Hatchet Case Study

Resolutions to conflicts are always the most interesting parts of any fictional story. In the novel, Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, city boy Brian crash lands a plane in the Canadian wilderness on the way to visit his father. Alone with only a hatchet his mother has given him, Brian is forced to use it for survival. Faced with many challenges in the wilderness, is Brian able to survive and go home? This novel has many conflicts and they are used to make the story intriguing. Most interesting parts to read in Hatchet is the ways Brian overcame nature’s obstacles and how he developed to his situation and how he was found and went home.

Jack Ma once said, “Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine.” In the story Hatchet written by Gary Paulsen, thirteen- year-old Brian Robeson related to this quote. Brian was on his way to Canada to see his dad because his parents are divorced. On the way, he crash landed because the pilot of the plane had a heart attack. He crash landed into a lake in the Canadian wilderness with only a hatchet and a windbreaker. Brian showed to be scared, smart, and brave.

Jean Bressler believes Hatchet written by Gary Paulsen is an excellent book because the readers can relate to the protagonist having to adapt and survive. The character from hatchet named Brian Robinson is put into an epidemic and has to consider every choice he makes because his life depends on it. The accomplishments to improve his environment leads his hope of continued survival. Readers observe the maturity process of a thirteen year old boy. As Jean Bressler says “Gary Paulsen’s Hatchet is a good vehicle for middle/junior high students to observe the maturity process and learn the importance of decision making skills that they can apply to their own environments.” Bressler notices in the beginning of the book “[the mother] keeps him dependent

If you were put into the middle of nowhere with nothing to live off of, no tools, no food, no water, how would you do it? In class, we read a book called Hatchet. The boy named Brian had to survive with only a hatchet in the wilderness for over two months. He obviously had many different traits that had to change to adapt from his spoiled life in the city, to his new life in the forest with nothing. I think that there are many different traits that are really good to have during survival, but I think that the three most crucial are determination, creativity, and observation.

A novel called Hatchet by Gary Paulsen is about a boy named Brian Robeson, who got stuck in the wilderness, after leaving his mother’s house to visit His father, who recently got divorced with Brian’s mother. Brian must learn how to use the forest around him to survive. Another novel called Stone Fox by John Renolds is about a boy named Little Willie, who’s Grandfather gets "sick" from not paying the taxes and his Grandfather says “I’ll sell the barn,” but Little willie wants to preserve the farm, so he completed in a dog sled race.

In the novel Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen shows that anyone can adapt to their environment and survive. Brian Roberson was flying on a plane in 1987, To go see his father in Alaska for the summer break. The pilot had a heart attack and brian had to crash the plane into a lake in the Canadian woods. Brian was left with clothe on his back and his hatchet that his mother gave to him.

With the text being predictable and the story having a fairly common story, students should be able to pause and make their own predict what may happen

Your assignment is to read the book and answer a set of review questions. The questions will be impossible to answer without actually reading the book. The questions do not necessarily address the larger themes discussed in the book, but are intended to highlight interesting details, and simply force a closer reading of the book. I recommend that you keep the questions before you as you read. You will be asked to affirm that you have done your own work.  After completing the reading and the questions, you will write an essay based on the book. The essay question is found at the end of the review questions.

Bear Grylls once said “Survival can be summed up in three words Never Give Up, that's the heart of it really, just keep trying.” Skills can be used in everyday life; math skills when you are at the grocery store or restaurant, and grammar skills when addressing people. Another set of skills that can be useful are survival skills if you are stuck in a life or death situation. In the award-winning novel, “Hatchet” by Gary Paulsen, Brain has to learn how to use his tools to survive in the for example how to uses the fire as guard, how he strives to kill the animals, and how the tools help him kill the animals.

In the novel Hatchet, Brian Robeson is a dynamic character because he changes. Brian changed in one way of really just thinking to himself that he needed to change because he was in the wilderness. Well before he landed he was a city kid, he always wasn't hungry if he was he would get a snack. If he needed a haircut he would get one, but in the wilderness you can't just get things right away. Brian got some changes when he was in the woods.

Since I was a child, I was aware of the discrimination against minorities. Growing up with a full-blooded Mexican father and an all American mother, I experienced early on prejudice and racism. Trying to do the simplest daily tasks like ordering at restaurants or shopping for clothes would turn into an everyday challenge for my father and I, employees would often misunderstand his broken English and turn to me for help, sometimes cussing out discriminatory names. Due to this, I can see blatant white privilege not just against hispanics but many other ethnicities and races as well. So when I heard about the DACA I knew I had to learn more.

In order for students to do their research, the teacher will provide students with excerpts from two texts (all fourth grade students across the district will be using these excerpts) ● The teacher will explain to students how to fill out the graphic organizer in order to prepare to the seminar. Text 1 Text 2 What do the two heroes have in

This learning activity has the students looking more deeply into their chosen book using a more critical mind rather than just enjoying the book for its basic story line. It has them taking note of what is happening at each stage of the book and why these events are taking place, then taking this information they have gathered and developing a written report to convey their thoughts and ideas in the book along with developing the skills necessary to produce a piece of writing that is easy to read and understand for the reader. This activity also has a lot of hidden features to the task, such as using the correct grammar, development of sentence structure and use of creative thinking to make the piece interesting to the reader.

After reading the book, I will guide the students in a discussion about the book. After asking each question, I will allow the students time to TPS.

When becoming a veterinary technician, one of the utmost important steps is to take appropriate courses in high school and college and afterwards get the correct licenses and certifications. For those, each state is a little different in which certifications they require in order to pursue a career as a veterinary technician. Whether you are planning to be a LVT (licensed veterinary technician), RVT (registered veterinary technician) or CVT (certified veterinary technician), depends on which state the tech lives in. New Mexico, along with many other states, currently registers and certifies vet techs, but they do not license them. The difference between certifying and licensing is that to be certified is just a statement of qualification, while