Survival With your group, read the article. Each person must annotate the article on his or her own. After reading, on a separate sheet of paper, write down 10 items that you would bring in order to survive in the wild. List them in order of importance and write1-2 sentences explaining why your group chose that item and its level of importance.

Into the Wild Research Activity Directions: 1. Get into a group of approximately 5 people 2. Each person in your group must read and annotate his or her own copy of the article you are given. Remember, annotation means to show evidence of a close reading- add questions and comments to the article itself. 3. As a group, do the following tasks on one sheet of paper for the group: A. Summarize the article (5-7 sentence paragraph) B. Describe the author’s provable claim, or thesis, in 2-3 sentences C. Describe the tone of the article in 1-2 complete sentences 4. Using your phones, you group will conduct extra research on the topics presented in your article. Based on what you learn, write at least 5 bulletpoints of additional information on your group’s sheet of paper. 5. Write 3-5 sentences explaining your group’s initial impression of Chris McCandless

Author’s Note Activity With a partner, read the author’s note in your books. On a separate sheet of paper, answer the following questions by using 2- 3 complete sentences: 1. Why did Krakauer continue to investigate McCandless’ life, even after the issue of Outside magazine was published? 2. In your own words, explain the three themes Krakauer discovered through investigating McCandless’ story. 3. Why does Krakauer tell us McCandless’ fate on the front cover? What is he trying to draw the audience's attention to? (Think of Shakespeare) 4. In your own words, describe the different attitudes that people have about McCandless. 4. Predict: What is Krakauer’s attitude toward McCandless?

Surveying the Text Read through the short epigraphs that come before the chapters begin (an epigraph is a relevant quotation at the beginning of a book or a chapter, etc.). Using 3-5 sentences each; paraphrase the three epigraphs that stand out to you the most. For each epigraph, write a 2-3-sentence inference that states how this epigraph might have influenced McCandless. Look at the maps and photographs. What can you infer about McCandless’ journey, his personality, and his motivations for going on his journey? (3-5 sentences) Read the chapter titles. How do they relate to the text?

Ch.’s 1-2 Reading As we read these chapters, make sure to annotate by taking notes in your composition notebooks. In addition, write down any unfamiliar vocabulary words.

Chapter 1 Activity 1. What is the tone of the postcard? What are his intentions for writing the postcard? 2. Infer: Who is Wayne? Why did McCandless write him a postcard? 3. Who is Jim Gallien? 4. What supplies did “Alex” bring with him? 5. Compare your group’s survival list to the supplies that Alex brought. What can you infer about his character based on the supplies he brought. 6. What does Gallien give to “Alex”? Why doesn’t he report Alex to the Alaska State Troopers?

Ch. 2 1. Read the passage from Jack London. What how does the imagery of the passage influence the tone of the passage? Why would Chris think that Jack London is “king”? 2. How did the bus get there? 3. Who found Chris? 4. How did they get rid of his body?