The literary essay on Never Cry Wolf. Today, we organized our quotes into topics, wrote summary statements and created a thesis for the general topic: myths/realities of wolves in Never Cry Wolf.
Some of the topics we brainstormed were
1. how people can't let go of the myths about wolves
2. good things about wolves
3. why some peoplefear wolves and others do not
4. wolf life: diet, relationship to caribou, family life,
5. compare and contrast myths to humans
6. boundaries that separate Farley from the wolves
7. consequences of the myths
8. adaptations Farley makes--yet, ultimately, he fails to adapt to the "lost world"
9. Ootek's relationship to the wolves
Next, we spent 30 minutes choosing the ten best quotes from the ones we had post-it noted during our reading of the novel.
Next, take out your notes on The Pigman essay. Remember how we colour-coded the quotes and labeled each colour? That is what we did today. It's a quick and easy way to arrive at your thesis statement. Reviewing your Pigman notes will help you write this essay.
We also reviewed the purpose of an essay. Email your homework buddy if you are stuck.
Make sure that you have a list of excellent quotes (properly cited) to bring with you to the computer lab on Thursday.
Also due Thursday: 15 journal entries on the novel. Ensure that you have checked and re-checked the criteria.
Wed: Final debates.
Thurs/Fri Computer Lab
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