JMJ June 12, 2015 8th Grade Literature Miss Blanchard Summer ...
JMJ June 12, 2015 8th Grade Literature Miss Blanchard Summer Reading Assignment Dear Students and Parents, Welcome to Literature class! I very much enjoyed teaching you this past year in 7th grade literature. I am so pleased to have another opportunity to share with you more great authors, poets, and playwrights. To prepare for our year together all students will read The Call of the Wild, by Jack London. In the pages that follow there are sets vocabulary, active reading worksheets, and comprehension questions for the chapters. Please look at each section carefully for directions. The work that you do for The Call of the Wild will form the basis of our first weeks of classes. We will have a comprehension test which will include vocabulary, author and background information as well as plot and analysis questions. The first week will be review and discussion of your work and the reading of the novel. All written work will be turned in the first day of school and will be graded and entered as part of your first quarter marks. In addition, from the list below, choose a second novel to read. Then choose one of the options listed as your report format on the novel you chose. I hope that you have an enjoyable summer full of rest and relaxation, but also keeping your minds working! See you in August. Sincerely in Christ, Miss Blanchard Select your second novel from these: Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott The Wizard of Oz, by Frank L. Baum The Magician's Nephew, by C. S. Lewis The Silver Chair, by C. S. Lewis The Fellowship of the Ring, by J. R. R. Tolkien The Two Towers, by J. R. R. Tolkien The Return of the King, by J. R. R. Tolkien Murder on the Orient Express, by Agatha Christie Where the Red Fern Grown, by Wilson Rawls My Brother Sam is Dead, by Christopher Collier and James Lincoln Collier The Time Machine, by H. G. Wells The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens The Westing Game, by Ellen Raskin Cheaper by the Dozen, by Frank B. Gilbreth and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
Report Format choices: 1. Write a diary as the main character would write to explain the events in the story. Must have at least four, ½ page entries, typed, double spaced, and 12 pt. font. 2. Describe the problem or conflict existing for the main character. Explain how the problem was or was not resolved. Must be at least one page, typed, double spaced, 12 pt. font. 3. Make a collage representing an event or part of your book. Must be ½ piece of poster board, completely covered with pictures or words. A paragraph explaining the collage must also be included. Typed, double spaced, 12 pt. font. 4. Write a poem about your book. Must be at least four verses. No acrostic poems. 5. Imagine that you are the author of the book you just read. Suddenly the book becomes a best seller. Write a letter to a movie producer convincing him to make your book into a movie. Explain why the story, conflicts, characters etc… would make a good book. Suggest a filming location. Must be at least one page, typed, double spaced, 12 pt. font. 6. Write a complete description of one of the characters in your book. Include a physical description, personality description and emotional description. Must be at least one page, typed, double spaced, 12pt. font. Draw a portrait to accompany the description. 7. Write about the life of one of the characters, twenty years from now. Must be at least one page, typed, double spaced 12 pt. font.
JMJ Name: ___________________________________________________________
The Call of the Wild by Jack London 8th Grade Literature Miss Blanchard Summer Reading Assignment Vocabulary
Chapters 1-3
Chapters 4 & 5
Chapters 6 & 7
1) grapple 2) arduous 3) discomfiture 4) divers 5) lacerate 6) insular 7) weazened 8) malignant 9) primordial 10) score 11) unwonted 12) imperious 13) treachery 14) unkempt 15) loathsome
1) callowness 2) inexorable 3) manifested 4) obdurate 5) perambulating 6) cunning 7) prerogative 8) skulk 9) solidarity 10) celerity 11) innocuous 12) remnant 13) evince 14) malingerer 15) terse
1) commingled 2) expediency 3) ministrations 4) palpitant 5) peremptorily 6) plethoric 7) tangible 8) transient 9) primitive 10) provocation 11) pertinacity 12) asunder 13) slake 14) usurp 15) calamity
3 points each_____/45
3 points each_____/45
3 points each_____/45
Directions: Before you read define the vocabulary words for each set of chapters. Use lined loose leaf paper. Include your name, date, subject, title and author of the book and the title of the word list. Your definitions should include: the word (underlined) part of speech, and up to and including the first three entries. Number the words and the entries of the definitions. Skip lines between words. Use legible cursive. Example: 1. Inclination, noun1. A particular disposition or mind or character, propensity, liking; 2. bow, nod- of the head; 3. Tilting of something
Use this page as a cover sheet for our definitions.
JMJ The Call of the Wild, by Jack London 8th Grade Literature Miss Blanchard Comprehension Questions: Chapter 1-3 Directions: Answer the follow questions on loose leaf paper. Include your name, date, subject, and chapter title. Number the questions and skip lines between your responses. Remember to follow the standards for answer questions: • Use complete sentences • Restate the question in your answer • Answer the question(s) • Support your answer(s) with examples/details from the text • Use proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation You may not begin an answer with a pronoun or the word because. Chapter 1 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Who is Buck? Describe him. How did he rule? Why did Manuel, the gardener, kidnap Buck? How did Buck react to the stranger’s rope? Why was Buck going to Frisco? How did the man in the red sweater treat Buck? Why did he treat Buck this way? What did he hope to accomplish? Do you agree with the way he treated Buck? Explain. 6. Explain the sentence, “He was beaten, but not broken.” 7. Who is Perrault? 8. How much did Perrault pay for Buck? 9. How did Buck act when he encountered snow for the first time? 10. Why is this chapter called, “Into the Primitive?” Chapter 2 1. Why was Buck’s first day in Alaska like a nightmare? 2. How did Curly die? 3. How does Buck feel about Spitz? Why? 4. Who are Francois and Perrault? 5. How did Francois and Perrault work Buck? 6. Why was Buck hitched between Dave and Sol-leks? 7. Why was Buck always hungry, even though he received 1 ½ lbs. of salmon? 8. Why was it okay to steal in “The Law of Club and Fang?” 9. Besides experience, how did Buck learn? 10. In 5-7 sentences describe how Buck’s life would have been if he stayed with Judge Miller. Chapter 3 1. How did Spitz treat Buck? 2. What happened between Spitz and Buck? Summarize the event and its results. 3. Why was Perrault worked about making the 400 mile run to Dawson? 4. Why did Buck refuse to rise, but instead lay on his back with all four feet in the air? 5. How did Francois save Buck from mad Dolly? 6. What is the relationship between Buck and Spitz? Why? 7. Why did Francois whip Spitz? Why did Francois whip Buck? 8. Why did Buck howl in Dawson? 9. When was Buck joyful? 10. What happened between Buck and Spitz, and the rabbit?
JMJ The Call of the Wild, by Jack London 8th Grade Literature Miss Blanchard Comprehension Questions: Chapter 4-5 Directions: Answer the follow questions on loose leaf paper. Include your name, date, subject, and chapter title. Number the questions and skip lines between your responses. Remember to follow the standards for answer questions: • Use complete sentences • Restate the question in your answer • Answer the question(s) • Support your answer(s) with examples/details from the text • Use proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation You may not begin an answer with a pronoun or the word because. Chapter 4 1. Why wouldn’t Buck get into his old harness? 2. How is Buck’s behavior toward the other dogs different? Why? 3. Why did Francois say that Buck was worth $1,000? 4. Why was the 14-day trip a record run? 5. Who took over the team after Perrault and Francois? 6. Why didn’t Buck like the mail run? 7. Why did Buck like laying by the fire? 8. How did snow affect the trip? 9. Why did Dave suffer the most form the 1,800 mile run? 10. What happened to Dave? Chapter 5 1. In what ways was the team in a “wretched state” when it reached Skagway? 2. If they’d travelled 2,500 miles in 5 months, how many miles did they average per month, per week, per day? (I bet you didn’t think you would be doing math in literature!) 3. Why didn’t Buck get a rest after the run? 4. Who are Hal, Charles, and Mercedes? Describe each. 5. Did Hal, Charles, and Mercedes make a good choice to be in the North? Explain. 6. Why couldn’t the dogs pull the load? 7. How did the family take the advice, “Half the load, twice the dogs?” 8. Why was 14 dogs too many? 9. Why did Hal trade his gun for horsehide? 10. How would you describe the seven remaining dogs? 11. Why did John Thornton advise them not to go on to Dawson? 12. What does the saying, “It was idle to get between a fool and his folly,” mean? How does this saying fit the family? 13. Why didn’t Buck get up no matter how Hal treated him? 14. Why didn’t Buck lea the family’s dog sled? 15. What finally happened to the family?
JMJ The Call of the Wild, by Jack London 8th Grade Literature Miss Blanchard Comprehension Questions: Chapter 6-7 Directions: Answer the follow questions on loose leaf paper. Include your name, date, subject, and chapter title. Number the questions and skip lines between your responses. Remember to follow the standards for answer questions: • Use complete sentences • Restate the question in your answer • Answer the question(s) • Support your answer(s) with examples/details from the text • Use proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation You may not begin an answer with a pronoun or the word because. Chapter 6 1. Why did Jim Thornton’s friends leave him beside the river? 2. How did Skeet, the Irish setter, care for Buck? 3. What did Jim Thornton bring back for Buck? 4. How did the man and Buck express their love for each other? 5. Why did Buck follow Thornton everywhere? 6. Why did Buck go more often into the forest? 7. What happened when Burton struck Thornton? 8. How did Buck save Thornton from the river? 9. How did Buck prove Thornton’s boast? 10. Why did an onlooker offer Thornton $1,200 for Buck? Did he take the offer, why or why not? Chapter 7 1. How did Thornton, Pete, and Hans get to the lost mine? 2. In spring, what did they find instead of a lost mine? 3. What dreams did Buck have of the hairy man? 4. How did Buck respond to these strange dreams? 5. Who was making the night call? 6. How was Buck rewarded by the wolf? 7. Why did Buck leave the wolf? 8. How did Buck survive for weeks while looking for the wolf? 9. How was Buck transformed when he was in the wild? 10. Why was Buck successful in killing the bull moose? 11. Why did the Yeehats flee the camp? 12. What happened to John Thornton? 13. Why was Buck ready to obey the calls from the wild? 14. When did Buck join the wolf pack? 15. Why is The Call of the Wild a classic?
Report Format choices: 1. Write a diary as the main character would write to explain the events in the story. Must have at least four, ½ page entries, typed, double spaced, and 12 pt. font. 2. Describe the problem or conflict existing for the main character. Explain how the problem was or was not resolved. Must be at least one page, typed, double spaced, 12 pt. font. 3. Make a collage representing an event or part of your book. Must be ½ piece of poster board, completely covered with pictures or words. A paragraph explaining the collage must also be included. Typed, double spaced, 12 pt. font. 4. Write a poem about your book. Must be at least four verses. No acrostic poems. 5. Imagine that you are the author of the book you just read. Suddenly the book becomes a best seller. Write a letter to a movie producer convincing him to make your book into a movie. Explain why the story, conflicts, characters etc… would make a good book. Suggest a filming location. Must be at least one page, typed, double spaced, 12 pt. font. 6. Write a complete description of one of the characters in your book. Include a physical description, personality description and emotional description. Must be at least one page, typed, double spaced, 12pt. font. Draw a portrait to accompany the description. 7. Write about the life of one of the characters, twenty years from now. Must be at least one page, typed, double spaced 12 pt. font.
JMJ Name: ___________________________________________________________
The Call of the Wild by Jack London 8th Grade Literature Miss Blanchard Summer Reading Assignment Vocabulary
Chapters 1-3
Chapters 4 & 5
Chapters 6 & 7
1) grapple 2) arduous 3) discomfiture 4) divers 5) lacerate 6) insular 7) weazened 8) malignant 9) primordial 10) score 11) unwonted 12) imperious 13) treachery 14) unkempt 15) loathsome
1) callowness 2) inexorable 3) manifested 4) obdurate 5) perambulating 6) cunning 7) prerogative 8) skulk 9) solidarity 10) celerity 11) innocuous 12) remnant 13) evince 14) malingerer 15) terse
1) commingled 2) expediency 3) ministrations 4) palpitant 5) peremptorily 6) plethoric 7) tangible 8) transient 9) primitive 10) provocation 11) pertinacity 12) asunder 13) slake 14) usurp 15) calamity
3 points each_____/45
3 points each_____/45
3 points each_____/45
Directions: Before you read define the vocabulary words for each set of chapters. Use lined loose leaf paper. Include your name, date, subject, title and author of the book and the title of the word list. Your definitions should include: the word (underlined) part of speech, and up to and including the first three entries. Number the words and the entries of the definitions. Skip lines between words. Use legible cursive. Example: 1. Inclination, noun1. A particular disposition or mind or character, propensity, liking; 2. bow, nod- of the head; 3. Tilting of something
Use this page as a cover sheet for our definitions.
JMJ The Call of the Wild, by Jack London 8th Grade Literature Miss Blanchard Comprehension Questions: Chapter 1-3 Directions: Answer the follow questions on loose leaf paper. Include your name, date, subject, and chapter title. Number the questions and skip lines between your responses. Remember to follow the standards for answer questions: • Use complete sentences • Restate the question in your answer • Answer the question(s) • Support your answer(s) with examples/details from the text • Use proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation You may not begin an answer with a pronoun or the word because. Chapter 1 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Who is Buck? Describe him. How did he rule? Why did Manuel, the gardener, kidnap Buck? How did Buck react to the stranger’s rope? Why was Buck going to Frisco? How did the man in the red sweater treat Buck? Why did he treat Buck this way? What did he hope to accomplish? Do you agree with the way he treated Buck? Explain. 6. Explain the sentence, “He was beaten, but not broken.” 7. Who is Perrault? 8. How much did Perrault pay for Buck? 9. How did Buck act when he encountered snow for the first time? 10. Why is this chapter called, “Into the Primitive?” Chapter 2 1. Why was Buck’s first day in Alaska like a nightmare? 2. How did Curly die? 3. How does Buck feel about Spitz? Why? 4. Who are Francois and Perrault? 5. How did Francois and Perrault work Buck? 6. Why was Buck hitched between Dave and Sol-leks? 7. Why was Buck always hungry, even though he received 1 ½ lbs. of salmon? 8. Why was it okay to steal in “The Law of Club and Fang?” 9. Besides experience, how did Buck learn? 10. In 5-7 sentences describe how Buck’s life would have been if he stayed with Judge Miller. Chapter 3 1. How did Spitz treat Buck? 2. What happened between Spitz and Buck? Summarize the event and its results. 3. Why was Perrault worked about making the 400 mile run to Dawson? 4. Why did Buck refuse to rise, but instead lay on his back with all four feet in the air? 5. How did Francois save Buck from mad Dolly? 6. What is the relationship between Buck and Spitz? Why? 7. Why did Francois whip Spitz? Why did Francois whip Buck? 8. Why did Buck howl in Dawson? 9. When was Buck joyful? 10. What happened between Buck and Spitz, and the rabbit?
JMJ The Call of the Wild, by Jack London 8th Grade Literature Miss Blanchard Comprehension Questions: Chapter 4-5 Directions: Answer the follow questions on loose leaf paper. Include your name, date, subject, and chapter title. Number the questions and skip lines between your responses. Remember to follow the standards for answer questions: • Use complete sentences • Restate the question in your answer • Answer the question(s) • Support your answer(s) with examples/details from the text • Use proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation You may not begin an answer with a pronoun or the word because. Chapter 4 1. Why wouldn’t Buck get into his old harness? 2. How is Buck’s behavior toward the other dogs different? Why? 3. Why did Francois say that Buck was worth $1,000? 4. Why was the 14-day trip a record run? 5. Who took over the team after Perrault and Francois? 6. Why didn’t Buck like the mail run? 7. Why did Buck like laying by the fire? 8. How did snow affect the trip? 9. Why did Dave suffer the most form the 1,800 mile run? 10. What happened to Dave? Chapter 5 1. In what ways was the team in a “wretched state” when it reached Skagway? 2. If they’d travelled 2,500 miles in 5 months, how many miles did they average per month, per week, per day? (I bet you didn’t think you would be doing math in literature!) 3. Why didn’t Buck get a rest after the run? 4. Who are Hal, Charles, and Mercedes? Describe each. 5. Did Hal, Charles, and Mercedes make a good choice to be in the North? Explain. 6. Why couldn’t the dogs pull the load? 7. How did the family take the advice, “Half the load, twice the dogs?” 8. Why was 14 dogs too many? 9. Why did Hal trade his gun for horsehide? 10. How would you describe the seven remaining dogs? 11. Why did John Thornton advise them not to go on to Dawson? 12. What does the saying, “It was idle to get between a fool and his folly,” mean? How does this saying fit the family? 13. Why didn’t Buck get up no matter how Hal treated him? 14. Why didn’t Buck lea the family’s dog sled? 15. What finally happened to the family?
JMJ The Call of the Wild, by Jack London 8th Grade Literature Miss Blanchard Comprehension Questions: Chapter 6-7 Directions: Answer the follow questions on loose leaf paper. Include your name, date, subject, and chapter title. Number the questions and skip lines between your responses. Remember to follow the standards for answer questions: • Use complete sentences • Restate the question in your answer • Answer the question(s) • Support your answer(s) with examples/details from the text • Use proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation You may not begin an answer with a pronoun or the word because. Chapter 6 1. Why did Jim Thornton’s friends leave him beside the river? 2. How did Skeet, the Irish setter, care for Buck? 3. What did Jim Thornton bring back for Buck? 4. How did the man and Buck express their love for each other? 5. Why did Buck follow Thornton everywhere? 6. Why did Buck go more often into the forest? 7. What happened when Burton struck Thornton? 8. How did Buck save Thornton from the river? 9. How did Buck prove Thornton’s boast? 10. Why did an onlooker offer Thornton $1,200 for Buck? Did he take the offer, why or why not? Chapter 7 1. How did Thornton, Pete, and Hans get to the lost mine? 2. In spring, what did they find instead of a lost mine? 3. What dreams did Buck have of the hairy man? 4. How did Buck respond to these strange dreams? 5. Who was making the night call? 6. How was Buck rewarded by the wolf? 7. Why did Buck leave the wolf? 8. How did Buck survive for weeks while looking for the wolf? 9. How was Buck transformed when he was in the wild? 10. Why was Buck successful in killing the bull moose? 11. Why did the Yeehats flee the camp? 12. What happened to John Thornton? 13. Why was Buck ready to obey the calls from the wild? 14. When did Buck join the wolf pack? 15. Why is The Call of the Wild a classic?
