1. To Build a Fire By Jack London (1902)

2. To Build A Fire http://www.jacklondons.net/buildafire.html

3. Vocabulary Intangible Chechaquo Niggerheads Monotonously Crypts Smote Poignant Threshing Appeasingly Mincingly

4. Yukon Territory You are a visitor to the Yukon. The territory is unknown to you. The temperature is fifty degrees below zero. What three items would you most want with you to help you survive the freezing temperatures?

5. Question For Thought How would you describe the man in London’s story? How experienced and well prepared for this journey is the man? Do you think a guide or a map would be handy to have?

6. Traveling Concerns Being alone in the wilderness raises lots of concerns. In what order would you look to satisfy your survival needs? Food, water, fire, shelter. Which is the most urgent? Why?

7. Things To Think About List at least three things the traveler does wrong? What sort of foreshadowing do you get from the descriptions of the dog? How would the story change if told from a different point of view?

8. Questions For Thought What person or thing would you miss the most from home? What is your most comforting item? Why?

9. Get Ready To Discover We will break into 4 groups of 4-5. Each group will take a topic to research on the Internet we will spend the rest of class today and the next two days researching and preparing to share what you’ve discovered with your classmates.

10. The Assignment Find as much information as you can in two days. You will present your findings to class. You may use any means to display and present your information. Be creative!

11. Assignment Topics Author – Jack London The Yukon Territory Frostbite Hypothermia Wilderness Survival Emergency Preparedness Snow Travel

12. Credits Story London, Jack To Build A Fire (1902) Youths Companion May 29, 1902 Images Microsoft clip art pixdaus.com grizzlymedia.wordpress.com movingincanada.com Microsoft clip art 280slides.com waynehodgins.typepad.com practicalsurvivor.com http://www.jacklondons.net/buildafire.html bible.ca fashionmas.com virtualad.com.cn symonsez.wordpress.com mckinley.illinois.edu

13. Credits Images Continued east-buc.k12.ia.us agas-lizard.blogspot.com waterford.k12.mi.us grangerhomestead.org tvshowsondvd.com Sounds Fish and Wildlife Service (wolves) Animals Pictures Archives Animal Sounds (owls) Soundhunter.com (wind) The Recordist (crackling ice)