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__Activity 1__ First things first...Let's learn about the author of Hatchet. To find out more about Gary Paulsen, click on the link below and then answer the questions in your folder.

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__Activity 2__ Design a cover for your folder. Draw a scene representing something from the story. Make it colorful and attractive.

__Activity 3__ Visit the website below. Discover some interesting facts about the region in which Brian is stranded. It is a taiga biome. What are its characteristics and features? What plants are found there? What animals live in this biome? List at least ten (10) interesting facts about the taiga biome on a sheet of paper. Include facts about climate, plant life, and animal life found there. Use complete sentences and store it in your folder. ​[]

__Activity 4 - Ch. 1-3__ The pilot flying the plane Brian is in experiences a heart attack. Visit the website below. It contains interesting information about heart attacks. Read the information and answer the questions in your folder. []

__Activity 5 - Ch. 4-5__ Brian takes all he has and lays it out on the ground to determine what resources he has at his disposal. Imagine if he had found some candy among his meager belongings. Complete the activity on the website linked below. Use words that are descriptive and appeal to all five senses. Write your answers in the blanks and then read your paragraph to yourself. Read your paragraph to one other person. Then share it with your teacher. []

__Activity 6 - Ch. 6-7__ What were the "gut" cherries Brian found in Ch. 6? Using the description given in the book and on the webpage listed below, draw a picture of the berries and give a brief description of them, including what they taste like and where they are found. List several uses for these berries. []

__Activity7 - Ch. 6-7__ How safe was it for Brian to drink the water from the lake? Read the information given in the article found at the link below, then give your best advice to Brian about drinking the water. Put your advice in the form of a text message you might have sent if he had been able to receive it. []

__Activity 8 - Hatchet Webquest__ You are going on a scavenger hunt! Your objective is to see if you can find all of the information to answer the questions on the hunt. Follow each link given to find the answers and record them on the sheet I have provided. Try to be the first one in your group to finish AND get all the right answers!! Start at the link given below. Good luck!

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