What will happen in Hatchet by Gary Paulsen? Kids read a series of possible events that will occur in the novel and mark whether they agree or disagree with the probability of each event happening.

Concepts

hatchet, making predictions, reading comprehension

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Have kids come up with more of their own predictions, or make a list of predictions as a class
• Encourage kids to update their predictions as they read the book, noting the passages that support or disprove the predictions
• Use the strategy for other novels using your own true and false predictions

Classroom Considerations

• Resource contains some grammar mistakes

Pros

• Good intro activity for the novel
• Helps kids to use prior knowledge before reading

Cons

• None