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November 10, 2008. Agenda: Understanding the Klondike Gold Rush through Primary Sources Analysis Exit Slip Homework: Read Chapter 3: “The Dominant Primordial Beast” pg. 27-43 plus 3-2-1 Notes Chapter 3-4 Vocab due Wednesday. Inferences.
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November 10, 2008 Agenda: Understanding the Klondike Gold Rush through Primary Sources Analysis Exit Slip Homework: Read Chapter 3: “The Dominant Primordial Beast” pg. 27-43 plus 3-2-1 Notes Chapter 3-4 Vocab due Wednesday
Inferences When studying any type of data or material, you make sense of it through inferences. Infer: The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, October 13, 1897. • What can you infer from this article, the songs and the photographs about the Klondike Gold Rush? • What type of person would head to the Klondike? • What might their motivation be (besides to strike it rich?) • How does this translate to Buck? Respond in a clearly written paragraph(s). This is your ticket out the door today!
November 12, 2008 Agenda: Please grab your writer’s notebook Quickwrite: “The Dominant Primordial Beast” and Chapter 3 Review Some words from the Dog Whisperer: Dominance in the Dog World Chapter 3-4 Vocabulary Homework: Read Chapter 4: “He Who Has Won to Mastership” pg. 44-54 plus 3-2-1 Notes Chapter 3-4 Reading Check Friday (plus vocab) Bring me a picture of your dog! (or bird, or fish, etc)
Quickwrite: Dominance “The dominant primordial beast was strong in Buck, and under the fierce conditions of trail life it grew and grew. Yet it was a secret growth. His newborn cunning gave him poise and control” (27). How do we see this played out in Buck? What events demonstrate this? What does London mean by the “dominant primordial beast?”
November 13, 2008 Agenda: Test your Knowledge: Reading Check Review for Chapter 4 Chapter 3-4 Vocabulary Homework: Study for Chapter 3-4 Reading Check Friday (plus vocab) First Trimester Reading Log due next Friday
Test Your Knowledge: Chapter 4 • What does Buck want after Spitz dies? • Buck’s team is sold by Perrault and François. What is the team’s new job? • What does Dave refuse to do? • What happens to Dave at the end of the chapter?
November 14, 2008 Agenda: Chapter 3-4 Reading Check today! Correct Reading Check Homework: First Trimester Reading Log due next Friday