72 pages 2 hours read

Gary Paulsen

Hatchet

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1987

A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.

How to use

This resource can be used as supplemental teacher material or as a primary basis for literature study to:

  • draw students into a text with pre-reading questions and warm-up prompts, maintain engagement and promote analysis with free-writing or discussion, and assess knowledge and comprehension with quizzes.
  • ensure deeper understanding and enjoyment of the literature with activities for all learning types.
  • stretch students’ critical thinking and writing skills with differentiated essay topics.

Note to Teachers: To support lesson-planning, connections to the work’s primary theme topics are noted throughout this resource (Man versus Nature, coming of age, individualism, survival, changes in perspective, the wilderness).