Focus Learning Summer Language Arts Camp 2022: The Hatchet Novel Study Half-Day

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Language Arts Program

The Hatchet: Survival Training Guide

Dive into the world of The Hatchet

Our Summer Book Club focuses on novels that explore our relationship with the natural world around us.  The Hatchet is a story of survival - a young boy is stranded in the wilderness and must learn to work with his environment to have a chance of making it home.  Each story will give students a different perspective on the natural world and our place within it.

Areas of Focus | Students will get to:

• Read and discuss various story elements
• Brush up on a few basic survival skills
• Submit written responses to reading comprehension questions
• Discuss our place in the natural world
• Create an environmental Call-To-Action

Main Skills to be taught and practiced:

• Survival
• Critical Thinking
• Discussion
• Creative Writing
• Literary Analysis

End-of-Week Project:  

The Hatchet - Survival Field Guide for Crash Survivors

Materials:

The Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen