Use this activity to engage all types of learners, while requiring that they refer to and incorporate details from the text over the course of the activity.

“Crabbe’s Wilderness Camp”

After reading about what Crabbe learns from his adventures--about himself, life, and the wilderness--students demonstrate their understanding of this character’s values by creating a brochure for a wilderness camp run by Crabbe.

Imagine that Crabbe enjoys his new job at the wilderness camp so much that he eventually decides to open his own wilderness camp for troubled teens. For this activity, you will make a brochure to advertise Crabbe’s camp.

Part One: Gathering Your Ideas

• Think of a name for the camp that conveys a moral value or life lesson that Crabbe thinks is important.
• Decide where the camp is located, what its goals are, and what activities it offers in order to achieve these goals. Your choices should reflect the values that Crabbe learns during his adventures and the activities that he engages in when he is learning about survival from Mary. You do not have to replicate these exactly, but your choices should be consistent with the ideas conveyed in Bell’s book.

Part Two: Creating Your Brochure

• Choose a layout for your brochure: where will you put the camp name, photos or illustrations of the camp’s location and amenities, and descriptions of the activities and the camp’s objectives?
• Find or create the illustrations you need.