Tuesday, 2/24/04 -- Eighth Grade
Warm Up. Copy 1-6. Be sure to punctuate #7 correctly.
  1. * illegal : dealer :: legal : _________
  2. * books : librarian :: events : ________
  3. * Doubting Thomas : skeptic :: idiosyncrasy : _________
  4. * optimism : pessimism :: conformist : __________
  5. * words : novelist :: notes : __________ (2)
  6. * soldier : civilian :: naïveté : _________
  7. Sentence Scramble: a) this hunting, fishing  b) to Buck  c) through strange places  d) and indefinite wandering  e) it was boundless delight
Subject/Verb Agreement II.

COW (9)

  1. (2) What two things "principally made up the load on the sled" for Thornton and Co?
  2. True or False. Since they could only eat what they killed, Thornton and Co. often went hungry.
  3. John Thornton and Co... a) found the Lost Cabin.  b) found gold.  c) didn't find anything.  d) found the mine, but it was a dud.
  4. What vision keeps returning to Buck as he sits by the fire?
  5. Which quote best sums up the first four pages of Chapter 7? (p747-p750) a) "The salient thing of this other world seemed fear." (p748)  b) "But in the end Buck's pertinacity was rewarded..." (p749) c) "To Buck it was boundless delight, this hunting, fishing, and indefinite wandering..." (p747)  d) "Sometimes he pursued the call into the forest, looking for it as though it were a tangible thing..." (p748)
  6. (2) Why was Buck able to catch the wild wolf?
  7. After Buck returns from his time with the wolf, why does he, for two days, never let Thornton out of his sight?  a) He loves Thornton so much.  b) He's trying to protect Thornton from the wolves.  c) Buck's afraid he'll leave for good.  d) He didn't like it out there.
Literary Terms I.
Copy, and give an example from COW for each.
  1. antagonist
  2. protagonist
  3. character v. character conflict (external)
  4. character v. self conflict (internal)
  5. character v. society conflict (external)
  6. character v. nature conflict (external)