TTO1-ENA-2024/2025 - Hatchet

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Class reader

Hatchet is a 1987 young-adult wilderness survival novel written by American writer Gary Paulsen. 

It is the first novel of five in the Hatchet series. 

compass

flashlight

tent

axe

map

firewood

matches

Big Dipper

backpack

binoculars

oil lamp/lantern

water bottle

leaves

tree

hiking boots

knife

constellation (stars)

fire

New vocabulary

In random groups of four, compare your five words and look for overlaps. 

Each group chooses 3–5 of the most challenging words and writes definitions in your own words.

Swap your words and definitions with another group, who must match them correctly.

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Final assignment

1. Answer questions about the book

2. Short writing assignment

One lesson

(grade)

Sample questions

1. Where will the main character live in the summer / winter?

2. What was the first food that the boy found?

3. What animal stumbles into his shelter?

Sample questions

1. In the summer at his father's home, in the winter at his mother's home

2. Red berries

3. A porcupine

Hatchet - Let's keep reading...

Homework

• read until p. 96
• Take brief notes about what happened in each chapter
• write down at least 5 new/difficult words AND their translations

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New vocabulary

In random groups of four, compare your five words and look for overlaps. 

Each group chooses their BEST new words (2-3) and give their translation.

Share with the class (write them on the whiteboard)

Animals

Which animals are mentioned in the book Hatchet?

mosquitoes

porcupine

bear

turtle(eggs)

fish

foolbird (ruffed grouse)

Hatchet - Let's keep reading...

Homework

• finish the book
• Take brief notes about what happened in each chapter
• write down at least 5 new/difficult words AND their translations
• Next lesson: SO Hatchet

Hatchet lesson plan: TTO1

1. Read Ch 1 - HW Ch 2-3

2. Read Ch 4 - HW Ch 5-6

3. Read Ch 7 - HW 8-9-10

4. Read Ch 11 - HW 12-13-14

5. Read Ch 15 - HW 16-17-18

6. Read Ch 19 finish - HW questions

Final assignment is summative SO?

Next year:

words Hatchet ch. 7-12 TTO1a

gorge/cram "kloof of prop"

crude ruw

rivulets beekjes

abdomen buik(spieren?)

dawl(dawdle) treuzelen

kindling aanmaakhout

exasperation ergernis

quills stekels

growl grommen

Next year:

words Hatchet ch. 7-12 TTO1b

gorge proppen/overeten

mosquito mug

reposition herpositioneren

abdomen buik

speckled "gestipt"

diminish verminderen

exasperation ergernis

quills stekels

ridge bergkam

discovery uitvinding