ЗАНЯТИЕ ПО АМЕРИКАНСКОЙ ЛИТЕРАТУРЕ (НА

АНГЛИЙСКОМ ЯЗЫКЕ)

Тема: Джек Лондон

«Белый клык»

JACK LONDON (1876-1916)

Name

Date of birth

Childhood

Teen years

Youth

Start of his literary career

Family life

Major books

Last years

LITERARY CAREERMAJOR WORKS The Call of the Wil

d (1903)

The Sea-Wolf (1904)

White Fang (1906) Martin Eden

(1909) The Valley of the M

oon (1913)

The Little Lady of the Big House (1916)

NORTHWEST CANADA

PROJECT ON THE WEB

Who are the Inuit people?

What does their name mean?

Which tribes can you find in the area of the Yukon, Northwest Canada?

WHITE FANG IS A WOLF. WHAT ELSE DO YOU KNOW ABOUT WOLVES? In which countries

do the wolves live?

What animals do wolves hunt and kill?

Are wolves in danger?

WHAT ARE THE WOLVES DOING?HOWLING GROWLING HUNTIG ATTACKING LICKING

READINGPRE-READINGPhonetics Geography:Canada, Yukon Territory, Mackenzie River,

California Names: Kiche, Cherokee, Weedon Scott,

Collie Difficult to pronounce: famine, to christen, to

devour, morose, ferocious, VocabularyExplain: a pack of wolves, to scatter, a litter of

five cubs, a vicious fight, hostile environment, to rescue, to adjust to the laws

NAME THE ANIMALS:

PRE-READINGGRAMMAR

The story then follows the pack, which

recently ______ of its last prey. When the

pack finally brings down a moose, the

famine _______. They eventually split up.

And now the story describes a she-wolf

and her mate, One-Eye. The she-wolf

_____ birth to a litter of five cubs. All but

one ____ from hunger. One Eye is killed

by a lynx while _____ to rob its den.

to rob

to end

to give

to die

to try

READINGMATCH TWO COLUMNS White Fang Weedon Scott Grey Beaver Kiche Cherokee Collie

third master and the first to show affection towards the main character;

The first master of the main character;

The mother of the main character;

a bulldog that faces the main character during one of the fights;

a sheepdog on the farm; three-quarters wolf and one-

quarter dog.

POST - READINGMARK THE STATEMENTS AS TRUE, FALSE OR NOT STATED1. The story begins in the USA.2. One-Eye is a little cub.3. Native Americans christen the cub

White Fang.4. White Fang easily becomes one of the

puppies pack among the Indians.5. White Fang starts participating in dog-

fighting when he is five.6. Weedon Scott saves White Fang.7. The story ends with White Fang relaxing

in the sun with his three puppies.

WATCHING THE FILM

READING THE ORIGINAL TEXT

•PART I: The Wild Chapter 1: The Trail of the Meat •Chapter 2: The She-Wolf •Chapter 3: The Hunger Cry •PART II: Born of the Wild Chapter 1: The Battle of the Fangs •Chapter 2: The Lair •Chapter 3: The Gray Cub •Chapter 4: The Wall of the World •Chapter 5: The Law of Meat •PART III: The Gods of the Wild Chapter 1: The Makers of Fire •Chapter 2: The Bondage •Chapter 3: The Outcast •Chapter 4: The Trail of the Gods •Chapter 5: The Covenant •Chapter 6: The Famine

•PART IV: The Superior Gods Chapter 1: The Enemy of His Kind •Chapter 2: The Mad God •Chapter 3: The Reign of Hate •Chapter 4: The Clinging Death •Chapter 5: The Indomitable •Chapter 6: The Love-Master •PART V: The Tame Chapter 1: The Long Trail •Chapter 2: The Southland •Chapter 3: The God's Domain •Chapter 4: The Call of Kind •Chapter 5: T

SPEAKINGDog fights were a

popular form of entertainment in the Klondike. They were cruel and illegal, but the man liked them.

Discuss with your partner:

Which sports do you think are cruel;

Which entertainment could be made illegal in the future.

HOMETASKCHOOSE ANY OF THE FOUR …

Task 1. This is a part of a letter Scott receives from his wife in California.In your next letter, please tell me about the weather in the Klondike and any other news you have.When are you coming home?Write Scott’s reply to his wife. Tell her all about White Fang and a trip home (about 100 words).

Task 2. Find out information about either Northwest Canada and the Yukon or California. Make a project, follow the plan:1) The history of the area2) The people who live there3) The geography4) Tourism

Task 3. Make a survey and fill in the chart.

Task 4. Do the test. See supplementary materials №4.

Name Kind of pet

Age Colour

What it eats

Where it sleeps

What you do together

Who looks after it