Monday,
1/5/04 -- Eighth Grade
Copy homework into assignment
book.
Warm Up. Copy 1-5 into notebook.
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The Klondike region is a part of ____________.
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rice : paddy :: grapes : _______
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forestry : trees :: _________ : crops
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1929 : Great Depression :: 1861 : __________
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menu : restaurant :: __________ : library
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Name a book or a story by Jack London.
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What famous scientist is responsible for the phrase "survival
of the fittest"?
Pretest #12. (1-25)
Jack London (1876-1916)
"I would rather be ashes than dust!
I would rather that my spark burn out in a brilliant
blaze
Than it should be stifled by dry-rot.
I would rather be a superb meteor,
Every atom of me in magnificent glow,
Than a sleepy permanent planet.
The proper function of man is to live,
Not to exist."
(To stifle is to hold back or snuff out.)
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What exactly does Jack London mean by the last two lines?
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Do you agree? Why/not? If you can, give an example from your
life that shows it.
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There is a clue above that shows that Jack London probably
lived this philosophy. What is it?