April 9, 2019

Objective:  I can initiate and participate effectively in a discussion about how I and others would perceive Christopher McCandless, building on others’ ideas and expressing my own clearly and persuasively.
Agenda:

• Entry Task: On the next page in your journal, copy the definition as well as one example you understand:
• In literature, a foil is a character that shows qualities that are in contrast with the qualities of another character. The objective is to highlight the traits of the other character.

• • In Star Wars, Luke Skywalker’s foil is his friend Hans Solo
  • In Harry Potter, Harry Potter’s foil is his enemy Draco Malfoy
  • In Romeo & Juliet, Romeo’s foil is Juliet’s suitor Paris
  • In Hamlet, Hamlet’s foil is his best friend Horatio
  • In Beauty & the Beast,  Beast’s foil is the man who wants to marry Belle, Gaston
• Follow along to the beginning pages of Into the Wild, Ch. 8
  • Read about the adventurer assigned to you from Ch. 8-9
  • Make a Venn-Diagram to compare your adventurer to McCandless: differences in the outer circles, similarities in the middle
• With those who read about the same adventurer as you, show at least 6 similarities/differences between McCandless and your adventurer in order to tell the class about him.  Include the following on your poster:
  • What is the name of your adventurer?
  • What did he do?
  • How is he similar to McCandless?
  • How is he different from McCandless?
    • Remember you must show a total of 6 similarities/differences
  • How would your adventurer answer one of the 4-corner questions?
• Finish your poster by selecting one of the 4-Corner questions to answer from the perspective of your adventurer.
• Exit Task:  Complete your Group Work self-assessment and turn into the box.