Explain to students that they are going to create a survival guide based on the book Hatchet. Students will need to choose a set number of major survival events from the novel and give a short summary of what happened. A good number of events for students to use is between five and eight.
On one side students will write a short summary of a survival event from the novel. On that same page, they will draw a picture of what happened. On the page across from that, they will then use their own point of view and put themselves in Brian’s situation. Then, they will write about they would do. They can do the same thing, or they can do something different. Make sure to explain to your students that they would not do the same thing in every instance. Also, make sure students know that they need to have a reasonable response to the situation. Go over reasonable and unreasonable responses.
Once students are done writing and illustrating their survival guides, have them color them. Also, have students give their survival guides a title. They can be creative and use whatever title that they like. After students have finished all of that, bind the books. You can use a stapler, or you can use a hole punch and yarn. If you use the hole punch and yarn, punch three holes along the margin and use small pieces of yarn to tie the pages together.
