Hatchet and Extreme Settings
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ELA/Reading
Last Week:
As we continued through Module 2, students used their knowledge of how setting affects characters actions by understanding extreme settings. We began working with two new books titled Mountains and SAS Survival Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Surviving Anywhere. Our overall goal last week was to understand what makes a mountainous environment extreme. We focused on the following questions to develop their understanding:
- What do you notice and wonder about the two books we are beginning to study?
- What is happening in Mountains?
- What does a deeper exploration of the main ideas and details reveal in Mountains?
This week:
As we continue through Module 2, students will continue reading Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. In this novel, the main character, Brian, is flying from New York to Canada to visit his father when something goes terribly wrong. The pilot has a massive heart attack and Brian is left to fly the plane himself. He eventually runs out of fuel and lands the plane. Unable to get a hold of anyone prior to his crash landing, Brian is alive but needs to survive until he is able to find help.
Our focusing questions this week are as follows:
Focusing Question: How does setting influence character and plot development?
- What do I notice and wonder about Hatchet through chapter 1?
- What is happening in chapters 1 through 5 of Hatchet?
- What does a deeper exploration of Brian's thoughts and actions reveal about his ability to adapt and survive?
Throughout the reading process, students will begin the writing process of their own narrative. This story will require students to develop their own character that needs to survive in the extreme setting of the mountains. Over the next few weeks, students will be working on describing their character and setting in detail, exploding moments within the story with sensory details and thoughts of the character, and developing the overall plot of their story. This is our End of Module task so the story will not be completed until the end of Quarter 2.
As we continue through Module 2, students will continue reading Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. In this novel, the main character, Brian, is flying from New York to Canada to visit his father when something goes terribly wrong. The pilot has a massive heart attack and Brian is left to fly the plane himself. He eventually runs out of fuel and lands the plane. Unable to get a hold of anyone prior to his crash landing, Brian is alive but needs to survive until he is able to find help.
Our focusing questions this week are as follows:
Focusing Question: How does setting influence character and plot development?
- What do I notice and wonder about Hatchet through chapter 1?
- What is happening in chapters 1 through 5 of Hatchet?
- What does a deeper exploration of Brian's thoughts and actions reveal about his ability to adapt and survive?
Throughout the reading process, students will begin the writing process of their own narrative. This story will require students to develop their own character that needs to survive in the extreme setting of the mountains. Over the next few weeks, students will be working on describing their character and setting in detail, exploding moments within the story with sensory details and thoughts of the character, and developing the overall plot of their story. This is our End of Module task so the story will not be completed until the end of Quarter 2.
Social Studies
We will be finishing our study of the prehistoric Indian groups who first showed up in Ohio. Each student was placed in a group and randomly given a group of Indians to study. They will be working together to create a poster displaying all the essential information we need to know about that group of Indians. Once posters are done, we will be talking about trade between the groups of Indians and moving on to the next Indian's who settled in Ohio.
Homework:
- Reading 20 minutes a night- 1 night of the week they may choose to read their SS Newspaper but the rest should be reading a book of choice unless instructed to do Imagine Learning.
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