Abstract:: Good writers help their readers visualize their stories by including vivid details. Students will listen to passages from Gary Paulsen's novel "Hatchet", draw one of the images from the passage, and identify which details Paulsen uses to create these images.

Focusing Activity to begin novel: Hatchet by Paulsen

Abstract:: Students will visualize how Brian Robeson will feel when he crash lands on the deserted island at the beginning of the novel, "Hatchet". This whole class period will be spent using prior knowledge of survival skills.

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