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Prewriting

1. DQ: Which makes a better story fiction or non-fiction?

2. What do I already know about Brian and Donn? (notes only no sentences)

1.__Berries__________________________________________________

Details: Details:

2._Both saw bears and moose

(plural?)___________________________________________________

Details: Details:

Similarities Compare

3.__Both saw survival plane.__________________________________________________

Details: Details: Saw survival plane but it did not see him.

Brian ate berries/ other

things, but was there for 54

days

Don there for only 9 days

Don ate berries

Was always on the move and only was

there for nine days

did not have the chance to eat anything

else.

Brian saw a bear once, ran

away

also saw a family of bears

and went away

Don saw bear and stood very

still.

Saw survival plane

Went to get signal, but

plane was gone

1.___Area_________________________________________________

Details: Details:

Stuck in northern Canadian woods. Stuck on Mount Katahdin.

2._Method of survival___________________________________________________

Details: Details:

Stayed in one place and lived there

For a while.

3._Accomplishments___________________________________________________

Details: Details:

Differences - Contrast

3. What do I need to know?

Do not use complete sentences and do not reopen your internet.

Add any additional notes that you need.

Drafting (Select the prewriting ideas you want to use. Use your stylus and

number them in the order that you want to use them. Put each idea in its own

sentence. Have at least 7 sentences.)

1. They both ate berries that helped them survive.

2. Don kept on moving and would eat strawberries whenever he saw them,

yet Brian also ate many other things, but he was there for 54 days and

stayed in one place, so he had more time

3. What I think makes both stories unique is that they both had personal

accomplishments, such as Brians many accomplishments, the most

important ones included hunting, making his own shelter and sticking to

positivity

4. Don made his way to civilization instead of people finding him, but other

than that, the only thing is that he had enough endurance to keep on going

and not eat berries that would make him sick.

5. When youre stuck in the wilderness, you better have a method of how

youre going to live, and that is why this is the most crucial reason I chose

one of these stories to be better than the other.

6. Donn went to go find civilization and endure the whole way there, but

there are ways he could have done it better, like Brian did.

7. Brian stayed in one spot and made shelter there, which gave him more

time to develop a life style, and he did live better because he had a plan;

however, I fully respect Don because Don is a real person, I mean, think

about it; Brian is bulletproof compared to Donn.

Revising (Copy and paste your drafting sentences. Keep them as a numbered list.

1. Now, work on making a sandwich revise your sentences that will be your

introduction and conclusion.

2. Be sure in the body sentences that you have lots of specific detail. Add material

as needed.

3. Make your first word in each sentence red. (Check to see that you use a variety

of sentence starters and use comparison/contrast transitions.)

4. Remember that you must have at least one of each type of sentence. Mark

them. (interrogative, imperative, exclamatory, declarative)

Let us talk about a classic battle, the battle between fiction and non-fiction.

For instance, take the legendary stories Lost Trail and Hatchet.

1. They both ate berries that helped them survive.

2. In essence, Donn (from Lost Trail) kept on moving and would eat strawberries

whenever he saw them, yet Brian (Hatchet) also ate many other things, but he

was there for 54 days and stayed in one place, so he had more time.

3. What I think makes both stories unique is that they both had personal

accomplishments, such as Brians many accomplishments, the most important

ones include hunting, making his own shelter and sticking to positivity.

4. Uniquely, Donn made his way to civilization instead of people finding him, but

other than that, the only thing is that he had enough endurance to keep on going

and not eat berries that would make him sick.

5. When you are stuck in the wilderness, you better have a method of how you

are going to live, and that is why this is the most crucial reason I chose one of

these stories to be better than the other.

6. Donn went to go find civilization and endure the whole way there, but there

are ways he could have done it better, as Brian did.

7. Brian stayed in one spot and made shelter there, which gave him more time to

develop a life style, and he did live better because he had a plan; however, I fully

respect Donn because Donn is a real person, I mean, think about it; Brian is

bulletproof compared to Donn.

8. I think that Hatchet is the better book of the two, because I feel like I learned

more from Brians story Hatchet than I did from Donns story Lost Trail, but which

do you think is better?

Editing (Check the following after you have done it.)

_____ Select and run spell check and grammar check on revising sentences.

Evaluating (Check the following after you have done it.)

_____Read aloud to a partner.

_____ Have your partner read your sentences back to you.

_____ Have your partner comment on the following. Revise as they give

you feedback.

Did you answer the driving question?

Have you made a sandwich?

Do your details catch the interest of the reader?

Is your summary easy to follow?

Does your writing sound like you? Did you use words that you normally would use? Is your writing easy to read? (check long sentences and awkward sentences)

Publishing (Copy and paste your revised sentences in this space. Then, put your sentences into a paragraph. Please double space. Indent first line. Be sure to center and capitalize your title.)

The Battle of Opinions

Let us talk about a classic battle, the battle between fiction and non-fiction. For instance,

take the legendary stories Lost Trail and Hatchet. They both ate berries that helped them survive.

In essence, Donn (from Lost Trail) kept on moving and would eat strawberries whenever he saw

them, yet Brian (Hatchet) also ate many other things, but he was there for 54 days and stayed in

one place, so he had more time. What I think makes both stories unique is that they both had

personal accomplishments, such as Brians many accomplishments, the most important ones

include hunting, making his own shelter and sticking to positivity. Uniquely, Donn made his way

to civilization instead of people finding him, but other than that, the only thing is that he had

enough endurance to keep on going and not eat berries that would make him sick. When you are

stuck in the wilderness, you better have a method of how you are going to live, and that is why

this is the most crucial reason I chose one of these stories to be better than the other. Donn went

to go find civilization and endure the whole way there, but there are ways he could have done it

better, as Brian did. Brian stayed in one spot and made shelter there, which gave him more time

to develop a life style, and he did live better because he had a plan; however, I fully respect

Donn because Donn is a real person, I mean, think about it; Brian is bulletproof compared to

Donn. I think that Hatchet is the better book of the two, because I feel like I learned more from

Brians story Hatchet than I did from Donns story Lost Trail, but which do you think is better?