The Call of the Wild Jack London Vocabulary and Notes

Theme: Survival of the Fittest What does survival of the fittest mean? _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________

Chapter 1: Into the Primitive Vocabulary 1. dignity: ______________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ 2. locomotive:___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ 3. savage: ______________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ 4. crate: ________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ 5. club: ________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________

Chapter 1 Notes Major Character/s:________________________________ Minor Character/s: ________________________________ ________________________________________________ Setting: ________________________________________ Conflict: Man vs. Man _____________________________ Word Bank: Manuel, dogsled, ranch, red sweater, Perrault, Spitz Notes: Buck was a _________ pet at Judge Miller’s house. _________, the gardener, stole Buck. Buck was beaten by the man in the _____ _________ until he gave up. “A man with a club is a law giver.” ____________ purchased Buck for his ___________ team. ____________ was whipped for stealing Buck’s food.

Chapter 2: The Law of Club and Fang Vocabulary 1. civilization: ________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ 2. primitive: __________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ 3. dispatch: __________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 4. ambition: ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 5. courier: ___________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ 6. ancestor:_________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________

Chapter 2 Notes Major Character/s:___________________________________________________ Minor Character/s: __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ Setting: ___________________________________________________________ Conflict: Man vs. Man_______________________________________ _________ Word Bank: ice, dogs, snow, Curly, dogsled team, food Notes: Buck learned to avoid dogfights after he watched _________ get killed in a dogfight. Buck learned several new ways to adapt and survive: to be part of a _________ __________, dig a hole in the ________ to sleep, and steal _________ without getting caught, how to break off ________ to drink, and how to fight with other ___________. What is “The Law of Club and Fang”? ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________

Chapter 3: The Primitive Beast Vocabulary 1.rival : ___________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ 2. rage: ____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ 3. wounded: ________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. harness : ________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ 5. cunning: _________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 6. mutiny:___________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 7. revolt: ___________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________

Chapter 3 Notes Major Character/s:__________________________________________________ Minor Character/s: __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ Setting: ___________________________________________________________ Conflict: Man vs. Nature_______________________________________ Word Bank: attacked, Thirty Mile River, imagination, fight, huskies, Dolly Notes: Spitz and Buck began to ____________ when Spitz stole Buck’s nest. The camp was attacked by starving _________________ from a nearby Indian village. This delayed the fight between Spitz and Buck. Spitz ______________ Buck while he was fighting the huskies. When the team reached the ________________________, they had to wait for the ice to freeze over. _______________ went insane from rabies and attacked Buck. Francois killed Dolly. Buck’s ____________________ was one of his strengths when it came to killing Spitz during this chapter. What do you think the author’s opinion of Buck was? What did he think of Spitz? Which dog do you think London liked better? ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________

Chapter 4: Who Has Won to Mastership Chapter 5: The Toil of Trace and Trail 1.bitterness: __________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 2.staggered: __________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 3. halted: __________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 4. vigorously: __________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 5. criticism: __________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 7. mongrels: __________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________

Chapter 6: For the Love of a Man Vocabulary 1. loafing: __________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 2. genuine: __________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 3. ideal: __________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 4. caress: __________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 5. shrewd: __________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 6.reputation: __________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________

Chapter 4 Notes Major Character/s:_______________________________________________________________ Minor Character/s: ______________________________________________________________ Setting: _______________________________________________________________________ Conflict: _______________________________________________________________________ Word Bank: Notes: Sol-leks, Scot, Dave, Spitz, intelligent, Francois, below, shot, lead ________________ wanted _____________ to lead the team. Buck showed that he was _________________ when he ran Francois and Perrault around the camp until he was put in the _________ position. Buck was an even better leader than __________ because he disciplined the dogs and got them to work together as a team. During the entire trip, the temperature was 50 degrees _________ zero. A ____________ took charge of Buck and the other dogs. ___________ became very ill and was ___________ by the Scot. List THREE ways that Buck is adjusting to the primitive way of life? _______________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________

Chapter 5 Notes Major Character/s:_______________________________________________________________ Minor Character/s: ______________________________________________________________ Setting: _______________________________________________________________________ Conflict: _______________________________________________________________________ Word Bank: Notes: White River, frozen, beating, Skagway, outside, five, Hal, Charles, John Thorton’s, Mercedes, underfeeding, instincts In ________________, Buck and the other dogs rested and were sold to three inexperienced people: ___________, _________________, and ______________. The overloaded sled would not move because the dogs were ___________ in the snow. All of the _____________ dogs died because they were not use to conditions of the Northland, particularly the _______________________. Only ______________ dogs were left by the time they reached ___________ ___________ camp. John Thorton rescued Buck when Hal was ______________ him. Hal, Charles, and Mercedes and the rest of the dogs disappeared into the icy waters of the ____________ ___________________. Buck proved that he was the fittest to survive because his ________________ told him not to cross the White River. List THREE ways how the warmer spring weather can make the Arctic an extremely dangerous place. __________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________

Chapter 6: For the Love of a Man Vocabulary 1. loafing: __________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 2. genuine: __________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 3. ideal: __________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 4. caress: __________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 5. shrewd: __________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 6. reputation: __________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________

Chapter 6: For the Love of a Man Vocabulary 7. bluff: __________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________

Chapter 6 Notes Major Character/s:___________________________________________________________________________ Minor Character/s: __________________________________________________________________________ Setting: ___________________________________________________________________________________ Conflict: __________________________________________________________________________________ Word Bank: Notes: love, drowning, attacked, loyalty, Thorton, strength, love, flour Buck would show John _____________ through biting his hand. Buck ________________ the man in the bar because he punched ______________________. Buck saved Thorton from ___________________________. Buck showed his _____________________ by pulling one thousand pounds of ________________________. Buck’s _____________________ and __________________to Thorton kept him from leaving to go to the wilderness. Make a prediction how you think this book will end. Support your prediction with details from the reading. __________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ List THREE reasons why you think Buck is loyal to Thorton. __________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________

Chapter 7:The Sounding of the Call 1. plunge: __________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 2. ammunition: __________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 3. amid: __________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 4. flintlock: __________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 5. desire: __________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 6. urge: __________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________

Chapter 7: The Sounding of the Call 7. presence: __________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 8. truce: __________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 9. fierce: __________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 10. mournful: __________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 11. chaff: __________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 12. lodge: __________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 13. gaunt: : __________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________

Chapter 7 Notes Major Character/s:___________________________________________________________________________ Minor Character/s: __________________________________________________________________________ Setting: ___________________________________________________________________________________ Conflict: __________________________________________________________________________________ Word Bank: Notes: wolf, blood, gold, call, Yeehats, intelligence, gold, patience, wild, fire John and Buck set out to find the lost _______________ mine. Although they did not find the lost gold mine, the men found _____________ at the camp while Buck laid by the __________________. While at the camp, Buck heard a howl from the forest made by a ________________. Buck’s major change was his thirst for __________________. Buck’s ____________________, or cleverness, and ______________________ allowed his to defeat the moose. The ______________________ killed John Thorton and his men. At the end of the story, Buck decided to answer the ____________ of the _____________. List THREE ways Buck and John Thorton are similar. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Did you change your prediction about the ending of this story as you read the last chapter? What events surprised you about the end of the novel? __________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________