thinking

Many people believe that if they have a positive attitude, good things will happen.They believe
that people with negative attitudes somehow prevent good things from happening. Write an
editorial in which you support the power of positive thinking. Use Brians experience as an
example of how positive thinking can help people. At the conclusion of your editorial, encourage
people to adopt positive thoughts and to see what happens.
I think that Brian is doing good right now on being positive .He shows positive by
Going back to remember things that his teacher said to him.Another explanation is
that he took things out of his pocket and started asking himself can he use use what he has.
Chapter 6 Assignment: Pick an example of a flashback in the chapter, summarize it, and
explain how it helps/hurts Brian emotionally. The flashback I picked was the thanksgiving
one.It hurts him because when he thinks about it he gets hungry again. Brian thought that the
berries were going to help him. But he was wrong it hurt him even more.That's what I think.

Chapter 7 Assignment:Create a bubble map with 6 external bubbles. In the center, write
conflicts. Identify and describe 6 different conflicts youve seen in the book.

Top of page
Chapter 8 Assignment:Retell a time when you had a dream that ended up being more of a
message to you
Did you ever think you were doing something that you thought was really
happening? I have! I had a dream about me jumping off a cliff for a guy trying to promote my
Self to a party but I said no it made him really mad about that .So he tried to force me out of
town by trying to bulldoze me of the clift. But I got away by getting saved by superman and
batman.

Chapter 9 Assignment:Create a chart of objects that would be useful to create a fire and not
useful. Explain each.

objects
He could use some wood

To keep it going

Two sticks

To rub together

Something dry

To start it

Chapter 10 Assignment: Create a table that lists at least two moods presented in the text and
give cited examples of each.

Moods

Example

Calm

He is calm because he has a fire going on and he is happy

that the bugs are gone.

organized

He is organized because he said he Is going to do the next

day.

Chapter 11 Assignment:

If I was in a tsunami and survived I would be

greatful. Tsunamis kill over 800 people a year.But if I got Away would be
telling the whole story.
It could change how I feel inside a little. It
could also change the way I look.It could change the way I look because I
could have cuts and scrachies. But it could change the shape of me.And I
could be taken away from my home end up in the middle of nowhere.So
that is what could happen.
Chapter 12 Assignment: Dear dad,
I hope you are looking for me. I am in one of canada's forest.

It is crazy that i am living in the wild.But I have food for now.I am loving the nature .I even
made a fire on my own. Best regards,brian
Chapter 13 Assignment:.
Chapter 14 Assignment:Create a new invention that could help Brian survive in the wilderness.

Chapter 15
Assignment:

Chapter 16 Assignment:Create a chart that shows Brians changing emotions in this chapter
and the text support to justify your answer.
scared

I can say this because he was scared when

the tornado hit.

greedy

When he tries to eat so much birds.on page

unsleepy
Great thinker

The book said he was restlist

Tries to remember a sound like a trian.

Chapter 17 Assignment:Make a pro/con chart about Brian getting into the airplane wreckage.
Then, write a summary paragraph of this information. Please use in text citations.
Positive ( + )
Could get better at hunting

Negative ( - )
Get really hurt

Get more food that could help him survive

and get home safely

Could be a waste of time

Helpful tool/radio

He could die

I wrote these because he could get hurt or die. Or he could survive and go home out of
shape or in shape. I dont think he is going to make it home at all. I think he is going to be
in the forest for life. And if he does he might
Chapter 18 & 19 Assignment:Create a chart in for possible themes and cited reasons for each
them. You must use at least 3
survival
When he survived a plane
crash, moose and a
tornado.

Hard work

Positivity

He made his own fort with

nothing but a hatchet.

He was remembering a time

when his teacher told him
to stay positive.

End of Book Project _____________________________