Genre: Non-fiction
Grade Level: 5
Summary: The Hatchet is a non-fiction book about a boy who was stranded in Northern Canada after a deathly plane crash. He needed to come up with survival skills in order to stay alive. He spent 56 days in the wilderness before getting rescued. The students who read the story were very intrigued in how Brian, the main character, surpassed obstacles and made it through the hard times.
Theme/Skill: Learn about obstacles in wilderness and strategies to survive.
Pre-reading activities: Role play characters and get in the mind-set that the end is near but to stay positive and push through for a miracle to happen.
Post-reading activities: Comprehension questions, added vocabulary to the word wall, and went on a nature walk outside to collect items for the shoebox dioramas.
Assessment: Participation points when answering the online comprehension questions. Students made dioramas and came up in front of the classroom to share what scene their diorama was from.
Reflection: This was an excellent book to read to my students. One of my students can't read so it helps to have me read it aloud. The students would draw as I read and they could instill what information was being read into their minds throughout each chapter read daily.
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