English 9, Period 3: Quotation Log is due Friday . . . .

Sadly, we learned that Farley Mowat died today. May he rest in peace knowing that his great works have made a difference. 

Today, we discussed five key sections in the novel and we started on our quotation logs. You have five questions to answer. Print out the questions below.

Topic for the quotation log:

What does Farley learn during his sojourn in the Barrens?

See below for the quotation log criteria and questions. Be sure to do the work missed.

We added the next two words to our list.

Never Cry Wolf Quotation Log Criteria / 100 marks

Topic: What does Farley learn during his time up north? 

Choose 12 to 15 quotations. Be thorough in your responses. 

Marks awarded for insight, accuracy, connections to other scenes,  spelling, citing and grammar.  

Choose quotations that defy some of the myths such as the wolf as blood-thirsty killer and ones that reveal Mowat's surprise as he learns about the wolves' deep connection to the caribou, the Eskimo, the ecology of the barrens and to family and even to unfamiliar wolf packs.

For each quotation:

1. Cite it correctly with page number.

2. Ensure you have at least four bullets per quotation and no bullet repeats what the quote says.

3. Ensure at least one bullet refers to another scene in the novel that enhances this scene or helps to explain this scene's significance.

4. Marks awarded for insight, style, grammar and spelling

5. Marks awarded for choosing quotations from the entire novel. Not just from one section.

6. Be sure to add insight to each quote. Discuss the diction, the tone, the symbols, the importance.

Sample: 

 

“ ' The caribou feeds the wolf but it is the wolf that keeps the caribou strong' “ (Mowat 134).

• said by Ootek who also says that the wolves cull the sick and the elderly caribou so that only the strong ones mate
• This fact is later verified by Mowat who analyses caribou and sees that the ones the wolves eat are filled with parasites
• wolves are smart and they follow an “economy of effort” (135) so they don't overtax themselves by chasing caribou they could never catch and kill
• the wolves would eat the entire caribou and only hunt more after they had finished and were hungry again (debunking the myth that they were blood-thirsty
• shows Ootek's knowledge and connection to the wolves is now verified by science
• demonstrates the wolves' vital connection to other species, for example, they create their dens in abandoned fox dens and they hide their food from predators 
  
  
  
  
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  Reading Comprehension Quiz
  
  
  1. Describe Farley Mowat's epiphany at the end of the novel (in the wolf den with Angeline and her pup) and why he was so angry at himself: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
  
  
  2. Explain the wolves' relationship with the caribou according to Ootek: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
  
  
  3. Describe the sickening scene of caribou slaughter at Fishduck Lake and explain how the hunters had hunted them and why they had left so many caribou behind. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
  
  
  4. With examples from the novel, why and how are so many wolves killed by humans each year? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
  
  
  5. “The wolf never kills for fun . . . “ (136). Explain. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________