Hatchet

**Day 1 Reflection**
==**How would you feel leaving one parent behind? Is this a fair choice to make a kid decide? Have you ever flown on an airplane? If so, what was it like (be descriptive). If you could pick a "far off" destination to travel to, where would it be?**==

widget I couldn't leave one parent behind I just couldn't do it.And their is no way a good parent would make a kid decide.I have flown on countless airplanes countless times and with help flown a 4 seater.When I was in the planes I didn't feel scared even though I'm more scared of height's than anyone.I would go to Australia because it's exotic and lot's of animals live their as well as that they have some cool stuff.

Mario_basketball I would feel sad. I don't think it is a fair choice to make a kid decide what parent to live with when they get divorced. Yes I have flown on an airplane before to Florida with my grandparents. It was very exciting, my stomach felt funny when we took off. My ears popped, and that was weird. If I could go to a far off place, I would pick Alaska. I would want to go to Alaska to snowboard and go through the wilderness.

Spartan blame I probebly would be upset but if i had to travel away from my family i would be so upset but i could i would travel to my grandpa and his house at Whyoming cause i miss him so ,much

Mountain Dew I would be upset and really sad:'(:'(:'(!!!! No i dont think that the kid should decide it isnt fair for them at all!!!! Yes i have flown on 4 airplanes. It was exciting at first but then when we were in the air my ears were hurting badly. I didnt like being in the air or landing because my ear would pop! I would want to go to Calfornia because i never been there and i really want to!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ctpack20 I would feel really sad for the parent that got left behind and I would be sad that I would never get to see the other parent again. I don't think it would be fair for the kid to have to pick because it would be really hard. I think that the kid should be able to see both parents if it was even possible. Last time I was on a plane we were flying to Florida in the beautiful night sky. It is so much cooler to fly at night because like the whole plane is dark and spooky. If I could travel anywhere in the whole world I would go to Australia. I would go there because I would want to see all the animals and travel in one of those jeeps. My grandparents have been to Australia and they said that they would take me there one day.

Jumpster I don't think that I could leave one of my parents behind. I think that I would just be too sad to do it. I don't think that it is a fair choice for a kid, because it could lead to more problems. I think that it might make the other parent feel sad, and the other parent might think that you don't love them any more. No I've never been on a plane, but I wish that I could. It seems like it would be a lot of fun to ride in a plane. I heard that if you ride in a plane it helps to chew gum. If I could go where ever I wanted for as long as I wanted I would probably go to Jamaica. I would go to Jamaica because it looks like a lot of fun. My oldest sister went there and she said that she had a lot of fun.

**Day 2 Reflections:**

 * Have you ever been on your own for a day / night? What was it like having the freedom & responsibility of making good choices? What problems does Brian face? What is the worst problem so far? He finds a hatchet a hatchet. What one thing would you NEED / WANT to have with you if you were stranded in the wilderness?**

JUMPSTER Yes I have but when I first walked in the door I saw that the lamp was nocked down by the cats. I told my dad that and he didn't belive me and now I can't stay home alone. He by himself. Doesn't have any food. And he couldn't do anything. The worse is the moisquetois. I think the one thing is food.

spartan117 I possibly would never go travel of to any place without my parents it would be my huge as anything nightmare but yet my family and friends I wouldn't build enough courage to leave as also how sad I would be without them I cant even take 1 weekend with out my brothers and my main tool would be a rifle

=**mountain_dew**= Yes i have been alone but not for 1 night that would be a little creepy! Well I was responsible and every thing was fine but it was really fun to not have a parent to tell you things to do! He is on a stranded island and a alone but he has nothing to do eat,or drink it stinks for them. He had a lot of money in his pocket! I would bring food products well pizza lol! !!!!!!!!!!!

ctpack20, Yes I have been home by my self for a day when there was a snow day and my dad had to go to work. It was pretty fun because I didn't have to do anything or I could do something with the other people on our road.l Brian faces the problem of being alone in the woods near a lake. The worst problem so far is that he was driving the plain and it suddenly lost control and crashed. Brian also found a hatchet that he uses for survival. Well I would need shelter,food,and water but I would want a indoor basketball court to be able to play basketball. widget I haven't been on my own for one day or night.Brian faces many problems including starvation,not being found,and being sucked to death by mosquito's.His worst problem would probably not being able to survive and not being found.The tool he finds is a hatchet and really he had it all along he just realized he had it.It would probably be either a knife or a car (because of what you can salvage from the car and to travel far distances. mariobros I have never been on my own. Not even an hour. Brian faces a lot of problems including starvation, living in a shack, and being your blood sucked out of you by mosquito's. His worst problem would probably not being with his parents. His only tool is a hatchet, so far. I would like a cabin, for shelter. A bike to ride around.

The story is being told of Brian's past using flashbacks. Describe the use of these. Are they easy to follow, or have they been confusing to make sense of. Brian almost makes a mistake when he encounters a bear. What happens that actually turns out for the best during this encounter? Brian also has a dream during this reading selection. How might dreams be used to progress the story? What do you make of Brian's dream?
 * __Day 3 Reflections:__

spartan117 well this book had many shocking moments when you would least expect something brian uses most of his memory to try and stop himself from forgetting his past to remember his famiyy as he dose stay in the forest for 50 something days living on fish, meat that he found ,and turtle eggs .But still he was enthusiastic and had enough courage to slay a bear out un a tornado and to keep under water for a while

widget Brian has dreams and those are the flashbacks.One inspires him with making fire and one reminds him of the secret.They're very hard to make sense of.He runs away from the bear and the bear keeps eating berries.The dreams as I mentioned are the flashback point so they progress the stories well.Brian's dream makes sense because the secret is bothering him and he keep's having dreams about it.

ctpack20 Some of his flash backs are really hard to follow and you have to read it again and again before you can understand what it is talking about. Some of these flash backs will help him to grow as a young warrior that has just crashed a plain in the middle of nowhere which would be hard if you were a kid and you were on your own. Since Brian was alone he didn't know that some berries are bad for you. After a while he started to not feel so good. Then there was a giant black bear even bigger than in the zoo and Brian was right next to it and wasn't feeling good. All of a sudden he was trying to do anything and his feet just started running. He did not know what was going on and his brain was all screwed up because of the berries, well just the bad berries. What do you know,the berries actually saved his life and got him away from the bear that other wise was going to eat him whole. I think that sometimes his dreams are really confusing but some may help him survive and make him learn more about the secret.

JUMPSTER It helps you understand who he is and it helps you to get to know him. I think that they are easy to follow. At least for me. Brian starts to run away from the bear because his legs wouldn't stop. After a while his brain starts to take control and he realizes that if the bear wanted him he would of ate him. I think that it might come in play again later in the book. I think that it was weird, but that is just me.

Mountain_dew It helps to know so you know more about him! He is really weird because i think something intresting is gonna happen because it is getting different. I think the bear would have eat him if he wanted him! That is just what i think because when ever something bad happens he will always stay alive in the end or not!**

Some of his dreams and flash backs are confusing to follow and you have to reread it and reread it till you understand it. Some of these flash backs will help Brian to grow into a young warrior that has crashed into no-one-knows-where.**
 * mariobros


 * don't forget to add your day 3 entries here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Spartanblame __I would be horrified if I didn't have three simple items a hachet a rifle and some flint for fire

Text Connections Reflections:__** Connecting prior knowledge and experience to reading deepens comprehension. I would like you to explain one type of connection that you've made with the book you've been reading. **__List__ and __explain__ the __type of connection made__ & __answer how this helped you to understand the story better__.

The four types of connections are: Text-to-Text (T-T) These connections made between the text and you are reading and what you have read elsewhere.

Text-to-World (T-W) These are connections made between the text you are reading and the bigger issues and events going on in the world.

Text-to-Self (T-S) These are connections made between the text you are reading and your own experiences.

Text-Within-Text (T-W-T) These are connections made between the text you are reading and another section of the same text.

spartan117 Text to Text me I read a big amount of survival just about 10 minutes a day but me readng this book makes me feel the same way I always have at least 3 lonely days in every week. text to writing the main issue in the world is the war in Iraq I want the Government to stop the maddness and make peace and me I just am going to get better grades so In the future I can do something about it .Text to Self MY MOST greatest experiences was when I wasfishing and caught a huge bass

widget T-W.When he couldn't really control his legs I can't control my brain half the time.Also when he was poked by a porcupine I know a dog that was poked 4 times and still has marks!It helped me understand the story better when he said that his legs wouldn't listen then I thought about and it hit me,instinct.

Spartanblame I only realized one simple connection is when Brian felt extremly lonesome and i WOULD never be strong enough to up hold my self in the wild for the mini mum of the time Brian was in the woods for me I would need a huge house and some company.

JUMPSTER I'm doing T-W. This Kind-of reminds me of Survivor. In Survivor They have to try to survivor without anything. That to me is just like the book Hatchet. I think that if you watch survivor then were stuck in the middle of no where it would help you a lot. I think that I would play survivor, but I wouldn't do anything like Brian. I think that every body would agree.

mountain_dew I did T-W and it also reminds me like Survivor because they are stranded on an island and they have to get there own food just like Brian needs too! It would be scary if I was Brian because he is alone and Brian isn't. I would rather do Survivor because more people are with you, but they won't always be on your side!** mariobros I am doing T-W. I watch Survivor too. In Survivor they are stranded on an island and they have to get their own food. (On March 7th one of the girls there caught a baby shark.) But it would be difficult with everybody yelling constantly. ctpack20 Well in the book Brian crashes a plain and gets lost. In real life I have never crashed a plain but I have gotten lost many many times! Also in the book Brian finds a hatchet that helps him survive but in my part of the connection I go up to the front desk at the hotel and I get a room key, this helps me to survive by not being left out in the cold without any food. Where Brian got lost was in the woods near a lake and that was the same with me because I was snowboarding and went down the wrong hill that lead me to the other side of the snow hills. Thats my text to life connection story!!!!!!

**Day 4 WIki Response**
==**Brian seems to be putting things together to successfully survive living alone in the wilderness. Describe a time when you overcame an obstacle through sheer mental effort or will. He has to "invent" tools to help him hunt and fish. Tell about a time when you invented something, and how did it turn out? He finally enjoys success through his hard work and efforts to hunt and fish. Have you ever been fishing? How does Brian's experience compare to yours? Mountain_dew Well when I was little I wanted to ride a bike and my parents wanted to help me out but when ever I fell i would get mad at them for no reason until I was outside and I had high hopes I could do this I did do it I was so proud of myself! I did go fishing and it wasn't easy the first time. It was sorta hard!!**== spartan117 when I was sleding there was a big tree stump in my way I had no idea that it was there so when I biffed it I reallized that I had to make a obstacle to slide over it so I packed snow and repeated for a while the packed and smoothed it out then it worked like a charm I slided down for hours until I wore out the packed snow.

ctpack20 When I was first learning how to snowboard it was so hard and was hard to balance. Now I love snowboarding and go about 3 to 5 times a year. If you try it and it is really hard do not quit because soon you will get a lot better and it will be really fun to do. Well when I was about 7 or 8 years old I could not dunk because the lowest my hoop could go was 6 feet. So I didn't have a skate board ramp, I made one out of wood with a big wood walk way to run up and dunk.

Jumpster I always have to do something that is hard to do. Well learning how to do something can be an obstacle. Well one time when I was trying to learn how to do a back flip in the air on the trampoline it was very hard to do. But I finally learned how to do it by putting a lot of my effort in to it. One time my friend and I were trying to make darts for my dart board and it didn't really work that well. I ave been fishing before and it was fun. The only time that it wasn't fun was when we went fishing on lake Michigan because the time that we went the waves were huge and I got sea sick. Then, they told me to lay down so I did but then a huge wave came and got the boat soaked which got me soaked. I think that Brian enjoys fishing more than we know because he gets a wonderful reward out of it. widget I haven't really overcome an obstacle with sheer mental effort or will but I have "invented" something,and it was a good thing for catching fish.I distracted the fish and since they were so curious they came pretty much to touching me which made anyone elses job easier.I had cut out a piece of netting from some sack and while I would distract the fishys someone would come behind them and drop it in sorrounding the fish and making them beach themselves or leap out into a net that another person would have just above the surface and we caught at least thirty fish using the method. mariobros I have been fishing before and it is quite hard at first. Then when you get use to it it's fun. I've been getting better at doing front flips. I haven't really overcome an obstacle with sheer mental effort or will

**Day 5 Response Questions:**
==**Brian is starting to get good at doing what he needs to survive. What are some things you think you do particularly well? What could you improve on in your own lives? Does Brian have any sense of hope of being rescued? Should he plan to be rescued or better spend his time planning on how to survive the winter?**== spartan 117 well im good at football when I stunk at it at the beginnig of the year I couldn't even nock down a dummy then I started getting more and more pressured then I tackled like crazy and my coach put me as 4 back of the team on offence I even got to run the ball

Mountain_dew Well one time i went camping i was going with the Wades and so we just lived in tents by a lake and what we did to eat the fish is exactly like Brian did we sharpened the end of a stick and went out in the lake and we stabbed them. It was sorta gross but fun! So Brian and I had the same experience but Brian had to work a lot harder because it was just him!

ctpack20 I think that I'm good at making fires by my self, by getting little branches out of the wood and throwing them in to the fire pit. I think I could improve on doing my home work right after school instead of waiting to do it at night. Also by doing more chores. I think that he should start thinking about how to survive in the winter. Also Brian really wants to be rescued but he is getting to like all of the stuff he is getting. mariobros I think that I am good at making fires by myself, by picking twigs and little braches out the wood and throwing them into the fire pit. I think that he should start thinking about how to survive in the winter. I don't think that he is planning to be rescued. Jumpster I think that I'm good at making fires by myself. I would want to improve on not being scared when I'm by myself at home. I don' think that he is planning on being rescued. I also think that he should plan on surviving during winter.

widget I think I would be doing just about everything as well as he would be besides maybe faster.I think I will improve on not being so sad being home alone.Hes not planning on being rescued because a plane already didn't see him.I think hes going to have to plan differently for winter.

The novel ends with a reunion. What discovery did Brian make about himself during the choices & trials he faced? How was the setting & ending different than if the novel took place in the 1960's instead of today? What was the author's purpose for writing Hatchet? How much did you enjoy the novel? What was your favorite part?** spartan117 well I think that the author was trying to point out that Brian was able to do all those sort of things
 * __Day 6 - 6 questions to answer__

**CTPACK20**
I think that this has made him a better person and a more self cofident person. The discovery that Brian made was he had found the plane under water with the captain in side of it, the captain was dead! He discovered that he was a way better person and way stronger by him self. If it took place in the 1960's than there would not have been a plane for Brian to fly and crash. I think that the authors purpose of writing this was to tell you that if you are lost or alone than you can still survive. I really enjoyed this novel but I think that the novel some what lost me in the middle because it waws just talking about how he could survive and I thought it was a little boring in the middle. My favorite part was at the end of the book when Brian found out that the captain was dead on the plane this whoile time and hen he was searching in the plane. It was really exciting towards the end! mariobros I think that this has made him a more self-confident and a better person.

I think that Brian is now a stronger person. Life wise and he will become strength wise later. It would be different because there probably wouldn't have a transmission. And the planes would probably not be as good. He was probably trying to say that anything can happen. And that anything is possible. On a scale of 1-10 I would give it a 10. My favorite part was when the plane was about to crash then it did. ** widget He made a discovery that he was much more careful than he thought he was.I think the authors purpose for writing Hatchet was to show people what others can do and I think it was based on a true story because it told about him in the epilogue.I enjoyed the novel a lot in the last couple chapters and I liked when he got rescued.The setting and ending would be different because where that was I think theres not that much wildlife there anymore and they wouldn't have rescued him so easily.
 * JUMPSTER

Mountain_dew Well to me I think the auther wrote this book because he can tell people that if you get stranded on an island that you can stay alive on it and work hard and to use the tools like Brian did because that is how hard he worked because he never died because he knew he could do it! My favorite part was when he got rescued because he would be in a better place for himself and his family was probably worried!