The Call of the Wild Study Guide
Study Guide for The Call of the Wild
This extensive study guide workbook covers comprehension, spelling, vocabulary, grammar & enrichment ideas related to The Call of the Wild for 7th-8th graders. As students read, they complete worksheets, writing topics, hands-on activities and field trips.
The study guide is broken down into weekly units in which students read a section of the novel and answers comprehension questions pertaining to those chapters. Each unit contains a variety of critical thinking activities including projects, drawing, writing assignments, and a puzzles which correlate to chapters in the novel. Writing assignments apply concepts in the story to the student's life and many passages are chosen to emphasize Biblical lessons that relate to the story.
Total Language Plus study guides are designed to take about 8 to 10 weeks to complete. Depending on the number of activities students perform and the degree of emphasis placed on composition skills, this study guide may serve as your complete Language Arts curriculum.
Barbara’s Notes: Inferences to evolution abound in this story, providing opportunities to teach mature students discernment and careful reading. (Grades 7, 8)
The Call of the Wild
by Jack London
Buck is stolen from his home in California and sent to the harsh Klondike. He is owned by different masters, working as a sled dog until he joins a wolf pack and returns to the wild.
Book Summary — 124 pages
Book Category — Adventure
Theme — Survival, cling to good
Setting — Klondike, gold rush
Novel Study Highlights — 7 units
Spelling-Vocabulary — Difficult
Critical Thinking — Medium to Difficult
Biblical Focus — Hate evil
Related Studies — Gold rush, postal service, dog breeds, sled dogs
