CALL OF THE WILDBY JACK LONDON

Introduction

Do Now

PSAT – what did you think? What will you start doing to

prepare for the SAT next year?

Objectives

Vocabulary Review

Introduction to Call of the Wild

Analysis of Chapter 1 (pending time) Epigraph Characters Reading guide

Homework

Remember your vocabulary quiz is on Friday!

Read chapter 2, The Law of Club and Fang

Vocabulary Words

Extol Unparalleled Munificence Lucid Cerebral Cynical Austere Convoluted

Touted Paramount Recalcitrant Subservient Protégé Conciliatory Partisan

Definition of “being good”

What does “being good” mean to you? How does this behavior pertain

to you both at school and at home?

Does school “good behavior” differ from home “good behavior”? Why?

Introduction: Jack London (1876 – 1916)

Author, journalist and social activist Commercial magazine fiction was

flourishing – lower cost to produce

Naturalistic style of writing Conflict: man vs. nature and man

vs. himself

Believed in the philosophy of “survival of the fittest”

Introduction: Klondike Gold Rush(Yukon Gold Rush)

Frenzy of gold rush immigration to and for gold in Yukon, Canada

Gold was discovered in late 19th century

Introduction: Dogs/Wolves(Behavior)

Behavior Wolves are thought to be

dangerous – fostered through myths (killing humans, livestock)

Dog behavior is the collection of behaviors influenced by genetic, social, situational and environmental causes

Introduction: Dogs/Wolves(Pack Mentality)

Pack Mentality Wolves maintain order and put

themselves into packs lead by an alpha male or alpha female Beta wolf and omega wolf

Dogs respond to a human-dog relationships: human is the leader, the dog is the member Dogs travel in packs and will try to

“fit-in”

Call of the Wild

Epigraph Quotation, or poem that is set at

the beginning of a document which may serve as preface or summary

Old longings nomadic leapChafing at custom’s chain;Again from its brumal sleepWakens the ferine strain.