Hatchet S1 L1

Open Ended

How can making a claim help guide your understanding of a story or text?

Multiple Choice

Why is it important to support your analysis of a text with evidence?

• It makes your argument more convincing and credible.

• It helps you write longer essays.

• It is required for all types of writing.

• It allows you to avoid reading the text closely.

Open Ended

Can you think of a time in your life when you had to persevere? What choices did you make that helped you to persevere?

Open Ended

What does it mean to persevere during difficult moments?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a requirement for the culminating task essay described in Activity 2?

• Analyze how Brian’s choices impact his ability to persevere.

• Explain how conflict develops character in each scene.

• Use only one text as evidence for your essay.

• Use appropriate transitions to clarify relationships among ideas.

Open Ended

What do you notice and wonder about the front and back cover of 'My Side of the Mountain' by Jean Craighead George?

Open Ended

What do you know about folktales?

Multiple Choice

Which sentence type contains two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses?

• Simple Sentence

• Compound Sentence

• Complex Sentence

• Compound-complex Sentence

Multiple Choice

What type of sentence is the first one in the mentor sentence: "The season has gone; what are you ploughing for now? The paddy is all planted out, and it is late"?

• Declarative

• Interrogative

• Exclamatory

• Imperative

Open Ended

What theme is conveyed through the boy’s experience in the story "The Story of the Lazy Boy: A Kachari Folktale"?

Open Ended

How does the conflict in the story contribute to the theme?

Open Ended

How do Sam’s responses to conflicts positively or negatively impact his ability to survive in "My Side of the Mountain"?

Open Ended

What questions do you still have about writing claims and supporting them with text evidence?

Open Ended

How would you write a claim to guide your analysis of a text and support it with text evidence?