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Unit 9: Jack London

(1876 - 1916)

To Build a Fire

Warm -up

acronyms

Jack London (1876 – 1916)

Task 1: Read the text quickly and make the right choices

for the following sentences

1 The place where gold was found is

a Alaska b San Francisco c the Far East

2 Viet Nam, Laos, Cambodia are countries in

a America b Europe c the Far East

3 After twenty-five years of teaching, he has a lot of _

a adventure b experiences c experience

4. Among his best-known novels are the call of the wild, the sea – wolf

and to build a fire “Best-known” here means

a most famous b dull c terrible

5. He quit school at fourteen to become a sailor The word ”quit” here

means _

a continued b stopped c paused

Alaska

the Far East

experiences

most famous

stopped

New words:

(v) Represent

(n) Adventure

(n) experiences

(n) Alaska/ the Far East

(v) Quit – quit - quit

The south pole

The north pole/

The Arctic

(n) The call

Jack London (1876 ­ 1916)

Jack London's life and writings are thought by many to 

(1) the American love of adventure. He was 

(2)  in San Francisco, California, and 

(3)  school at fourteen to become a sailor. He 

(4) _ a great during his short lifetime, in the United  States, Europe, and the Far East. When gold was 

discovered in Alaska in 1897, Jack London, answering the 

His experiences in the wild northern country provided him 

novels, including To Build a Fire. Among his best­known 

novels are The Call of tile Wild and The Sea­Wolf.

represent

born

quit

travelled

gold - rush

material

Task 2: Read the text carefully and answer the

questions below

1 What topic is Jack London famous for?

2 Where was he born? And when?

3 Did he have good schooling?

4 Did he travel a lot?

5 Did he answer the call of the famous

“gold rush” to Alaska?

6 Did he get a lot of gold?

1 What topic is Jack London famous for?

2 Where was he born? And when?

3 Did he have good schooling?

4 Did he travel a lot?

5 Did he answer the call of the famous “gold rush” to Alaska?

6 Did he get a lot of gold?

1 Adventure

2 In San Francisco in 1876

3 No, he had to stop his schooling at 14 years old

4 Yes, he used to travel in the USA, Europe and the Far East.

5 Yes, he took part in the “gold rush”

6 No, but he got a lot of experiences and materials in the wild northern country for his later stories and novels Among them is To Build A Fire

Work in group of four or eight

students Talk with your partner

what you know about Jack London

A Fire

Summary: TO BUILD A FIRE

Get twigs for fire - wood

Build a fire

The story is about a man and his dog going to the Arctic They were in bad weather The man was

so cold that he could not eat his biscuits for lunch His fingers were too numb Can you guess what

he did then?

Homework

- Learn by heart Jack London’s biography