WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS Essay Topics & Grading Rubrics TEXT: Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls GRADE LEVEL: 4th-8th COMMON CORE: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1 ···························································································································· This resource can be purchased as part of WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS Unit Teaching Package bundle. ···························································································································· Students are given 3 Response to Literature topics about Where the Red Fern Grows: > Mountain & Town Folks > Billy's Grandfather > Red Fern They can then choose to write an essay or deliver a speech on their ideas from Where the Red Fern Grows. The grading rubrics are included for easy, effective grading and feedback. Enjoy WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS! And remember, old friends are worth it, a thousand times over!

WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS Conflict Graphic Organizer - 6 Types of Conflict TEXT: Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls GRADE LEVEL: 4th-8th COMMON CORE: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2 Suggested Answer Key Included! ···························································································································· This resource can be purchased as part of WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS Unit Teaching Package bundle. ···························································································································· Students will subconsciously enjoy the design of this one-page graphic organizer as they take notes on the 6 different types of conflict. DIRECTIONS: For each of the six types of conflict, try your hardest to describe scenes from Where the Red Fern Grows that match that type. * Person vs. Person * Person vs. Nature * Person vs. Himself * Person vs. Supernatural * Person vs. Society * Person vs. Technology Enjoy WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS! And remember, old friends are worth it, a thousand times over!

WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS Characters Organizer (by Wilson Rawls) TEXT: Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls GRADE LEVEL: 4th-8th CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3 ··································································································· This resource can be purchased as part of WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS Unit Teaching Package bundle. ··································································································· Students will love this Where the Red Fern Grows graphics design and might even be tricked into enjoying themselves while taking notes on the characters. This 5-page organizer will help students keep track of their thoughts about the main characters. Students will make notes of the physical descriptions, inner desires, important traits, and anything else they find about the characters. Enjoy WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS! And remember, old friends are worth it, a thousand times over!

HATCHET Vocabulary List and Quiz (30 words, chs 16-19) NOVEL: Hatchet by Gary Paulsen LEVEL: middle school (5-8) COMMON CORE: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4 ··································································································· This resource can be purchased as part of HATCHET Unit Teaching Package bundle. ··································································································· These 30 vocabulary words from chapters 16-19 of HATCHET will help students engage in the language of HATCHET and understand what they're reading (includes page numbers for students to easily find the words in context of the novel). Students are challenged to find the word on the page, figure out its meaning from the sentence, and write their own definition without using a dictionary. INCLUDED (30 words total): > 30-Word Vocabulary List from chapters 16-19 > 30-Question Quiz > Answer Key Questions are matching and require the student to read a line from the novel, understand the meaning of the words, and fill in the blank with correct-meaning word. Enjoy Hatchet!

HATCHET Vocabulary List and Quiz (30 words, chs 13-15) NOVEL: Hatchet by Gary Paulsen LEVEL: middle school (5-8) COMMON CORE: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4 ··································································································· This resource can be purchased as part of HATCHET Unit Teaching Package bundle. ··································································································· These 30 vocabulary words from chapters 13-15 of HATCHET will help students engage in the language of HATCHET and understand what they're reading (includes page numbers for students to easily find the words in context of the novel). Students are challenged to find the word on the page, figure out its meaning from the sentence, and write their own definition without using a dictionary. INCLUDED (30 words total): > 30-Word Vocabulary List from chapters 13-15 > 30-Question Quiz > Answer Key Questions are matching and require the student to read a line from the novel, understand the meaning of the words, and fill in the blank with correct-meaning word. Enjoy Hatchet!

HATCHET Vocabulary List and Quiz (30 words, chs 8-12) NOVEL: Hatchet by Gary Paulsen LEVEL: middle school (5-8) COMMON CORE: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4 ··································································································· This resource can be purchased as part of HATCHET Unit Teaching Package bundle. ··································································································· These 30 vocabulary words from chapters 8-12 of HATCHET will help students engage in the language of HATCHET and understand what they're reading (includes page numbers for students to easily find the words in context of the novel). Students are challenged to find the word on the page, figure out its meaning from the sentence, and write their own definition without using a dictionary. INCLUDED (30 words total): > 30-Word Vocabulary List from chapters 8-12 > 30-Question Quiz > Answer Key Questions are matching and require the student to read a line from the novel, understand the meaning of the words, and fill in the blank with correct-meaning word. Enjoy Hatchet!

HATCHET Vocabulary List and Quiz (30 words, chs 4-7) NOVEL: Hatchet by Gary Paulsen LEVEL: middle school (5-8) COMMON CORE: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4 ··································································································· This resource can be purchased as part of HATCHET Unit Teaching Package bundle. ··································································································· These 30 vocabulary words from chapters 4-7 of HATCHET will help students engage in the language of HATCHET and understand what they're reading (includes page numbers for students to easily find the words in context of the novel). Students are challenged to find the word on the page, figure out its meaning from the sentence, and write their own definition without using a dictionary. INCLUDED (30 words total): > 30-Word Vocabulary List from chapters 4-7 > 30-Question Quiz > Answer Key Questions are matching and require the student to read a line from the novel, understand the meaning of the words, and fill in the blank with correct-meaning word. Enjoy Hatchet!

HATCHET Vocabulary List and Quiz (30 words, chs 1-3) NOVEL: Hatchet by Gary Paulsen LEVEL: middle school (5-8) COMMON CORE: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4 ··································································································· This resource can be purchased as part of HATCHET Unit Teaching Package bundle. ··································································································· These 30 vocabulary words from chapters 1-3 of HATCHET will help students engage in the language of HATCHET and understand what they're reading (includes page numbers for students to easily find the words in context of the novel). Students are challenged to find the word on the page, figure out its meaning from the sentence, and write their own definition without using a dictionary. INCLUDED (30 words total): > 30-Word Vocabulary List from chapters 1-3 > 30-Question Quiz > Answer Key Questions are matching and require the student to read a line from the novel, understand the meaning of the words, and fill in the blank with correct-meaning word. Enjoy Hatchet!

HATCHET Vocabulary Complete Novel (150 words) NOVEL: Hatchet by Gary Paulsen LEVEL: middle school (5-8) COMMON CORE: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4 ··································································································· This resource can be purchased as part of HATCHET Unit Teaching Package bundle. ··································································································· These 150 vocabulary words from HATCHET will help students engage in the language of the novel and understand what they're reading (includes page numbers for students to easily find the words in context of the novel). Students are challenged to find the word on the page, figure out its meaning from the sentence, and write their own definition without using a dictionary. INCLUDED (150 words total): > Five 30-Word Vocabulary List from the entire novel > Five 30-Question Quizzes Questions are matching and require the student to read a line from the novel, understand the meaning of the words, and fill in the blank with correct-meaning word. Enjoy Hatchet!

HATCHET Symbol Analyzer (by Gary Paulsen) NOVEL: Hatchet by Gary Paulsen LEVEL: middle school (5-8) COMMON CORE: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4 ··································································································· This resource can be purchased as part of HATCHET Unit Teaching Package bundle. ··································································································· There is no hiding the fact that Brian’s Hatchet is a big deal. Without it, he would have likely died in the wilderness. Using this organizer, students will analyze the importance of Brian's hatchet. They will catalog all the various ways the hatchet is useful to him and then analyze what the hatchet provides him with when he gets to use it. Enjoy Hatchet!

HATCHET Sensory Analysis (5 Senses) NOVEL: Hatchet by Gary Paulsen LEVEL: middle school (5-8) COMMON CORE: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4 ··································································································· This resource can be purchased as part of HATCHET Unit Teaching Package bundle. ··································································································· Using this organizer, students will analyze and sort Brian's experiences into the 5 senses - sight, taste, smell, touch, sound. Enjoy Hatchet!

HATCHET Journal - Quickwrite Writing Prompts - PowerPoint NOVEL: Hatchet by Gary Paulsen LEVEL: middle school (5-8) COMMON CORE: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1 ··································································································· This resource can be purchased as part of HATCHET Unit Teaching Package bundle. ··································································································· This 25-prompt HATCHET PowerPoint never fails to get conversation started. And not just any surface conversation. In response to each question, students will write a short quickwrite essay in a journal writing format. Questions like these get kids thinking deeply about life and talking deeply about the things that really matter. HATCHET WRITING TOPICS: * Flying * Divorce * The Year * Watching * Nature * Luck * Swarmed * Gut Cherries * Home * Change * Self Pity * Fire * Isolated * Hopeless * School * Knowledge * Mistakes * Firsts * Food * Patience * Starting Over * All a Dream * Smells * Perspective * Real World Enjoy Hatchet!

HATCHET PreReading Bias TEXT: HATCHET by Gary Paulsen LEVEL: 5th - 8th COMMON CORE: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2 ··································································································· This resource can be purchased as part of HATCHET Unit Teaching Package bundle. ··································································································· Before reading the novel Hatchet, this activity will get students thinking about and discussing (and maybe even engaging in some friendly arguing!). Then after the novel is done, students will revisit these questions to consider how their minds have stayed the same or changed based on the events, characters, and themes they've just read about and felt. INCLUDED: * Printable Handout * PowerPoint Presentation to accompany discussion So sit back and get ready for some deep, engaging conversation! Enjoy Hatchet! And remember, "so much of all this, so much of all living was patience and thinking."

HATCHET 14 Pop Quizzes Bundle (by Gary Paulsen) NOVEL: Hatchet by Gary Paulsen LEVEL: middle school (5-8) COMMON CORE: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.10 ··································································································· This resource can be purchased as part of HATCHET Unit Teaching Package bundle. ··································································································· This Pop Quiz Bundle includes: * 14 Pop Quizzes for HATCHET by Gary Paulsen * 30-slides of PowerPoint Quizzes * 28-pages of Printable Quizzes * The quizzes also work great as Exit Tickets or Comprehension Check packets. These are a quick check for reading comprehension to make sure students are staying on track reading the novel. The purpose of the questions is not to trick the students. But since some students may have read the novel or watched the movie in the past, each question is crafted to see if the students read the chapter sometime recently. They are easily remembered, short-term answers. We've quality tested the quizzes with students. Students who recently read the chapters = should get 4-5 correct Students who did not recently read = should get 0-3 correct Enjoy Hatchet!

HATCHET Plot Chart Organizer Diagram Arc (by Gary Paulsen) - Freytag's Pyramid NOVEL: Hatchet by Gary Paulsen LEVEL: middle school (5th-8th) COMMON CORE: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2 ··································································································· This resource can be purchased as part of HATCHET Unit Teaching Package bundle. ··································································································· While reading Hatchet, this graphic organizer will help students analyze the 6 parts of the plot -- Exposition (setting, characters, and background info) Conflict Rising Action (3 events or details) Climax Falling Action (2 events or details) Resolution Enjoy Hatchet! And remember, "so much of all this, so much of all living was patience and thinking."

HATCHET Crash Map Activity (by Gary Paulsen) NOVEL: Hatchet by Gary Paulsen LEVEL: middle school (5-8) COMMON CORE: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2 ··································································································· This resource can be purchased as part of HATCHET Unit Teaching Package bundle. ··································································································· This problem-solving activity will engage students in trying to figure out where Brian's plane crashed down. They will find quotes from the novel and analyze what that quote clue tells us about his location. INCLUDES: * Map of Canada * Quote and Clue Organizer Enjoy Hatchet!

HATCHET Movie vs Novel Comparison NOVEL: Hatchet by Gary Paulsen LEVEL: middle school (5-8) COMMON CORE: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7 ··································································································· This resource can be purchased as part of HATCHET Unit Teaching Package bundle. ··································································································· This 2-page organizer will help your students compare the novel to the movie. How is the movie different? After reading Hatchet, students will view the 1990 film, A CRY IN THE WILD, and analyze the differences. This opens up a bunch of fun and critical-thinking conversation about why the movie-makers would change parts of the novel for the film. They are, after all, two different works of art. Enjoy Hatchet!

HATCHET Figurative Language Analyzer (51 quotes) NOVEL: Hatchet by Gary Paulsen LEVEL: middle school (5-8) COMMON CORE: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4 ··································································································· This resource can be purchased as part of HATCHET Unit Teaching Package bundle. ··································································································· Using quotes from Hatchet, students will examine the figurative language and figure out which of the following it is: * Simile * Metaphor * Idiom * Hyperbole * Analogy * Personification * Onomatopoeia * Pun * Irony Enjoy Hatchet!

HATCHET Essay Topics & Grading Rubrics (by Gary Paulsen) NOVEL: Hatchet by Gary Paulsen LEVEL: middle school (5-8) COMMON CORE: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1 ··································································································· This resource can be purchased as part of HATCHET Unit Teaching Package bundle. ··································································································· Students are given 3 Response to Literature topics about Hatchet: > Theme - The Meaning of Survival > Character - Growing Up & Character > Setting - The Effect Nature They can then choose to write an essay or deliver a speech on their ideas from Night. The grading rubrics are included for easy, effective grading and feedback. Enjoy Hatchet!

HATCHET Crash Tally (by Gary Paulsen) NOVEL: Hatchet by Gary Paulsen LEVEL: middle school (5-8) COMMON CORE: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2 ··································································································· This resource can be purchased as part of HATCHET Unit Teaching Package bundle. ··································································································· Students will have a great time keeping track of how many days Brian has been stranded after his airplane crash. Simply photocopy and chop into quarters. Enjoy Hatchet!