English Language Arts Level 7 #16 Ms. Walker

Today’s Objectives Vocabulary Call of the Wild – Chapter 3 “The Dominant Primordial Beast”

Vocabulary Study the following vocabulary words before listening to Chapter 3.

Vocabulary malingerer: time waster; shirker marauders: raiders, intruders covert: hidden insidious: sinister, dangerous travail: work

Vocabulary placatingly: so as to calm down inexorable: unstoppable, relentless

Chapter Review Before listening to the chapter reading, answer the questions on the following worksheet.

Name Date Class Period Story/Book Title Author Reading Response Journal Entry 4. How would you feel if the same thing that happened to him/her, happened to you? 1.What did you read about today? Be as specific as possible. 1.How did you feel about what you read today? Why? 5. What questions do you have about what you read today? 3. Think about your favorite character. What happened to him/her today? 7. What do you predict will happen next in this story (or later in the story)?

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Call of the Wild Chapter III 34:12

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Plot Sequence Chapter 3 closely follows the plot sequence of a novel. It has a beginning, middle and end. It has an exposition, rising action, falling action, climax and resolution. Use your plot diagram to chart the sequence of events.

Name Date Class Period Story/Book Title Author Story Plot Terms Directions: Fill in the required information for each section below in numerical order. Use the information that appears with each section to help you proceed. It's okay to write through the gray diagonal line in two of the sections. The suspense is at its peak, but the outcome is not clear yet. 3. The climax of the story is when the reader is most interested in how the story will end. 2.. A s t h e s t o r y p r o g r e s s e s, t h e r i s I n g a c ti I o n I n t r o d u c e s c o m p li c a t I o n s a n d p r o b l e m s f o r t h e m a I n c h a r a c t e r. T h e s e d I f f i c u l lt I e s c r e a t e s u s p e n s e.. 1. Exposition 2. Rising Action 4. Falling Action 3. C l I max 5. Resolution 4. Falling Action appears at the ending of the story. Suspense has een eliminated, and these events show characters' lives returning to normal. 1. The Exposition appears at the eginning of the story. The author introduces the setting, characters, and ackground information. 5. The Resolution is the final solution to the problem or conflict. In stories with happy endings it's called the denouement. Tragic endings are termed catastrophe. Buck knocks Spitz off his feet and causes his death. Buck has become part of the dog team but he has trouble with Spitz on the trail. Spitz attacks Buck, steals his sleeping quarters and makes Buck hate him. Buck undermines Spitz’s authority at every chance. The next morning Perrault notices Spitz is gone. He knows Buck has defeated Spitz. Perrault says, “No more Spitz, no more trouble.” Without Spitz, the dog team can move more quicky.

Characterization of Spitz What kind of personality does Spitz have? Spitz is a leader who keeps all the other dogs in line. Because of his position, Spitz is arrogant and has a mean streak, that makes him powerful and ruthless. He has never lost a fight.

Characterization of Spitz Why does Spitz hate Buck? Buck constantly challenges Spitz’s authority. Spitz fears that Buck wants to take his place as lead sled dog.

How is Buck Characterized? In this chapter Buck is portrayed as a bully and a trouble maker. Buck never starts fights, but he is able to defend himself against an attack.

Foreshadowing What are some actions made by Spitz that hint to a fight to the death with Buck? Spitz attacks Buck at every opportunity. Spitz stole Buck’s sleeping place. When Buck was chasing a rabbit, Spitz jumped in front of Buck and ended the chase.

Describe the fight between Buck and Spitz During the first part of the battle, Spitz wounded Buck in several places and Buck could not get in close enough to throw Spitz off his feet. Near the end of the battle, Buck used imagination to break both of Spitz’s front legs.

Describe the fight between Buck and Spitz Although Spitz continued to fight on, Buck was able to knock him off balance using his shoulder. Spitz fell and the other dogs consumed him.

How is the fight between Spitz and Buck a pivotal moment in the book? We know that an important change has taken place. The pivotal moment is when Buck defeats Spitz. The dogs are now free of Spitz’s hostility, domination and control.

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Part 3 - The Idiom Idioms are spoken phrases that cannot be found in the dictionary. An idiom is an expression that means something other than the literal meanings of its individual words.

Jump Down Someone's Throat This is an interesting idiom. To jump down someone’s throat does not mean one person jumps into another person’s throat. Jump down someone’s throat means to be angry and to scold someone.

Jump down someone’s throat I know I promised to wash the dishes, but I was busy. You don’t have to jump down my throat about it! (be angry about it). I’ll do it right now.

Lesson Review In this lesson we read and listened to Call of the Wild, Chapter 3. We witnessed the madness of Dolly and the death of Spitz. We also learned a new idiom “jump down someone’s throat.”

Next Lesson In our next lesson, Chapter 4, we will see the aftermath of Spitz’s death and what that means to Buck. Please Read Chapter 4 before our next lesson.