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Call of the Wild

Carrie Vahsholtz

Lesson 1

Read “To Build a Fire” in your literature books.  Next click on Call of the Wild and read the story.  When you are finished write a comparison and contrast paper over the two stories by Jack London.

Lesson 2

Task 1:

Go to the Web sites listed below and gather information and facts about wolves.  Be sure to take notes in Microsoft Word.

Wolf Resources
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/wolves/resources.html

Wolf Howls
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/wolves/howl.html

Task 2: 

Your task will be to design a game board with the information and facts you have gathered about wolves.  You are to include information on characters, setting, plot, and resolution of the two stories, Call of the Wild and To Build a Fire, in your game.

Task 3:

Go to Boomer Wolf Web Game after you have completed Task 1 and Task 2.