1. Call of the Wild By Jack London
Introduction

2. Do Now PSAT – what did you think?
What will you start doing to prepare for the SAT next year?

3. Objectives Vocabulary Review Introduction to Call of the Wild
Analysis of Chapter 1 (pending time)
Epigraph
Characters
Reading guide

4. Homework Read chapter 2, The Law of Club and Fang
Remember your vocabulary quiz is on Friday!
Read chapter 2, The Law of Club and Fang

5. Vocabulary Words Extol Unparalleled Munificence Lucid Cerebral Cynical
Austere
Convoluted
Touted
Paramount
Recalcitrant
Subservient
Protégé
Conciliatory
Partisan

6. 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?

7. 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”

8. 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

9. Introduction: Dogs/Wolves (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

10. Introduction: Dogs/Wolves (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”

11. 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 leap
Chafing at custom’s chain;
Again from its brumal sleep
Wakens the ferine strain.