We are international students studying English at the ISALC, Lewis & Clark College, in Portland, Oregon. We created this Hatchet Student Survival Guide in our Computer Applications class. Please click on the photo below to meet us. And click on the "Welcome Message" link to hear our greeting. Please continue by looking below the photo to find out more about this guide. Thanks for visiting!

How to use this guide:

You should use this Hatchet Student Survival Guide to help you understand the novel. Try to understand the main ideas in the novel without using your dictionary. However, if you must know the meaning of a word, follow these steps: Make a note of the chapter number and page number where the word is located. On our Web page, click on the chapter number, look for the page number, and you will probably find the word you need. There are definitions and photos to help you understand difficult vocabulary.

These are some special projects we did in class:

• We each chose a topic from Hatchet to research. Please see our Research Web pages!
  
  
• We tried to build a fire just like Brian and we did it! Please see pictures of us making a fire!
  
  
• We wrote our own ending to Hatchet. Please read our Chapter 20 essays!
  
  

Teacher's notes and materials:

• Hatchet Workbook (questions and activities) by Debbie Anholt
  
  
• "Tasks" Page (step by step assignments to complete this project) by Michael Krauss
  
  
• Rubric Template (for evaluating students' performance)

Credits - Thanks go to:

• The ISALC students, who all came to class almost every day, did all their homework almost all of the time, and never complained when their teacher didn't know all of the answers.
  
  
• Debbie Anholt, ISALC Core 300 Reading and Writing teacher, who worked with the students on Hatchet, wrote interesting questions for students to complete, organized all the vocabulary for the Web page, and challenged students to follow Brian's example of starting a fire with just sparks and kindling!
  
  
• Nancy Louise Rutherford, who has authored two excellent Student Survival Guides: To Kill a Mockingbird and Of Mice and Men. Nancy generously permitted us to use her guides as models, and agreed with us that producing a Hatchet Student Survival Guide would make a terrific student project!