Roots and Affixes
What vocabulary word means:
The inside of a room or building
interior
Who is the main character of the story?
Brian
What does it mean to be hopeful?
It is a feeling of optimism for the future.
What animal did Brian encounter?
Turtle
What does compare and contrast mean?
It means to compare something and describe its similarities and differences.
What vocabulary word means:
Having a grasp on a difficult situation
handle
Where does the story take place?
The wilderness of Eastern Canada. Modern time.
Would you be hopeful if you were in the same situation as Brian?
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Why could Brian not eat the turtle egg shells?
They were too leathery.
What are some words that an author might use when comparing and contrasting?
same, usual, different, but, etc
What are intervals?
What is Brian's problem in this chapter?
Now that he has the fire, his new problem is finding food.
Why do you think attracting attention with fire was so important to Brian?
Brian hopes that by sending up smoke, a search plane might see it and come to rescue him.
Who does Brian think is coming?
Searchers/Rescue people
"When he was in the shade of the trees breaking limbs the mosquitos swarmed on him, as usual, but when he came to the fire, or just near the shelter where the smoke eddied and swirled, the insects were gone.
What does the author contrast?
The author contrasts the difference in mosquitoes when Brian is near the fire.
banked.
What is the climax (most exciting part) of the story?
When Brian eats the egg.
Infer why you think it is important for Brian to "keep hoping."
The hope of rescue is what is keeping him going. He knows he can't survive on his own for too long. If he thought no one would come, then he would be doomed.
What made Brian feel rich?
Compare turtle eggs to chicken eggs.
Use the word regulate in a sentence.
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Describe Brian using character traits.
Motivated, thoughtful, resourceful, hardworking.
Based on Brian's realization about the smoke from the fire, what do you think he might do next after the end of the second selection from Hatchet?
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Why did Brian turn away from the eggs at the end of the story?
To stop himself from eating them all at once.
OR
To save some eggs for him to eat later.
Contrast turtle eggs to chicken eggs