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Teachers	An Alaskan Adventure: The Call of the Wild

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Target Learners	Although this unit is designed for 7th graders as enrichment for a novel study of The Call of the Wild, it may be adapted for any middle school grade level. With my regular language arts 7th graders, I wanted the students to find out more about the setting of the novel. Since my students live in the South, the frozen Alaskan world is foreign to most of them. If this WebQuest were to be used for newspaper writing as opposed to gaining knowledge of the setting, I would suggest including more scaffolding for newspaper design and writing.
Standards	7-R1.3 Demonstrate the ability to make connections between a text read independently and his or her prior knowledge, other texts, and the world. 7-R1.12 Demonstrate the ability to use graphic representations such as charts, graphs, pictures, and graphic organizers as information sources and as a means of organizing information and events logically. 7-W1.1 Demonstrate the ability to choose a topic, generate ideas, and use oral and written prewriting strategies. 7-W1.2 Demonstrate the ability to generate drafts that use a logical progression of ideas to develop a topic for a specific audience and/or purpose. 7-W1.5 Demonstrate the ability to edit for language conventions such as spelling, capitalization, punctuation, agreement, sentence structure (syntax), and word usage. 7-W2.1 Demonstrate the ability to use writing to explain and inform.
Notes for Teaching	You may want to prepare your students for creating a newspaper by completing the following activity prior to introducing this WebQuest: Sections of the Paper.
Additional Resources	Video: The Call of the Wild. Made for TV, 1997. Hallmark Hall of Fame production, narrated by Richard Dreyfuss. Listening: The Call of the Wild. Dove Audio, 1993. Narrated by Ethan Hawke. Other novels by Jack London: The Son of the Wolf. The Sea Wolf. White Fang.