Book Plan

The Call of the Wild Book Plan (Bigs, 7-8, 2 Weeks)

Book: The Call of the Wild by Jack London

The Call of the Wild is a short book with a big argument inside it: when Buck goes wild, has he lost himself or found himself?

This two-week plan walks your child or students through Jack London's 1903 novel, all seven chapters. Every day has a short reading, three original discussion questions and one printable page. Students label a sled dog team rig, test how a double coat holds heat, map Buck's journey from the Santa Clara Valley over the Chilkoot Pass to Dawson City, work out the math of a thousand-pound sled, write from John Thornton's point of view and finish with an argument essay. The real Klondike Gold Rush and the 1925 serum run to Nome run through it all.

Perfect for grades 7 to 8 classrooms, homeschool families and book clubs.

What's inside

• 10 day-by-day lesson pages with reading schedule and questions
• A Sled Dog Team label sheet
• Character map, story order cards and a Tame or Wild? sort
• Double Coat Lab sheet with a data table
• Another Point of View page and argument essay page
• Word search, crossword, scramble and secret code
• 8 fact cards, 9 word cards, answer key and certificate

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