Part 1: Fall
Why is Brian glad when the food from the survival pack is gone?
Because it has distanced him from his situation (the woods)
He lost practice hunting
to live alone and avoid the company of other people
a. Solitary
b. urgency
c. Simultaneously
How did Brian feel at the end of the book?
He didn't want to leave
Realized he had come to enjoy the woods
a type of figurative language that compares two things using "like" or "as"
simile
Various answers:
uses all parts of the animal
uses skin/fur to make clothes for the winter
makes bows and arrows from nature
Name one sign that winter was approaching that Brian missed
the cold air
geese/birds migrating
What is venison?
deer
What were the 'gunshots' that Brian heard?
Definition of Personification
giving an idea, object, or animal human-like qualities
QOW- How is problem solving important when living in the wild?
Name one piece of evidence from the text
Answers will vary (will not accept repeat answers from 500)
Why did the bear come to Brian's shelter?
A person who bathes regularly and keeps clean is said to have good ___________.
Hygiene
How did Brian feel about killing?
He never got used to it but knew that it was something he had to do in order to survive.
What type of figurative language is this?
"dew drops hit his cheek"
Simile, metaphor, personification, idiom
Personification
What made Brian think that he might be going crazy? (2 possible answers)
Having 'visits' with people from the other world
hearing gunshots but seeing no one
What was the agreement between Brian and the wolves? How did they agree?
Something good happening unexpectedly or in a time of need
A. Urgency
B. Adequate
C. Godsend
C. Godsend
The snowshoes changed everything for Brian because.....
They allowed him to walk farther away from his camp to get resources. Snow would not fall into his boots/ get him wet.
What type of figurative language is this?
Simile, metaphor, personification, idiom
"But Brian had become a part of nature, he had become a predator, a two-legged wolf"
Metaphor
Make an inference about how Brian will feel when he returns home.
Answers will vary
Why does Brian think of himself as his own worst enemy?
He is ignoring all of the signs that winter is coming.
What is an inference?
an educated guess
Finish the sentence:
When given the opportunity to leave on a plane, Brian hesitated but...
He knew that he would always remember his time in the woods and that he needed to go back to the world.
Which type of figurative language is this?
"Brian hadn't gone off the deep end"
Simile, metaphor, personification, idiom
Idiom
QOW - How is problem solving important when living in the wild?
Use text evidence to support your answer
Answers will vary (will not accept repeat answers from 200)