This is a combined literature and grammar unit that contains everything you need to teach the novel and more! Included in the unit are pre-reading, active-reading and post-reading activities with grammar lessons, literary activities, a literary terms and elements matching quiz, a final essay test with grading rubric, and other activities just for fun!

Table of Contents

Student Hand-out on Literary Terms and Elements of a Story 6
Active Reading Chapter Notes for: Hatchet by Gary Paulsen 8
Pre-reading Activity: Hatchet by Gary Paulsen 10

Chapter 1
Setting 11
Grammar Activity: Nouns 12

Chapter 2
Literary Elements: Antagonist and Protagonist 13
Synopsis or Summary? 13
Thought Activity: 14

Chapter 3
Compare or Contrast the Main Character to Yourself 14
Literary Element: Mood 15
Summary 15

Chapter 4
Thought Question: 16
Grammar Activity: Verbs 16

Chapter 5
Thought Question: 17
Grammar Activity: Adjectives 17
A Day with a Character 17
Context clues: 18

Chapter 6
Thought Question 19
Thought Questios:: 19
Create Your Own Vocabulary List 20

Chapter 7
Thought Question: 21
Personal Pronouns 21
Letter to a Character 22
Plagiarism 23
Important Details: 24

Chapter 8
Thought Question 24
Now, You be the Teacher! 25
Foreshadowing and Prediction 25

Chapter 9
Thought Question: 26
Entry in a Diary 26
Grammar Activity: Adjectives 27

Chapter 10
Thought Question: 27

Chapter 11
Thought Question: 27
Character Interview 28
Grammar Activity: Grammar Activity: Parts of Speech 29

Chapter 12
Thought Question: 30
New Character 30
Author Purpose 31
Grammar Activity: Subjects and Predicates 32
Narrative and Dialogue: 33

Chapter 13
Thought Question: 34

Chapter 14
Thought Question: 34
Creating a Driver�s License 35
Chapter Summary and Illustration 36

Chapter 15
Grammar Activity: Prepositional Phrases: 37
Internal and External Conflict 38
A Letter to a Friend 39

Chapter 16
Thought Question: 40

Chapter 17
Thought Question: 40
Party for a Character 41

Chapter 18
Nouns 42

Chapter 19
Thought Question: 42
Creative Activity: Create your own seek-a-word puzzle 43
Chronological order 44
Climax and Rising and Falling Action 45
Book Review: 46

MATCHING QUIZ ON LITERARY TERMS AND ELEMENTS OF A STORY 48
Answers to Matching Quiz on Literary Terms and Elements of a Story 49

Final Essay Test 50
RUBRIC FOR FINAL ESSAY TEST 52

Attention Teachers! 53
Quiz Creating Activity: 54
Test Creating Activity: 55
Answers to Grammar Activities 57


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