Back to Leadership Theme Lesson Plan LT741 Introduction to Distance Education Lori Rook October 30, 2006
Objectives: •Indicator 1: Students are able to apply various reading strategies to comprehend and interpret text. •Indicator 2: Students are able to evaluate text structures, literary elements, and literary devices within various genres to develop interpretations and form responses.				Resources: •Hatchet by Gary Paulsen •Cessna Aircraft http://learntofly.com/cessna/aircraft.chtml • 5 Basic Survival Skills http://www.adventuresportsonline.com/5basic.htm •Taiga Biome http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/taiga.htm •Canadian Wildlife Report http://lr007.k12.sd.us/report.html •Map of Canada http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/reference/national/ can_political_e/referencemap_image_view
Student Actions: •read novel Hatchet as assigned •access website resources as assigned •participate in discussion board topics •complete wildlife report •work in groups to decide 10 survival items •complete evaluations •email 5^th grade buddies a book recommendation
Fun Activities: Suggested on the Discussion Board-still in progress		Projects: •Canadian Wildlife Report-typed and submitted over WebCT •10 Pocket Size Survival Items in groups
Evaluation: •3 Quizzes using WebCT •1 Final Test using WebCT			Discussion Board Topics: •What survival skill do you think is the most important for Brian to learn? •Brian thinks about the secret a great deal. What do you think the secret could be? •Why is it important to have hope when you’re in a difficult situation? •How did you feel when Brian is rescued so soon after he finds food, a gun, and other provisions? •How had Brian changed as a result of his fifty-four days in the wilderness? •What lessons do you think Gary Paulsen wants us to learn from this book?

I am envisioning this as a blended unit that my students could work through.

Some of it would be worked on during school time and other parts would be completed independently outside school.

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