5 Questions for Chapter Seven of "Call of the Wild" (#6) (FINALE)

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1. Why does the "Hairy man" protect Buck?
2. Why is the wolf scared of Buck?
3. How are Buck and the Wolf not killing each other?
4. How could a dog have killed an entire group of Indians?
5. Do the wolves recognize Buck as a Leader?

5 Questions for Chapter Six of "Call of the Wild" (#5)

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1. How did Thornton freeze his toes?
2. Is Thornton truly a good owner? (Fights at bars, Falling in rivers, betting on dogs, etc.)
3. Why would Thornton tell Buck to jump off of the ledge and Buck obey his command?
4. Did Buck kill the man at the Bar?
5. How did Buck pull a sled more than his weight?

5 Questions on Chapter Five of "Call of the Wild" (#4)

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1. Why are the dogs delivering mail?
2. Why do the two North-men get rid of the dog team?
3. Why Hal and Charles in the North?
4. Why did Charles MARRY HIS SISTER!?!
5. Do the other dogs hate their new owners as much as Buck does?

5 Questions for Chapter Four of "Call of the Wild" (#3)

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1. Why is Sol-leks scared of Buck?
2. Is Buck a Good leader?
3. Does Francois show Buck respect after chasing him off?
4. Does the Chapter title have to do with Buck earning his leadership?
5. What happened to Dave?

5 Questions for Chaper Two of "Call of the Wild" (#2)

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1. Why would the other dogs react in such fierce ways?
2. Was Buck hurt when Curly was killed (emotionally)?
3. Why do the men laugh after seeing one of their dogs dead?
4. If Buck was given a choice to go back to the farm, would he?
5. Are the other dog's attitudes effecting Buck?

5 Questions for Chapter One of "Call of the Wild" (#1)

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But seriously, here are the Questions:

1. Is Buck truly the "ruler" of all the other dogs?
2. Why would the author start out with saying that Buck does not read newspapers?
3. Could Buck refer to someone in real life?
4. What is Chinese gambling?
5. Why would a dog be something of value in gambling?
6. How does Buck know he is in a train?

"Call of the Wild" Chapter Title Predictions/Observations

Sorry it is so small...

1. The main character goes into some sort of primitive state (goes into a forest, desert, etc.) Or maybe he/she lives by him/herself.
2. Could be how in the forest/desert that it’s man vs. beast (club for human, fang for animal.) It could also literally be a club as in a group of people and how they discuss the rules (laws.)
3. Dominant = most important, Primordial = from beginning of time | Means “The Early Important Beast” Could talk about an old beast who plays an important role in the story. Beast could mean an old human of some sort.
4. Referencing back to the club, the main character could have won leadership in the club could have won “leadership of the forest and animals.”
5. Toil = work extremely hard or incessantly (constant); could mean how hard the main character has worked to get to where he is at now. On some sort of “path” he has worked to get on.
6. Could be how the Main Character loves being a man. Could also mean that the main character loves a manly figure such as his father.
7. Maybe referencing to the title of the book, “Call of the Wild.” The main character finally hears his calling in the wild, he has completed the path, he has won mastership, he finds his purpose.

Short Story of Earth's Destruction

*Here are some predicted dates of the end of the World.

There it was. The long awaited destruction of Earth, my home planet. A group of about 100,000 people, including my family, had flew to the base on Mars. Only the richest were able to board, anyone else was left to wait for the moon to crash into Earth.  My family and I huddled around the telescope to see Earth’s destruction. The moon got closer and closer to earth. When it finally hit, a flash filled the lens of the telescope. You could almost hear the screams of the people who didn’t make it on the ship on time. Pieces of Earth flew in all directions and within a few seconds, there was nothing. We knew that we could not stay here for long. The Scientists said that Earth’s destruction would alter the course of Mars. Everyone else had hit the hay, but I stayed to watch the rubble float in all directions. After a couple more hours of staring, I went to my capsule and tried to sleep. I wasn’t that upset. Most of my mourning was when we first took off which was six years ago. A date was predicted and we didn’t wait until the last second. We knew a couple more ships were on their way. It wasn’t that bad, it was almost peaceful. Earth’s destruction was some kind of some highly anticipated event that brought me at peace. I had slept well that night.

Asimov Pic Analysis -- Estimated in Chronological Order

Today, we were given a choice of three Power Points. I chose the third which was the "Chronology Game." I took an estimated guess which pics came first!

Here are the pics:

Becker Quote Analyisis

Today, we looked at a quote by Carl Becker. More specifically, his definition of history.

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Computers Replacing Teachers Article

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In the article written by Justin Reich, he talks about the early days teaching-based computers. The software, called PLATO and used in 1972, was a very simple program used to teach students. PLATO, however, was not the first of its kind. Programmers used a popular language to write the teaching program.  It was nicknamed TUTOR and most of the questions were fill in the blank. Forty years later, teaching based programming gets complicated. More companies also jump on the bandwagon to create computer-based learning programs. Reich brings up essay grading programs and how they compare the main essay to other essays and gives a grade based on the other essays. One point that Reich brought up is that these programs had issues. The TUTOR language usually had many bugs and were very limiting. To conclude, Reich states that computes teach in a way humans cant but also states that computers cannot teach everything.

PROS:

• Fast learning/Quick Computer responses
• Independent study- move at your own pace.
• Makes learning simple

CONS:

• Bugs in the software
• Cant ask questions
• Can be too simple
• Best at teaching fact based questions, hard to comunicate
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SIMILARITIES TO "The Fun They Had"

• Both the article and the story mention a paper grading system.
• Simple questions ("Whats 2+3?") were asked.
• Computers are best at teaching math or fact based questions.