Hatchet Novel Unit ~ Activities, Handouts, Tests ~ Printable & Google Form Tests

If you want a quality standards-based teaching unit for the novel Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, this is it! Just check out our preview to see for yourself. This unit contains ready-made handouts to accompany each chapter of this book. These handouts will require students to analyze the author’s craft and literary elements such as flashback, symbolism, and setting. There are four tests, which are printable and Google, included as well as writing assignments and post reading activities. Answer keys are provided for each test but not for the activities in each chapter. Take a look at the table of contents below to see the focus of each chapter. Everything is ready for you to teach, and the best part is that once you purchase this unit, you can reuse it every year!

Hatchet Novel Unit

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Point of view

Chapter 2 Tone

Chapter 3 Imagery

Chapter 4 Setting

Chapter 5 Motivation

Test on Chapters 1-5 (Printable and Google)

Chapters 6&7 Flashbacks

Chapter 8 Suspense

Chapter 9 Figurative Language

Chapter 10 Personification

Test on Chapters 6-10 (Printable and Google)

Chapter 11 Characterization

Chapter 12 Tone & Discussion

Chapter 13 Symbolism & Discussion

Chapter 14 Author’s Craft

Chapter 15 Writing Opportunity

Test on Chapters 11-15 (Printable and Google)

Chapter 16 Conflict

Chapter 17 Context Clues

Chapter 18 Strong Verbs

Chapter 19 Situational Irony

News Report

Theme

Final Test (Printable and Google)

The ABCs of Hatchet

Compare/Contrast

Poem