1. Lost in the Wilderness What would you do? Hatchet Choose teams
Introduce Vocabulary
Survival Simulation
Brown bag Survival Kit

2. Setting the Stage
You are on a trip to Alaska to visit an old friend. From Chicago to Anchorage you are the only passenger in a small, three man plane. Midway through the flight something goes wrong--your plane crashes! The pilot dies and you are left all alone in the mountains of Canada.

3. Questions for Thought: You only brought 3 items with you on your trip
Questions for Thought: You only brought 3 items with you on your trip. After the crash you can only find one of them. Of the three, which would you most like to have, and why?
Matches
A knife
Your sleeping bag

4. Questions for Thought: Just before the plane crashed the pilot swerved left, then right, then left again. You have no idea where you’ve landed, or which way you need to go. Would you guess a direction and try to walk your way out? Or would you sit still and wait for help to come?

5. Questions for Thought: Being alone in the wilderness raises lots of concerns. You’ll need food, water, and shelter until the rescuers arrive. Of these three, which need is the most urgent? In what order would you look to satisfy them?

6. Questions for Thought: What people/things from home would you miss the most while you were lost?

7. Hatchet By: Gary Paulsen
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Hatchet By: Gary Paulsen

8. Let's Get Ready to Read
Theme
Setting
Hatchet
Characters

9. Hatchet
Brian Robeson is only 13 years old when he is stranded alone in the Canadian wilderness after the plane in which he is flying crashes. All he has with him are the clothes on his back, a hatchet that his mother gave him, and a secret that has been tormenting him ever since his parents got divorced. Now he must figure out how to survive on his own using only the tools that he has and his own inner strength and courage. Will he ever be found? More importantly, will he be able to survive alone?

10. Hatchet
Survival Simulation Challenge List these items in the order of importance List the uses for each item. 1. A ball of steel wool 2. A small ax 3. A loaded .45-caliber pistol 4. Can of Crisco Shortening 5. Newspapers (one per person) 6. Cigarette lighter (without fluid) 7. Extra Shirt and pants for each survivor x 20 ft. piece of heavy-duty canvas 9. A sectional air map made of plastic 10. One quart of 100-proof whiskey 11. A compass 12. Family-size chocolate bars (one per person)