Call of the Wild

Introduction

Unit Goal:

Students will interpret the literary piece “Call of the Wild” AND Students will preview, predict, comprehend, evaluate, synthesize, and discuss the meaning of the novel.

Students will understand the big ideas of the theme.

 

Jack London- The Author

The BOOK:

CALL OF THE WILD

Task

SKILLS & TASK

Identify main idea
Identify and explain information directly stated in the text
Summarize and paraphrase the text or a portion of the text
Make inferences
Draw Conclusions
Identify and analyze the organizational pattern of a text
Identify and analyze conflicts
Analyze relationships between and among characters, setting, and events
Analyze characterization
Analyze point of view

Lessons in this theme relate to the following guided questions:

What factors influence a person‟s decisions?
How do the choices I make today affect me and the world around me?
How do the choices I make influence the person I become?
How does reading help me gain greater insight about the choices I make?

 Know you words!!! This is our Call of the Wild Main Vocab List:

a.      unwonted

b.      vilely

c.      assailed

d.      metamorphosed

e.      latent

f.       primordial

g.      appeasingly

h.      courier

i.       fastidiousness

j.       domesticated

k.      dominant

l.       precipitate

m.     score

n.      marauders

o.      daunted

p.      covert

q.      insubordination

r.       coveted

s.       obdurate

t.       exertion

u.      salient

v.      callowness

w.     slovenly

x.      chronic

y.      callous

z.       entice

aa.    transient

bb.    impede

cc.     exploit

dd.    indiscreet

ee.    fare

ff.      obliterated

gg.    tangible

hh.    pertinacity

ii.      prowess

jj.      formidable

kk.     carnivorous

ll.      rampant

mm. paroxysm

nn.    usurp

Using the worksheet (in pairs) Label & Identify the following:

The syllables,pronunciation,part of speech,definition,& create a sentence/example for each word above.

Sample Vocabulary Words and Technology Related Lessons (Using Wordle)

 

Process
  1. Know the goals & write them down in your note book

  2. Identify all the chapters and write down vocabs found in each chapter on your worksheet

  3. Know your characters

  4. Keep track of your reading (use your reading log-10-15 points worth)

  5. Write a half page prediction based on the COTW story

  6. Write down all vocabulary (must know) and Read daily (Use your shared pdf story (85 pages)

  7. Due after mid term---Research about the Author, Jack London (add picture, Biography, and list of other books written)

CREATE A Vocabulary Foldable Teacher Directions

Vocabulary Foldable Teacher Directions

Parts of a
Vocabulary
Foldable

On Top of Flap:
!"Word
!"Illustration

Under Flap:
!" Sentence
!"Definition


1. The first time your students do this activity, use the 2-page Labeled
Vocabulary Foldable pattern. Run it off front to back so that the dotted
lines fall on each other. After your students know what to do, you can use
the Plain Vocabulary Foldable which only takes a single sheet of paper.


2. Have students fold their papers in half the long way and cut on the four
dotted lines to form five flaps.


3. Choose 5 vocabulary words to introduce to your students. Have them
write one word on the outside of each flap in the top triangle.


4. Use a variety of strategies to teach the words to your students. You can
assign each team one word to look up and teach to the class, or you can
teach the words yourself. Give examples of definitions and how you use
each word in a sentences. You can even have students role play the words
or play charades to have them guess each word.


5. After you have introduced each word, give students time to complete the
other three sections of the flap. In the bottom triangle, under the word,
have them draw a symbol or picture that will help them remember the
word. Then have them open the flap and write the definition and a
sentence. See examples below.


6. When all the flaps are completed, allow some time for students to share
their pictures and sentences with their team or with the class.

Evaluation

1. In the beginning of Chapter I, how is Buck described? Based on this description, how do you think he will deal with the
hardships of the Yukon Territory? Which of his traits will serve him well in his new life? Which will he have to abandon to survive?


2. What important lesson did Buck learn from the man with the club? What is meant by the line, “It was his introduction to the reign of primitive law, and he met the introduction halfway.”?


3. How did François begin to earn Buck’s respect? From the description of this incident, predict what Buck’s relationship


will be with “a big, snowy-white fellow from Spitzbergen.”
4. What is the significance of the title of this chapter?

RUBRICSTAR (personalized based on class needs and indepth understanding on this book/theme/unit)

 

Conclusion

CALL OF THE WILD by JACK LONDON

SWBAT :

Recall and Interpret

Analyzing Literature

Connect(Making Meaning)

Author Study

(Research/Biography Research)

Credits
Teacher Page

CHAPTER 1: Vocabulary

Arbors- n. vines                                           

Aristocrat- n. wealthy person                                          

Array- n. an orderly arrangement

Artesian well- n. a well drilled through impermeable layer to reach water capable of rising to the surface by internal hydrostatic pressure

Calamity- n. disaster                                      

Cayuses- n. small Western horses used by cowboys                               

Conciliated- v. made friends with

Conveyance- n. means of transportation          

Culprit- n. a person guilty of a crime                                                      

Demesne- n. lands of an estate                     

Docilely- adv. Yieldingly to treatment or handling                                  

Dominion- n. the exercise of control Genial- adj. friendly                                     

Impending- v. likely or due to happen                                                     

Imperiously- adv. Urgently Incurious- adj. not curious                                

Insular- adj. Isolated; detached                                                      

Kindred- n. family Latent- adj. present or potential

Legion- n. a large number

Metamorphosed- v. changed or transformed

Paddocks- n. enclosed fields in which horses are exercised

Populous- adj. many people

Primitive- adj. very basic Progeny- n. children

Prowess- n. superior ability

Revelation- n. something revealed or learned

Ruction- n. quarrel or noisy disturbance

Sated- adj. fully satisfied

Slaver- n. saliva Soliloquized- v. talked to one’s self

Square-head- n. slang a

Scandinavian or a German

Tidewater- n. seacoast

Treachery- n. betrayal

Uncowed- adj. not frightened

Unwonted- adj. unusual     

Weazened- adj. wizened; shriveled; withered

Wheedlingly- adv. attempting to persuade

More Vocabulary followed by each lesson