7th Grade Common Core: W.7.2

With this writing prompt, students will write an explanatory text about a future job they might wish to have someday.

Using this printable, students will be prompted to write about the main character from the book Hatchet. Students must identify at least two character traits Brian has shown and support them with evidence from the text.

Students are prompted to write about the specific challenges Brian faces in regard to the setting he is in and how he responds to these challenges.

With this worksheet, students are prompted to write an extended response to a question about Nya's journey and survival in regard to the challenges she faces in chapters 1 through 3.

This writing prompt asks students to reflect on Brian's determination, as well as the general theme of determination in this section of the book.

This writing prompt for chapters 3 through 5 of Hatchet asks students to reflect on Brian's actions in regard to how they show responsibility and maturity, as well as what they reveal about his decision-making skills. Students will need to use specific examples and evidence from the text in their responses.

This extended response writing prompt asks students to reflect on Salva's experience and the challenges he faces in terms of his resilience and determination to survive.

Students will flex their imagination with this writing prompt. They are challenged to think of three items they would bring with them if they were in Brian's situation. In their responses, they will have provide clear reasoning for each item.

In this section of the book, Brian finally succeeds in making a fire. Students will reflect on this achievement, including how Brian himself describes it, with this writing prompt.

With this writing prompt, students will write about Salva's experience walking across the Akobo Desert. They will cite specific obstacles he faced and analyze how he responded to these challenges.

This writing prompt asks students to compare and contrast how Nya and Salva approach survival, as well as the challenges they face and their attitudes toward survival.

With this writing prompt, students will explore how Brian's confidence and survival skills have changed throughout the novel.

With this writing prompt, students will write about Brian's reaction to hearing the plane in chapter 12. Responses should include evidence from the text and 2 to 3 paragraphs.

Write about the specific ways Brian shows resilience in chapters 12 through 14 of the novel.

This writing prompt encourages students to think critically about how Nya's life has changed throughout the book and how these changes may impact her future and the other people in her village.

Students will write about how the first-person point of view used in Hatchet helps readers understand Brian's feelings, decisions, and growth.

With this writing prompt, students will explore how Salva's leadership skills and style have changed throughout the novel, along with the experiences and people who may have influenced these changes.

This extended response question prompts students to write about how Darry is different from the rest of the boys in the gang. Students will use textual evidence and consider why Darry's differences might be important to the novel's narrative.

This printout prompts students to write about the interaction that takes place between Bob, Randy, Cherry, and Marcia in chapter 3, focusing on its reflection of societal expectation of gender roles during the time period.

In chapter 4, Ponyboy and Johnny decide to run away rather than seek help from authorities or family members. With this extended response worksheet, students will consider how their socioeconomic status and family experiences likely shaped this choice.

In this extended response activity, students will describe the violent interaction in the park between the greasers and Socs. They will also explain how it differs from student disagreements today, how it is similar, and delve into the details of confrontation among groups.

Think about what is revealed about gender roles through the events of chapter 2. Use direct quotes as evidence to explain how female characters are viewed, spoken about, and treated by male characters in this part of the novel.

This writing prompt asks students to reflect on the significance of the argument between Darry and Ponyboy, describe the argument, and tell what it reveals about the characters.

This writing prompt asks students to write an extended response about the characterization of the book's narrator and his brothers. Explore relationships between Ponyboy, Sodapop, and Darry, and explain what they suggest about the family.

Use this writing prompt to help students understand situational irony as it is created by the moment when Ponyboy, Johnny, and Dally are praised by a teacher after the fire in chapter 6.

Use evidence from the text to write about Dally's actions in regard to taking risks to visit and help Ponyboy and Johnny in chapters 5 and 6.

With this activity, students are tasked with interpreting the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost, which is referenced several times throughout the novel. They will paraphrase each line of the poem and also create an illustration representing their interpretation.

In chapter 5, Ponyboy recites Robert Frost's poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay." With this prompt, students will write about its overall meaning and connection to the themes of the novel so far.

Discuss how Johnny's death affects Dally's emotions and decision-making, as well as Ponyboy's assessment of how Johnny and Dally's deaths will be remembered differently by society.

This writing prompt asks students to describe the events of Dallas Winston's death in their own words, explaining why he acts the way he does and what his ultimate intention was. Use examples from the text to analyze mood and imagery.

With this writing prompt, students will reread a passage from chapter 9. They will explain Ponyboy's feelings and how the passage develops a theme about identity, stereotypes, or social class.

Focusing on the hospital scene at the end of chapter 6, analyze how Ponyboy and Darry's relationship evolves over the course of the story. Explain what finally makes Ponyboy realize Darry loves him and what his words at the end of the chapter mean.

Explain why Johnny refuses to see his mother and what it reveals about him and his family relationships.

Explain the message Johnny leaves for Ponyboy and Dallas before he dies and how it helps to reveal one or more of the important themes in the novel.

Analyze Johnny's final words to Ponyboy: "Stay gold." Use details from the text to write about the symbolism of the phrase and Johnny's death scene as a whole, as well as how they connect to a central theme in the novel.

Your students will write about the mood of a specific scene from chapter 8, explaining how the author creates that mood through dialogue and actions.

With this creative writing prompt, students will pretend they are journalists assigned to write the newspaper article about the boys' heroic rescue of the children from the burning church.

At the end of chapter 11, Darry calls Ponyboy "little buddy." This writing prompt asks students to explain the significance of the nickname at that moment and analyze how the scene emphasizes the change in Darry and Ponyboy's relationship.

During Randy's visit, he insists Ponyboy did nothing wrong. Write about Ponyboy's response and how readers' knowledge contradicts it, as well as what kind of conflict Ponyboy is experiencing.

Explain what Ponyboy means when he says this quote at the end of the novel. Consider what the text is revealed to be within the scope of the story and the larger message the author is trying to communicate to readers.