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Survival

Survival. What similarities and differences exist among characters who survive in the wild?. Essential Question. What similarities and differences exist among characters who survive in the wild?. The Song of the Wandering Aengus.

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Survival

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  1. Survival What similarities and differences exist among characters who survive in the wild?

  2. Essential Question What similarities and differences exist among characters who survive in the wild?

  3. The Song of the Wandering Aengus A classical poem introducing a character’s pursuit of the unknown.

  4. Creative Writing Project • Read and trace character development of Buck in Call of the Wild through daily assignments including Edmodo discussions • Read another high adventure novel of your choice and respond to reading in literature circle format • Survival Jigsaw activities • Parts of Speech/Survival Tips • Write your own creative survival story

  5. Call of the Wild Anthropomorphism/Personification

  6. Eleven yrs. old - quit school and then worked at a wide range of labor jobs. • Fifteen – became an oyster pirate • Nineteen - returned to school, realizing it was far easier to sell his brain rather than continue to be a "work beast". • Twenty-oneSailed on Umatilla to the Klondike gold rush • Thirty-five - Prizewinning stockbreeder – scientific farmer • By Forty self-made millionaire • Forty - died of kidney failure Jack London

  7. The Call of the Wild: Introduction In a harsh and hostile environment like the Yukon Territory, survival is the ultimate challenge.

  8. The Call of the Wild: Background In August 1896, gold—and lots of it—was discovered in Rabbit Creek in the Yukon Territory of western Canada.

  9. The Call of the Wild: Background When news of the find reached the United States, the Klondike gold rush was on.

  10. The Call of the Wild: Background The gold prospectors, known as “Klondikers,” faced harsh conditions: • temperatures 20 degrees below zero • starvation and malnutrition • long journeys on foot • hundreds of pounds of supplies to transport

  11. The Call of the Wild: Background • About 100,000 people started out in hopes of reaching the Klondike River and finding gold. • Of these, only about 30,000 completed the trip. The rest either stopped somewhere along the way, turned around, or died. • Very few found their fortune, because locals had already taken most of the good claims.

  12. The Call of the Wild: Background The indigenous people of Alaska and Canada began using sled dogs more than 1,000 years ago. They depended on these dogs for • protection • transportation • hunting • companionship

  13. The Call of the Wild: Background In the late 1800s, settlers and explorers started using the dogs to help them explore remote areas, deliver mail, and look for gold.

  14. The Call of the Wild: Background Certain purebred dogs are commonly used as sled dogs. Siberian huskies Alaskan malamutes Samoyeds

  15. The Call of the Wild: Background Huskies, malamutes, and Samoyeds have a protective outercoat and an insulating undercoat, that helps them tolerate temperatures as low as –70° F.

  16. The Call of the Wild: Introduction If strength, courage, and adaptability are the keys to survival, then our protagonist, Buck, stands a pretty good chance.

  17. The Call of the Wild: Introduction When Buck is stolen from his comfortable home in California and sold as a sled dog, he ends up working in the bitter cold of Alaska and Canada.

  18. The Call of the Wild: Introduction It’s not just the climate that’s changed. The rules seem to be different, too.

  19. The Call of the Wild: Introduction In this new environment, Buck has to change the way he • sleeps • eats • relates to humans • interacts with other dogs

  20. The Call of the Wild: Introduction Buck is smart, tough, and alert. He learns quickly how to survive as a sled dog. He even challenges Spitz, the lead dog.

  21. The Call of the Wild: Introduction No sooner has Buck adapted, though, than things begin to change again. New owners, heavier loads, dangerously thin ice— none of these changes will make life any easier for Buck. Or will they?

  22. The Call of the Wild: Discussion Starters Discuss (1) The Call of the Wild is an unusual book because it is told from the point of view of a dog. • How do you think dogs view the world? • How does a dog’s perspective differ from a human’s? In what ways are the perspectives similar?

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