Curated OER
Musher Madness
Young scholars discover facts about Iditarod racing. For this language arts lesson, students create a class musher picture dictionary selecting terms from the Musher Term list. Additionally, young scholars create a class picture...
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Celebrating the Harvest
Students complete a webquest of how people celebrate the harvest around the world. In this harvest lesson plan, students present their research to the class.
Curated OER
Hatchet: A 4th Grade Literacy Focus Unit
Fourth graders discuss the story "Hatchet" after the story is read. For this literacy lesson, 4th graders explore various habitats researching the characteristics about each, complete a Venn Diagram comparing their habitat with the...
Curated OER
Learning Festival
Fifth graders at this age are very interested in the adventures of knighthood and life in the past, so the unit will serve as a basis for teaching skills while maintaining high interest.
Curated OER
The 2007 Iditarod: "Timeline"
Middle schoolers examine the timeline of the Iditarod Race in Alaska. Creating their own timeline, they add events of importance to their lives. They must have accurate dates and able to read the timeline once it is completed. They share...
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How's the Weather
"How's the Weather?" is an exercise that combines science and math as students graph the weather along the Iditarod Trail. They complete a double-line graph of the weather of a chosen checkpoint over the course of one week. Students...
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The Journal of a Civil War Soldier
Fifth graders write a response in their journals about the fictional thoughts of a Civil War soldier. They use specific web sites in order to research the life of a soldier during the Civil War.
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Understanding Genres
Young scholars identify genres of literature. In this literature instructional activity, students read definitions of the various genres. Young scholars choose books and list clues in the texts that help them identify the appropriate genre.
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: The Official Gary Paulsen Website
The Official Gary Paulsen Website! Contains biography, a library of Paulsen books, pictures from his book tours, and a question and answer area.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Gary Paulsen Lesson Plans
This resource focuses on several of Gary Paulsen's novels. There are resources at the different links featuring lesson plans, activities, teaching guides and more.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Gary Paulsen
This resource provides an overview of the life of Gary Paulsen. It also includes a transcript to an interview conducted with Paulsen and book reviews done by students.
Other
Author Profiler: Gary Paulsen
This biography of author Gary Paulsen gives a lot of unique, hard-to-find information about his career and life. You can also find a photograph of this author within this resource.
The Best Notes
The Best Notes: Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
This is an online study guide/notes for the novel Hatchet by Gary Paulsen including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
Chase Young, PhD
Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Gary Paulsen's Lawn Boy [Pdf]
A reader's theater script for Gary Paulsen's children's book, Lawn Boy, is provided on these pages. Nine character roles are needed in this activity.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Teaching Imagery With Gary Paulsen
Uses excerpts from Gary Paulsen's memoirs as examples of imagery in personal narratives. Includes detailed lessons and PDF files of handouts and evaulation rubrics.
The Book Report
Teen reads.com: Gary Paulsen
Read about Gary Paulsen's life which has inspired so much of his popular fiction. Be sure to follow the links below his portrait to reviews of some of his newer titles.
TES Global
Blendspace: Nightjohn by Gary Paulsen
A learning module with sixteen links to an image, a website, and texts to use while reading Gary Paulsen's Nightjohn.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Kids Books Authors: Gary Paulsen
A website dedicated to Gary Paulsen's biography. Learn about the author of children's books such as the Hatchet Series.
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McGraw Hill
Glencoe Literature Library: "Hatchet" Study Guide [Pdf]
Great study guide for Gary Paulsen's "Hatchet," complete with pre-reading materials, including an author biography and vocabulary preview, brainstorming activities, thought-provoking questions about plot, theme, and character, and...
Books in the Classroom
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: The Foxman
Have you ever read the book "The Foxman" by Gary Paulsen? This site features a review of the novel and points to ponder as you discuss it with your students. It also provides several links and a list of related books.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Companion to Gary Paulsen's Hatchet
[Free Registration/Login Required] The flipchart is meant to be used before during and after reading Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. It includes introduction material as well as discussion topics during reading and assessment questions after...
Other
Educational Paperback Association: Gary Paulsen
A brief biography with a picture is followed by citations of work by and about this popular author.
TES Global
Tes: Hatchet Timeline, Story Grammar, and Conflict Resolution
[Free Registration/Login Required] TES provides a downloadable resource for Gary Paulsen's novel, Hatchet. Graphic organizers are provided to help students analyze the characters, conflicts, and, and grammar connected to Hatchet.
Kids' Wings
Texas Bluebonnet Books: "My Life in Dog Years"
Gary Paulsen's autobiography, "My Life in Dog Years" can be enriched through the activities offered at this website!
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