Into The Wild Lesson

By Shane Ellers and Christine Kelly

What would you bring?

Pick 3 or 4 materials that you would choose to take

with you on adventure

Get into small groups to discuss what you chose

and why you chose it.

If you were to really go on this trip what would your

backpack contain and why? THINK- PAIR- SHARE

Background Information
The song Society By Eddie Vedder is not just a

random song choice for the movie edition of Into The Wild
Something to think about when listening to the

song: These lyrics could tell you something about the main character, Christopher McCandless

Society By Eddie Vedder http://www.youtube.com/wa

tch?v=Cy6iwP9Ux3A the lyrics

Listen to song and analyze

What message do you

think the author is trying to portray through these lyrics?

What does this tell you

about the novel we are about to read?

Discussion of Themes
Consider the themes of materialism, rebellion, and

isolationism
What evidence or key words do you find in the lyrics

that could support these themes?

Quick Write
Write down your thoughts about the themes and

characterization that weve discussed and that youve taken from the song lyrics. [about a paragraph]
What do these lyrics mean to you personally? How do the themes of materialism, rebellion, and

isolationism apply to your own life?

Will serve as a work sample in order to allow us to

evaluate student growth throughout the reading of this novel.

 Write a draft of your two-page diary entry answering

Homework- Writing Prompt

the following questions:

If you were leaving everything behind to go on an

adventure and could only bring a backpack, what would you bring and why? [does not have to be limited to the items used in class]
Would you keep in contact with family and friends?

Who? How often? By what means? [pay phone, letter, etc.]

continued
Next class we will be compiling a class blog that will

serve as a sort of class travelling journal that can be contributed to throughout the reading of this novel.
Your diary entry should include a photograph, one that

either youve taken or found, that you think will help portray your experience experience would be like

Can tell a story that youve made up as to what your

Will have to read each others final diary entries and

provide feedback for one another, which we will be recording as a form of assessment

11.RIT.2 Determine two or more central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to provide a complex analysis; provide an objective summary of the text. 11.W.10 Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frame (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes. 11.SL.1 Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacherled) with diverse partners on grades 11-12 topics, texts, and issues, building on others ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively. 12.W.6 Use technology, including the internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products in response to ongoing feedback, including new arguments or information.

Common Core Standards