Hatchet
Quick Lesson Guide
Chapter/
Lesson
Chapter 1:
Tools
Review
Vocab
Vocab Routine:
Canada
divorced
co-pilot
hatchet
Chapter 2:
Flying
Sequencing:
Put the
events from
the previous
chapter in
order.
Vocab Routine:
headset
instruments
horizon
communicate
Chapter 3:
Last
Thoughts
Sequencing:
Put the
events from
the previous
chapter in
order.
Vocab Routine:
surface
shattered
glide
exploded
Chapter 4:
The Lake
Sequencing:
Put the
events from
the previous
chapter in
order.
Vocab Routine:
mosquitos
alone
dawn
Anchor
Read
Apply
Poll:
Use this activity to
take a poll to see
who thinks the
hatchet will play a
big role in this
story.
Choice Board:
Let’s read to find
out what kind of
tool Brian’s
mother gives him.
Composition: Maximal Support,
Moderate Support, Minimal Support:
Write about some questions you
may have about this tool.
Predictable Chart
Writing:
Use this activity to
describe flying in a
plane as you
imagine/remembe
r it.
Choice Board:
Let’s read to
imagine what it’s
like for Brian to fly
the plane alone.
Haiku: Maximal Support, Moderate
Support, Minimal Support:
Write a haiku poem about flying the
plane alone.
Graphic
Organizer:
Use this activity to
select the things
you might say if
your plane was
about to go down.
Choice Board:
Let’s read to
imagine what
Brian was thinking
before he
crashed.
List Poem: Maximal Support,
Moderate Support, Minimal Support:
Write a list poem about what Brian
was thinking before he crashed.
Sorting:
Use this activity to
sort the things you
have seen near a
lake.
Choice Board:
Let’s read to find
out what Brian
saw around the
lake.
Stamp & Write: Maximal Support,
Moderate Support, Minimal Support:
Recreate the scene around the lake
and write about it.
Picture Book:
Look through this
book to think
about where you
get food.
Choice Board:
Let’s read to think
about how Brian
might find some
food.
Stationery: Maximal Support,
Moderate Support, Minimal Support:
Write a letter to Brian helping him to
brainstorm ideas about finding food.
Picture Bank: Use
this activity to
think about the
different kinds of
shelters.
Choice Board:
Let’s read to
imagine the
shelter Brian
creates.
Stamp & Write: Maximal Support,
Moderate Support, Minimal Support:
Recreate the shelter scene and write
about it.
surroundings
Chapter 5:
Survival
Sequencing:
Put the
events from
the previous
chapter in
order.
Vocab Routine:
bank
search
assets
motivated
Chapter 6:
Shelter
Sequencing:
Put the
events from
the previous
chapter in
order.
Vocab Routine:
shelter
ridge
survival
brush
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Chapter 7:
Surprise!
Sequencing:
Put the
events from
the previous
chapter in
order.
Vocab Routine: Predictable Chart
vomit
Writing:
Use the activity to
danger
describe bears.
panic
Choice Board:
Let’s read to find
out how Brian
responds to the
bear.
Composition: Maximal Support,
Moderate Support, Minimal Support:
Write about how Brian responds to
the bear and what else he could
have done.
caution
Chapter 8:
Dream
Sequencing:
Put the
events from
the previous
chapter in
order.
Vocab Routine: Picture Bank: Use
quills
this activity to
learn about
porcupine
common dreams
and what they
spark
might mean.
gesturing
Choice Board:
Let’s read to find
out what Brian’s
dream meant to
him.
Haiku: Maximal Support, Moderate
Support, Minimal Support:
Write a haiku about Brian’s dream.
Chapter 9:
Fire
Sequencing:
Put the
events from
the previous
chapter in
order.
Vocab Routine: Visual Scene:
ignite
Use this activity to
learn about the
oxygen
things a fire needs
to burn.
blow
Choice Board:
Let’s read to find
out how Brian
starts a fire.
Write A Book: Maximal Support,
Moderate Support, Minimal Support:
Write a book about how Brian starts
the fire.
fuel
Chapter 10:
Eggs
Sequencing:
Put the
events from
the previous
chapter in
order.
Vocab Routine: Sorting:
tracks
Use this activity to
select foods that
store
you might eat if
you lived in the
oily
wilderness.
pyramid
Choice Board:
Let’s read to
imagine what it is
like to eat turtle
eggs.
Stationery: Maximal Support,
Moderate Support, Minimal Support:
Write a journal entry from Brian’s
perspective about eating the turtle
eggs.
Chapter 11:
Fish
Sequencing:
Put the
events from
the previous
chapter in
order.
Vocab Routine: Graphic
signal fire
Organizer: Use
this activity to list
spear
the three best
ways to catch fish.
kingfisher
Choice Board:
Let’s read to find
out how Brian
intends to catch
fish.
Composition: Maximal Support,
Moderate Support, Minimal Support:
Write about some questions you
may have about Brian's method.
Choice Board:
Let’s read to find
out why Brian
loses hope.
Stationery: Maximal Support,
Moderate Support, Minimal Support:
Write a letter to Brian and
encourage him to maintain hope.
bluff
Chapter 12:
Hopeless
Sequencing:
Put the
events from
the previous
chapter in
order.
Vocab Routine: Predictable Chart
lunge
Writing:
Use this activity to
bow and arrow describe things
that give you
persistent
hope.
abruptly
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Chapter 13:
New Tool
Sequencing:
Put the
events from
the previous
chapter in
order.
Vocab Routine: Sorting:
pride
Use this activity to
think about some
test
tools you might
want if you lived in
refracts
the wilderness.
fashion
Choice Board:
Let’s read to
imagine the scene
where Brian uses
his new tool.
Stamp & Write: Maximal Support,
Moderate Support, Minimal Support:
Recreate the scene where Brian
uses his new tool and then write
about it.
Chapter 14:
Learning
Sequencing:
Put the
events from
the previous
chapter in
order.
Sequencing:
Put the
events from
the previous
chapter in
order.
Choice Board:
Let’s read to think
about some of the
important things
Brian has learned
since he began
living in the
wilderness.
Choice Board:
Let’s read to
imagine what it’s
like for Brian to
finally eat some
meat.
List Poem: Maximal Support,
Moderate Support, Minimal Support:
Write a list poem about some of the
things Brian has learned since he
began living in the wilderness.
Chapter 15:
Meat
Vocab Routine: Poll:
disaster
Use this activity to
take a poll about
odor
which of these
things is most
improve
important for
protect
survival in the
wilderness.
Vocab Routine: Picture Bank: Use
foolbird
this activity to
learn more about
crave
where we get the
meat we eat.
key
Choice Board:
Let’s read to
decide which of
the dangers Brian
faces in this
chapter is most
scary.
Write A Book Maximal Support,
Moderate Support, Minimal Support:
Write a book about the scary
dangers that Brian faces.
Choice Board:
Let’s read to
decide how you
would describe
Brian as a
character.
Name Poem: Maximal Support,
Moderate Support, Minimal Support:
Write a name poem about Brian's
character.
Choice Board:
Let’s read to find
out if Brian
retrieves the
survival pack from
the plane.
List Poem: Maximal Support,
Moderate Support, Minimal Support:
Write a list poem imagining all the
things you’d hope were inside of the
survival pack.
Postcard: Maximal Support,
Moderate Support, Minimal Support:
Write a postcard from Brian to his
dad about his first taste of meat.
patience
Chapter 16:
Danger
Sequencing:
Put the
events from
the previous
chapter in
order.
Chapter 17:
Character
Sequencing:
Put the
events from
the previous
chapter in
order.
Chapter 18:
Survival
Pack
Sequencing:
Put the
events from
the previous
chapter in
order.
Vocab Routine: Graphic
tornado
Organizer:
Use this activity to
injured
make a list of the
three most
charge
dangerous things
tail
you think Brian
has faced.
Vocab Routine: Predictable Chart
survival pack
Writing:
Think about your
raft
favorite main
character in a
boughs
book. Use this
wreckage
activity to describe
him/her.
Vocab Routine: Graphic
aluminum
Organizer:
Use this activity to
pale green
list some things
you'd want in a
fuselage
survival pack.
gasping
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Chapter 19:
Rescue
Sequencing:
Put the
events from
the previous
chapter in
order.
Vocab Routine: Predictable Chart
stare
Writing
Use this activity
feast
write about some
things that Brian
emergency
has learned.
transmitter
Choice Board:
Let’s read to
imagine what
Brian will tell his
parents about his
adventure.
Stationery: Maximal Support,
Moderate Support, Minimal Support:
Write a letter from Brian to his
parents about his adventure.
freeze-dried
Culminating
Lesson:
Themes
Sequencing:
Poll: Take a poll to Culminating
Composition:
Put the
see what people
Choice Board:
Maximal Support, Moderate
events from
think the themes
Let's determine
Support, Minimal Support:
the previous
of this book might
the theme of this
Write about what you think the
chapter in
be.
book.
theme of this book is.
order.
Multiple Choice or Yes/No Quiz: Answer these questions to test your knowledge of this story.
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