Trapped By Fears

1.Who is afraid to cross the Mackinac Bridge? How does this fear affect them? Sometimes is man sometimes is woman who is afraid to cross the mackinac bridge it can be young person,hut just as often it's older adult.

2.What are the results of a phobia? They don't want to touch anything, others are afriaid of animals, like cats or snakes. in some people, the fear is so strong they can't do the thing they want to do.

3.How can childhood events lead to phobias? The events are by dog and snakes afraid of the sound.

4. How can people with phobias learn to live with them? (Main idea and supporting details) Sometime people who have phobias the go to doctor for help.

5. Many people have strong fears, called phobias, that greatly affect their lives. This is the main idea of the article. List at least five details that support this main idea. If the story “Trapped by fear” the example in the story of is water, flying, height, animal and wide-open.

6.Would reading this article help someone with phobia? Explain. (evaluating) Yes because they might learn that they aren’t the only ones that are scare of it and that they can face their fears.

Main idea:	Details
The main idea is about fear	People dont like to go to the bridge because they have fear of heights asol people have of germs

	Cause	Effect
1- People wanted to travel between two parts of Michigan, so a bridge was built.	People needed to go to two parts of Michigan.	A bridge was built.
2- When some people panic on the bridge, they freeze.	The are scared of heights.	They become fearul the are scared of heights.
3- A driver comes to help when people stop their cars on the bridge.	People needed help to cross the bridge.	Help came to them.
4- Sometimes people have bad experiences as children and they develop phobias.	Children sometime have a bad experiences.	When they are adults they have fears from their bad experienceschildren sometime have a bad experiences.
5- Some people get rid of their phobias because they work bit by bit to get over their fear.	They get help from coumselr.	They get rid of their phobia.

Context Clues: Definition and Restatement

1. Use context clues to figure out the meaning of each boldfaced word.

1. Phobias are fears that are irrational, that is, not logical.

Irrational means: Irrational lmeanss that it is a fear that isn;t normal.

2. One of the most common phobias is claustrophobia-the fear of closed places.

Claustrophobia is: Afraid of being inside or locked in a small room.

3. A person with that phobia would feel great anxiety, or nervousness, in a small room.

Anxiety is: A fellling of nervousness when they are facing their fears.

4. Some people have acrophobia, that is, the fear of crowds.

acrophobia is: Being near alot of people. This makes them experience extreme fear.

5. Those people may not be able to walk down a congested (crowded) street.

Congested means: Crowded with too many people.

Writing Activity

• I think that you fear is kind of irrational but every body is afraid of something because is have claustrophobia; however I feel an anxiety of knowing why is the reason that you have acrophobia.

Poem

It’s more fun living when you’re having fun, It’s more fun when you hole in one, It’s more fun dreaming when dreams come true, It’s more fun winning at whatever you do, It’s more fun when you are having fun, It’s fun do many things, it’s fun to fall in love, it’s fun to play sports, it’s fun to dance in the rain .

City, you are my city. You are where I come from, you gave me my family, you gave me my life. Manchester, you are my Manchester. You are the city I love, you are the city I live for, you are my house and home. City, you are my city. You are my work, you are my life, you are my everything.

Words to know

Realm: kingdom

Dominance: power over others

Eerie: creating a feeling of mystery and fear

Edible: able to be eaten

Kennels: a structure approved for the use of transporting animals

Slouch: walk slovenly

Bully: a player who rises continually to try and get other to fold

Dispatches: long running British television brute’s beasts

Lashings: straps that bind the sled together

Edible: able to be eaten

Moccasins: soft leather shoes

Courier: some one who delivers dispatcher

Thrash: punish

Surge: rising up

The Call of the Wild

1- What details show that Buck is a leader?

• The details show that buck is a leader is " He was willing to wait for just the right moment to take Spitz's place as leader. He want to be a leader, because it was his nature.

2-How would you describe Buck's life in the Beginning of the story, in the middle, and in the end.

• In the beginning of the story buck went to different owner, in the middle of the story he went to ice place where he never went before, in the end of the story he made his kill.
  

3-How has Buck's character change throughout the story?

• Throughout the story buck change his experiences in more powerful and strong ways. for instance, he is defending himself into " kill-or-be-killed".
  

4- External conflict is a struggle between the main character and others. Internal conflict is a struggle within the main character. What type of conflict has Buck faced in the story- internal or external? How do you know?

• Internal conflict, because he has to face with nature.
  

5- What do you think "he was beaten... but he was not broken" means?

• This means buck has been beaten repeatedly by one of his kidnappers. This incident is Buck's introduction to a new way of life, vastly different from the pampered existence that he led in the Santa Clara Valley.

6- What did the man in the red sweater teach Buck?

• The man in the red sweater teach buck that be a good dog and all will go well. and be a bad dog he will beat severely.
  

7- From which point of view is this story told? How does this help us-readers?

• The narrator is first-person-omniscient. He talks as if he was inside bucks head during those hard times, recalling the memories.

8- Contrast Buck's new surroundings with his surroundings at Judge Miller's place.

• When Buck live with judge miller he live like a rich dog and had a good life.but how he have to hunt by himself in cold weathers.
  

9- How do Buck's new owners compare to the man in the red sweater?

• Buck's new owners say what a bully dog and say how much .
  

10- How would you describe Buck as he is towards the end of the story?

• He became leader and doing the thing that he is not realizing if it's bad or good, because he is following his master by defeating himself.

11- Describe some major hardships faced by the dogs and men in the story.

• when the dogs were going to the hundred miles of trail between him and Dawson it was painfully for the dogs and the water was freeze.it cold snap was on, and it fell to fifty degrees below zero. each time he broke through the man have to build a fire and dry his clothes to save his own life.

12- In what ways does Buck challenge Spitz?

• buck challenges Spitz for the rabbit. This begins their fight to the death

13- What event makes the conflict between Buck and Spitz turn into "war"?

• The revolt led by buck had destroyed and unity of the team, because of that they are no longer working together. they stated to hate each other by staring war.
  

14- Compare the way Spitz first treated Buck with the way Buck is treating Spitz in the end of the story.

• Spitz even goes out of his way to bully Buck and and buck does the same thing to Spitz.
  

15- What qualities help Buck become the leader of the dogsled team?

• I think his teams qualities help buck become leader of the dogsled.
  

16- What do you think the Call of the Wild means?

• i think it means that he learns how to survive in the wild because he is forced to.

17- Where in the story do you think Buck feels "the call of the wild"? Give examples to support your answer.

• I think in page 390 buck feels the call of the wild. Because buck was mad on Spitz.
  

18- What is the theme of the story?

• There are many themes in The Call of the Wild. One that I would suggest is survival of the fittest. There are many references in the book about that theme, especially when Buck is first learning about behavior in the sled team

Victor

Think about a time when you or someone close to you was very sick. How did the illness affect you? Did it change the way you looked at life?

• When my close one is sick i feel so bad than i go with my mom to the hospita because when you have sick you feel illness.

Do you think the visitors know that Cody hears them?

• Yes because Cody could understand what people say.

What details tell you how sick Cody is?

• Cody was very very sick because he had COMA.

What kind of boy is Cody?

• Cody is boy whose in the hospita, and he is a coma

What bothers Cody about his father? Why?

• It bothers Cody when his father did cry at hospita.
  

What is the "Land Above?" Why do you suppose Cody made up this place?

• It a place when you are lonely and you dont have anything to do than you think about it place.

What is one thing Victor does for Cody?

• The one thing that Victor did for Cody was tell him stories. they were all about a kid name Cody the stories was when cody was thirteen and climbing mountain.

How did Cody's way of thinking about life changed after meeting Victor?

• That Victor made Cody talk that why Cody life changed after meeting Victor.

What is Victor like?

• Victor is a old man who was at the hospita he dont talk he had soft and deep voice.

How does Victor offer Cody hope?

• That Victor told storys about cody and cody never felt that he was not going to die.

How is Cody's dad dealing with Cody's illness?

• Feels lonely and he doesnt want cry because he'll not be a man.

Whom do you think the mysterious gift is from? What makes you think so?

• Victor was the mysterious person who gift cody. when victor say happy birthday cody that makes me think so.

How does Max show he's a good friend?

• when max come ones of week to cody.

How do Cody's family and Max react to the empty box? Why?

Cody wants to live. What phrases tell you this?

What is the turning point, or climax, of the story?

Why did Victor give Cody the gift of an empty box?

What changes are taking place in Cody and his father?

What "miracle" did Victor perform? How did he do it?

• The miracle was tell stories to cody about mountain climbing that was the miracle.
  

Who gave up on Cody? Who didn't? what makes you think so?

• I think his dad gave up on cody because his dad did cry.
  

Do you think Victor was a real person? Find proof to support your opinion.

• I think victor was a real person because the next day a guy die so i think that was victor.
  

The word victor means "a winner of a battle." What battle occurred in this story? Who was a victor?

Let the chips fall

Languages and Language Diversity

1. There are many different writing SYSTEMS language uses the roman alphabet.

2. A dermatologist is a doctor who in problems of the skin.

3. The United States is into fifty states.

4. In the fifty years, the population of the world has increased rapidly.

5. Can i BORROW your pen for just a minute?

6. It's much eaier to wet snow ioto balls than to use dry snow.

7. In some countries, students their professors by their first.

8. Noam chomsky, a professor at MIT, is one of the most famous in the world.

9. A team of workers can build a car at a faster than people working alone.

10. The word diversity has nine