Into the Wild Bellringer # 8 1-9-12Directions: Answer the following questions with your

knowledge of pages 70-80 of chapter 8.1. Why are Alaskans upset about Krakauer’s article in Outside magazine?

2. How did Gene Rossellini, the “mayor of Hippie Cove” die?

3. What is the highest governmental office John Waterman ran for?

4. How did John Waterman die?

Today’s Objective: We can read and understand Into the Wild.

Into the Wild Bellringer # 9 1-10-12Directions: Answer the following questions with your knowledge

of pages 80-85 of chapter 8 and chapter 9.1. Name the three unlucky or ignorant things that happened to

Carl McCunn while he was stranded in the wilderness of Alaska. 2. What was the author’s purpose in including the stories in

chapter 8?3. Name 2 things Everett Ruess had happen to him that almost

killed him.4. How does Ken Sleight believe Ruess died?5. What is the author’s purpose in including Everett Ruess’s story

in chapter 9?

Today’s Objective: We can read and understand Into the Wild.

Into the Wild Bellringer # 10 1-12-121. Krakauer spends several pages discussing Walt’s

background and personality. Why do you think he does this?

2. Chapter 11 talks about some relatives that Walt, Billie, Chris, and Carine visited on vacation. Which relative was Chris most like and how was he like him?

3. In what subject did Chris receive an F?4. What did Chris hide in Walt and Billie’s Airstream trailer?

Today’s Objective: We can read and understand Into the Wild.

Into the Wild Bellringer # 11 1-18-12

Directions: These questions come from chapter 13.1. Who told Carine about her brother’s death?2. Why do you think Krakauer includes the story of

Carine finding out about Chris’s death instead of his parents?

3. What specifically was wrong with the box that contained Chris’s ashes?

Today’s Objective: We can analyze portions of Into the Wild for character analysis.

Into the Wild Bellringer # 12 1-19-12

Directions: Use your knowledge of chapters 14 and 15 to answer this question.

1. What is the author’s purpose in recounting his own personal experience of his solo climb of the Devil’s Thumb?

After you finish answering this question, turn to page 155 in your book.

Today’s Objective: We can summarize main ideas of Into the Wild.

Into the Wild Bellringer # 13 1-20-12

Directions: These questions are from the first few pages of chapter 16.

1. How is Chris’s conversation with Stuckey different from other conversations he has had with people he met on his “odyssey”?

2. Why do you think he reveals this information to Stuckey?

Today’s Objective: We can read and understand Into the Wild.