KENTUCKY CONTINUOUS INSTRUCTIONAL IMPROVEMENT TECHNOLOGY
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Hatchet
Lesson: English Language Arts , Grade(s) 06
Students will read the novel "Hatchet," and we will have discussion after each chapter.
Duration: 10 Days
Lesson
Lesson Plan
Students will read the novel "Hatchet." Students will read two chapters per day, except for reading the last three chapters and epilogue on
the last reading day. After reading each chapter, we will discuss that chapter. We will also have a discussion after finishing the book.
Pretending to be Brian, students will write two letters to his dad. The first letter will be written before Brian gets on the airplane, and may
include writing during the plane ride. The second letter will be written after Brian is rescued.
The students will create a diorama depicting Brian's life after the plane crash.
Essential/Guiding Questions
Why was Brian going to visit his father?
What was the "secret?"
How did Brian change?
The book is called "Hatchet." What is the significance of the hatchet?
Learning Targets
Students will read "Hatchet" and be able to explain the plot and the character growth.
Formative & Summative Assessment
Formative: Students will answer questions, ask questions, and provide input to the discussions after each chapter.
Summative: Students will take an AR test after competing the book. A passing score on the AR test is 80.
Student-Centered Learning Experiences
Students will read the book.
Students will pretend to be Brian, and write two letters to Brian's dad.
Students will create a diorama depicting Brian's life after the plane crash.
Media/Technology
Students will use Ipads for taking the AR test.
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KENTUCKY CONTINUOUS INSTRUCTIONAL IMPROVEMENT TECHNOLOGY
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Cross-Curricular Connections
Creating of the diorama is a cross­conection with Arts and Humanities.
Standards Covered
1R: Reading
1RL: Literature
1RL.A: Key Ideas and Details
R.CCR.01: Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence
when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
RL.6.01: Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
R.CCR.03: Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
RL.6.03: Describe how a particular story’s or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or
change as the plot moves toward a resolution.
1RL.B: Craft and Structure
R.CCR.06: Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text.
RL.6.06: Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text.
2W: Writing
2W.A: Text Types and Purposes (Note: These broad types of writing include many subgenres. See Appendix A for definitions of key writing types.)
W.CCR.03: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well­chosen details, and well­
structured event sequences.
W.6.03: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and
well­structured event sequences.
e: Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
Additional Properties
Author: Doerhoff, Darrell
Publisher: Kentucky Continuous Instructional Improvement Technology System
Cost/Fee: No
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Created by: Doerhoff, Darrell (4/15/2014 3:34:00 PM)
Last modified by: Doerhoff, Darrell (4/15/2014 3:57:00 PM)
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