1. Sentence Composing
Hatchet
G. Paulsen

2. Chunking to Imitate
Model: Then he turned and stood still with the sun at his back and studied the water again.
Chunked: Then he turned / and stood still/ with the sun at his back/ and studied the water again.
Imitation:

3. Chunking to Imitate
Model: He was in the bushes in moments scattering the birds grabbing branches stripping them to fill his mouth with berries.
Chunked: He was in the bushes in moments / scattering the birds / grabbing branches / stripping them to fill his mouth with berries.
Imitation:

4. Unscrambling and trotted back around the lake Then he picked up the
where the fire had burned down spear and bow and
to glowing coals trotted back around the
then he picked up lake to his shelter,
the spear and the bow where the fire had
to his shelter, burned down to glowing
coals.

5. Unscrambling – cued with punctuation
until it stopped wiggling, He held the fish against
at what he had done. the sky until it stopped
He held the fish wiggling, held it and
against the sky looked to the sky and
and felt his throat tighten, felt his throat tighten,
swell, swell, and fill with pride
and fill with pride at what he had done.
held it and looked to the sky

6. Unscrambling looked inside He walked to the
he walked to the next cabin next cabin, looked
huddled in the corner inside, and saw a
and saw a body body huddled in the corner.

7. Unscrambling to imitate
Model: When he awakened the sun was cooking the inside of his mouth and had dried his tongue to leather.
List: Imitation:
the sun was cooking When he awakened the
and had dried his back sun was cooking the
like sandpaper nape of his neck and
when he awakened had dried his back like
the nape of his neck sandpaper.

8. Unscrambling to imitate: your turn
Model: Sitting alone in the dark, his leg aching, some mosquitoes finding him again, he started crying.
List: Imitation:
his legs aching
running ahead of the pack
he started wheezing
some mud splattering his t-shirt