Into the Wild Bellringer # Directions: Answer the following questions with your knowledge of pages of chapter Why are Alaskans upset about Krakauer’s article in Outside magazine? 2. How did Gene Rossellini, the “mayor of Hippie Cove” die? 3. What is the highest governmental office John Waterman ran for? 4. How did John Waterman die? Today’s Objective: We can read and understand Into the Wild.

Into the Wild Bellringer # Directions: Answer the following questions with your knowledge of pages of chapter 8 and chapter 9. 1.Name the three unlucky or ignorant things that happened to Carl McCunn while he was stranded in the wilderness of Alaska. 2.What was the author’s purpose in including the stories in chapter 8? 3.Name 2 things Everett Ruess had happen to him that almost killed him. 4.How does Ken Sleight believe Ruess died? 5.What is the author’s purpose in including Everett Ruess’s story in chapter 9? Today’s Objective: We can read and understand Into the Wild.

Into the Wild Bellringer # Krakauer spends several pages discussing Walt’s background and personality. Why do you think he does this? 2. Chapter 11 talks about some relatives that Walt, Billie, Chris, and Carine visited on vacation. Which relative was Chris most like and how was he like him? 3. In what subject did Chris receive an F? 4. What did Chris hide in Walt and Billie’s Airstream trailer? Today’s Objective: We can read and understand Into the Wild.

Into the Wild Bellringer # Directions: These questions come from chapter Who told Carine about her brother’s death? 2.Why do you think Krakauer includes the story of Carine finding out about Chris’s death instead of his parents? 3.What specifically was wrong with the box that contained Chris’s ashes? Today’s Objective: We can analyze portions of Into the Wild for character analysis.

Into the Wild Bellringer # Directions: Use your knowledge of chapters 14 and 15 to answer this question. 1.What is the author’s purpose in recounting his own personal experience of his solo climb of the Devil’s Thumb? After you finish answering this question, turn to page 155 in your book. Today’s Objective: We can summarize main ideas of Into the Wild.

Into the Wild Bellringer # Directions: These questions are from the first few pages of chapter How is Chris’s conversation with Stuckey different from other conversations he has had with people he met on his “odyssey”? 2.Why do you think he reveals this information to Stuckey? Today’s Objective: We can read and understand Into the Wild.

Into the Wild Bellringer # Explain why McCandless felt like killing the moose was “one of the greatest tragedies of his life”(167). 2.After reading chapter 16, evaluate Chris’s success in the wild. Explain why you have this opinion. 3.What was logical about Chris’s choice to go back to the bus when he could not cross the Teklanika River? Today’s Objective: We can read and understand Into the Wild.

Into the Wild Bellringer # What did Jon Krakauer have in his backpack that McCandless did not have? 2. How did Jon Krakauer and his friends cross the Teklanika River? 3. Where do Jon Krakauer and his friends sleep that night described in chapter 17? Why do you think they sleep there? Today’s Objective: We can read and understand Into the Wild.