The Call of the Wild
He is the main character and protagonist who finds love and loyalty after traveling thousands of miles.
Who is Buck?
These words are used specifically to describe people, places, or things.
What are adjectives?
This element tells us where and when a story takes place
What is the setting?
( QUICKLY ) It describes how an action is done. (Usually ends in -ly!)
What is an Adverb?
She refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, sparking a famous civil rights protest.
Who was Rosa Parks?
Because of his lead poisoning illness, Jackie’s little brother Roman has to go here many times.
What is the hospital?
This is the specific place where Buck finally gets to rest and heal his body after his long journey.
What is the riverbank?
This is a specific name for a person, place, or thing, and it always starts with a capital lette
What is a proper noun?
These are the people, animals, or creatures that take part in the action.
Who are the characters?
( SUSAN ) It is the specific name of a person. Needs a capital letter!
What is a Proper Noun
In 2008, he made history by becoming the first African American President of the United States.
Who was Barack Obama?
Jackie uses this specific "hobby" to express her feelings, share her dreams, and find her own voice.
What is writing (or storytelling)?
Even though Buck loves his master, this "internal force" continues to pull at him from the forest.
What is the Call of the Wild?
This conjunction is used to present a choice between two options.
What is or?
In this Point of View, the narrator is a character in the story and uses pronouns like "I," "me," and "my."
What is First Person?
(HOPPING ) (It is an action word (specifically a "doing" word).
What is a verb?
Known as "The Moses of her people," she led over 70 enslaved people to freedom using the Underground Railroad.
Who was Harriet Tubman?
To protect her family's secret when her uncle goes to prison, Jackie tells her friends he moved to this place.
What is upstate?
The story takes place in this cold, northern territory during the famous Gold Rush.
What is the Yukon?
This part of speech names a person, a place, a thing, or even an idea.
What is a noun?
This is the specific "person" or perspective from which a story is told.
What is Point of View?
( FOR ) It is a connecting word (think of FANBOYS).
What is a conjunction?
In 1968, she became the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress.
Who was Shirley Chisholm?
ackie feels pressure to be as "smart" or this "B-word" as her older sister Odella.
What is brilliant?
Buck forms deep bonds with these two other dogs who live at the camp with him.
Who are Skeet and Nig?
These words often change their form based on when an action happens.
What are verbs?
"The plot is made up of the events in a story. What do we call the very most exciting part or the 'turning point' of the plot?"
"What is the climax?"
( NEAR ) It shows the position or relationship between things.
What is a Preposition?
This famous leader delivered the "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington in 1963.
Who was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
Jackie and her best friend Maria show they appreciate each other's cultures by exchanging these.
What are dinners?
This is the actual human being who sat down and wrote the story of The Call of the Wild.
Who is Jack London?
These words, like "he," "she," and "it," are used to take the place of a noun.
What are pronouns?
In this Point of View, the narrator is an outside observer and uses pronouns like "he," "she," or "they."
What is Third Person?
( RIVERBANK ) It is a place, but not a specific name like "The Red River."
What is a Common Noun?
This woman was the first African American child to attend an all-white elementary school in the South (Louisiana!).
Who is Ruby Bridges?
This is the name of Jackie’s close friend who teaches her Spanish and introduces her to new foods.
Who is Maria?
To win a bet for Thornton, Buck must pull a sled carrying half a ton (1,000 pounds) of this.
What is flour?
These words describe how an action is done (e.g., "quickly" or "loudly").
What are adverbs?
This is the "voice" or person who is telling the story to the reader.
Who is the narrator?
( HE ) It takes the place of a noun (like "Buck" or "John").
What is a pronoun?
Known as "Prime Time," he is the only athlete to ever play in both a Super Bowl and a World Series.
Who is Deion Sanders?
This character is Jackie's best friend who shares different cultures and foods with her.
Who is Maria?
This dog is like a nurse to Buck; she licks his wounds and helps him heal by the river.
Who is Skeet?
Words like "am," "is," "are," "was," and "were" that connect the subject to a description.
What are linking verbs?
The part of the story where the problem is finally fixed and everyone says goodbye.
What is the resolution?
( Buck ) Proper NounThe specific name of the main character in our book
What is a Proper Noun
This famous leader and dreamer fought for equal rights and has a national holiday named after him in January.
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
This character is Jackie's older sister, whom she describes as being very "brilliant" in school.
Who is Odella?
This is the specific "feeling" Buck discovers for the first time with John Thornton.
What is love (or adoration)?
A group of words starting with a word like "in," "on," or "at" that shows relationship.
What is a prepositional phrase?
ValueClueAnswer$200This is the actual human being who sat down and wrote the words in the book.
Who is the author?
( COLD ) It describes a noun (The cold Yukon).
What is an Adjective?
Widely called "The GOAT," this basketball legend won 6 championships with the Chicago Bulls and wore the number 23.
Who is Michael Jordan?
This is the actual person who wrote the poems that make up the book.
Who is Jacqueline Woodson?
This is the kind master to whom Buck is so devoted that he performs incredible feats of strength to protect him.
Who is John Thornton?
This part of speech connects words or groups of words (like "and," "but," or "so").
What are conjunctions?
his is the "voice" that tells the story to the reader. (Hint: It’s not always the author!)
Who is the narrator?
(Louisiana) The specific name of our state. Always capitalized!
What is a Proper Noun?
This educator serves as the Principal of Caddo Middle Career and Technology School (CMCTS) right here in Shreveport.
Who is Dr. Jennings.
She is the protagonist of the book who loves telling stories and lives in Brooklyn.
Who is Jackie (or Jacqueline Woodson)?