Visualizing Hatchet

After finishing Hatchet, I divided my class into partners. I typed out the different chapters with ideas that were in them. The partners chose which chapter they were to become experts on. They reread their chapter using partner reading. I didn't just want to work on visualizing but incorporate language as well. They found examples of adjectives that helped describe the setting. They had to list the main events that happened in that chapter. Next, each student had to draw on a blank piece of paper the main setting of the chapter, including details and the "adjectives" they found in the chapter. When each partner was finished, they compared and contrasted their pictures writing down areas the other partner included or drew better, and who left off details etc. Then they were to brainstorm all the items they would need to make a diorama shoe box of their chapter's main event and detailed setting. They worked for three days working on their shoe box in class and the creativity and imaginations were great!