Plot
The beginning of a story where the characters and setting are introduced.
What paragraph is the setting described in?
Paragraph 7.
What is theme in a story?
The lesson of the story.
What can you infer Brian feels at the start of the story?
Hopeless because he does not know what his dreams mean.
What is a simile?
Comparing two unlike things using like or as.
Where does the setting take place in the story Hatchet?
In a cave, in the morning.
How does the author describe the setting in paragraph 10?
It describes the cave.
If you wanted to identify the theme of a story, who would you follow to track how they change?
Brian because he is the main character.
What is a metaphor?
Comparing two unlike things.
What paragraph does the climax occur in the story, "Hatchet"?
Paragraph 9 in the turning point of the story.
"When he threw the hatchet at the porcupine in the cave and missed and hit the stone wall it had showered sparks, a golden shower of sparks in the dark, as golden with fire as the sun was now." What type of figurative language is being used here?
Simile because the author compares fire to the sun.
Read his sentence from paragraph 11: "He swung harder, held the hatchet so it would hit a longer, sliding blow, and the black rock exploded in fire" What part of the plot is this scene?
It serves as the climax, because after this Brian begins to solve the problem.
What character traits would you give Brian? Why?
Brian is scared, brave, determined.
Identify the meaning of this simile.
"Trying to find my missing sock was like looking for a needle in a haystack."
What is the resolution of the story?
When Brian realizes he is not hopeless and can create fire with his hatchet.
In paragraph 10, the author describes the setting in detail. Why is this paragraph important to the story?
He discovers that the rock wall of the cave can make sparks
In paragraph 10-12, what is the theme of the passage?
Never Give Up
What can you infer happened to Brian's leg?
Identify a metaphor in the text from Hatchet.
"The hatchet was the key to it all."
What is the conflict of the story?
Brian is having a dream about his best friend but does not know what it means.
Why do Brian's dreams matter?
The dream provides clues to help Brian survive
What evidence from the text supports the theme "Never give up"?
"There could be fire here, he thought. I will have a fire here, he thought, and struck again—I will have fire from the hatchet."
What paragraph is the theme "Never give up" most evident?
Paragraph 12.
Identify the Simile in the text Hatchet.
He wiped his mouth and tried to move his leg, which had stiffened like wood.