The Hatchet chapter 5 assignment is to describe, clearly and in detail, your favourite part of chapter 5. Then you need to explain, thoroughly, WHY it is your favourite part. This task will help you learn and use the comprehension strategy of evaluating. When you use this strategy, you are giving your opinion and making a judgement about what you are reading.

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While reading chapter 1 of Hatchet, 5AE students created "thick" and "thin" questions.

Thin questions are also called "literal" questions. There is one right answer which is found in the text.

Thick questions are those that include "inferential" and "evaluative" questions. Inferential questions require us to hypothesize at an answer and to infer, based on what we read. This is also called "reading between the lines". For an evaluative question, you need to provide your opinion or you need to explain something. With "thick" questions, there is no one correct answer that can be found in the text.

Students are encouraged to create "thick" questions, as they read, to become more involved in the ...