Wow, I just got done grading the essay questions for my Hatchet group. While some of them were very technically correct. One student was even so brazen as to cross out "Essay" and write in "Easy"...it wasn't so "easy" if you put as much thought into your answer as most of the boys did. Much more than I would expect out of most fifth graders:
Ethan Schipp said, "It would change his life because he would actually have a break for once not having to hunt. He has food."
Jason Jaffe said, "The hatchet keeps him alive and maybe keeps him wanting to get out of there. This is because it reminds him of his mother. I think that's why he titled it Hatchet, because of both the tool and what it reminds him of."
After telling about all of the survival methods performed with the tool, Stefan Buba wrote, "His mom was the one who gave him the hatchet and that's how the story really started."
Emerson Halbleib said, "His whole personality changed in the book. He wouldn't have had as much knowledge, he wouldn't be as tough."
Thanks for a great experience, gentlemen! This was a lot of fun. Too bad we can't really go out there and try to survive--hopefully the knowledge of knots from the other day will help if you're ever in that situation.
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