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Into the Wild
by Jon Krakauer

Krakauer, Jon. Into the Wild. First Anchor Book ed. New York: Villard Books, 1996.
 

Jon Krakauer
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http://outside.away.com/disc/guest/krakauer/bookintro.html

 

Chris McCandless’ Story

     Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild integrates the scattered

pieces of saga that met many faces, years and over 4,000 miles across the North American landscape.

     Chris McCandless’s journey may have taken to the road, yet this story is rooted in deeper in the young man’s past. McCandless was a student at Emory University in located in Georgia, his family taking residence in West Virginia. Chris was described by those who knew him best as amiable, intelligent and well spoken, but something was disturbing McCandless. It was later learned that Chris knew of his father’s affair, after a long otherwise stable marriage with McCandless’ mother. Having pleased his parents with his accomplishments and down to earth attitude, Chris planned to become the polar opposite of the conservative university graduate.  McCandless then set his sights on the Alaskan wilderness, miles away from society, home and family troubles. Little did he know, the greatest challenge in his life, the one that eventually took it, lay ahead.

By Brandon Fitton
Ms. Carson's START class
June 2005



 
 
 

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This is an example of student work from Semester 1, 2004-2005.  The final assessment: the making of a game. Click here to see assignment details.
Students are expected to work as a team to develop a game that includes an objective, detailed directions, a game board and relative game pieces and playing cards, a pithy book summary of no more than 150 words that incorporates vocabulary, and a decorated container to put it in.

     

              Taiga Objective

Make your way through the woodsof the Alaskan Taiga while racing against other players to venture from START to HOME first.  Keep in mind your level of food and ammunition on the way, for if you run out, you will never reach your destination.

Student developed puzzles: click here

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