This reading comprehension is aimed at pupils aged between 11- 14 . Pupils will read an extract from ‘White Fang’ by Jack London and answer questions which target a range of reading skills: skimming and scanning, inference and deduction, making predictions and examining the effects of language on the reader. At the end of the lesson there is an optional writing task follow up task.

This complete lesson(s) focuses on Buck’s journey to the North. Pupils will listen (audio link) and read along to Chapter 1 of ‘Call of the Wild’ and place the events in chronological order (worksheet). Then they will consider the feelings and motives of the main characters: Buck, the man in the red sweater and Perrault through a ‘hotseating’ task. Finally, pupils can write a diary entry as Buck, describing his ordeal. More able pupils might want to choose a different character: the man in the red sweater or Perrault.

This English Language/ Literature PowerPoint presentation is aimed at pupils aged between 11-14. Pupils will read an extract from chapter 1 of ‘Call of the Wild’ by Jack London and analyse the appearance and personality of the main character- Buck the dog. They will make notes from the extract and use them to write their own character description. This resource could be used as the first/ introduction lesson when studying ‘Call of the Wild’ or as a discrete lesson.