LITERATURE CIRCLES Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

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1 WEEK ONE Group Meeting: August 25th Assigned Reading: Pages 1-39 (Chapters 1-4) Vocabulary Directions: Record 3-5 words you did not know or you think are important to this section of the book. When you meet with your group, work to define these words together. Discussion Questions Directions: Answer the following questions in complete sentences before meeting with your group on Friday. You should discuss these questions with your group. 1. Brian keeps mentioning The Secret. What do you think The Secret is? How has it affected Brian? 2. Why does Brian keep checking the pilot and radio over and over? Even after making a plan in the plane, why is he reluctant to follow through? 3. On page 37 Brian says, If you keep walking back from good luck, you ll come to bad luck. What bad luck has Brian had? What good luck has he had? How does he see the relationship between his good luck and his bad luck?

2 4. What did you not understand or wonder about in this section? Group Question Writing Directions: Work with your group to write three questions about this section of your book. These should be questions which could be used on a test about your book

3 WEEK TWO Group Meeting: September 1st Assigned Reading: Pages (Chapters 5-7) Vocabulary Directions: Record 3-5 words you did not know or you think are important to this section of the book. When you meet with your group, work to define these words together. Discussion Questions Directions: Answer the following questions in complete sentences before meeting with your group on Friday. You should discuss these questions with your group. 1. In chapter 5, Brian remembers the words of his teacher, Perpich, You are your most valuable asset. Don t forget that. You are the best thing you have. Why is this memory important? How doe it help? 2. Brian keeps coming back to the word, nothing. What thoughts and feelings bring up this word? 3. Describe Brian s encounter with the bear. What does Brian realize about the bear when he stops to think?

4 4. What did you not understand or wonder about in this section? Group Question Writing Directions: Work with your group to write three questions about this section of your book. These should be questions which could be used on a test about your book

5 WEEK THREE Group Meeting: September 8th Assigned Reading: Pages (Chapters 8-12) Vocabulary Directions: Record 3-5 words you did not know or you think are important to this section of the book. When you meet with your group, work to define these words together. Discussion Questions Directions: Answer the following questions in complete sentences before meeting with your group on Friday. You should discuss these questions with your group. 1. What does Brian come to realize about survival on page 77? How might this realization change his future actions? 2. Compare and contrast the endings of chapters 10 and 12. What is his attitude like in each? What has changed him? 3. On page 100, Brian realizes, I am not the same. How has Brian s body changed since the crash? How has his mind changed?

6 4. What did you not understand or wonder about in this section? Group Question Writing Directions: Work with your group to write three questions about this section of your book. These should be questions which could be used on a test about your book

7 WEEK FOUR Group Meeting: September 15th Assigned Reading: Pages (Chapters 13-16) Vocabulary Directions: Record 3-5 words you did not know or you think are important to this section of the book. When you meet with your group, work to define these words together. Discussion Questions Directions: Answer the following questions in complete sentences before meeting with your group on Friday. You should discuss these questions with your group. 1. How did Brian react after the plane went overhead? How did this event change him? What is the tough hope he refers to on page 120? 2. What does Brian realize is the most important thing in nature (page 122)? How does he work to make sure he has it? 3. What happens to Brian that puts him back to square one in a single night? How does he respond to this twist of fate? Are you surprised by his response?

8 4. What did you not understand or wonder about in this section? Group Question Writing Directions: Work with your group to write three questions about this section of your book. These should be questions which could be used on a test about your book

9 WEEK FIVE Group Meeting: September 22nd Assigned Reading: Pages (Chapters 17-Epilogue) Vocabulary Directions: Record 3-5 words you did not know or you think are important to this section of the book. When you meet with your group, work to define these words together. Discussion Questions Directions: Answer the following questions in complete sentences before meeting with your group on Friday. You should discuss these questions with your group. 1. What does Brian have to do to get into the tail of the plane? Why does he want to get into the plane? What disaster almost happens as he tries? 2. What treasures does the survival pack contain? Why do these make Brian feel so rich? What other emotions does he feel about the rifle and lighter? 3. Describe Brian s life after being rescued. How is his life different than it was at the beginning of the book? How is it the same?

10 4. What did you not understand or wonder about in this section? Group Question Writing Directions: Work with your group to write three questions about this section of your book. These should be questions which could be used on a test about your book

LITERATURE CIRCLES Rules by Cynthia Lord

LITERATURE CIRCLES Rules by Cynthia Lord WEEK ONE Group Meeting: August 25th Assigned Reading: Pages 1-40 Vocabulary Directions: Record 3-5 words you did not know or you think are important to this section of the book. When you meet with your