Buck and the Man With the Club

Use the pre-reading sheet before starting the novel and the discussion guides alongside each chapter. Assign the whole-book response after finishing the book, and use the answer keys to check quoted evidence.

Analyze how the man in the red sweater changes Buck in Chapter I, beaten but not broken. The directions on the page read: Read this part of Chapter I. Then answer each question on the lines. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 7th grade novel studies, and it works the same at home or at school. At home, a student can work through it alone and then go over it with you, which shows quickly what is solid and what needs another look. In class it works as independent practice, homework or a warm-up, and you can print one copy or a full set.

The set has 8 worksheets built on passages from Jack London's novel. It includes a pre-reading sheet on the opening verse, three discussion guides, a whole-book response, a character analysis, a sensory language sheet and a Klondike gold rush background sheet.

Yes. All 8 worksheets in this set have an answer key. Many questions ask for quoted evidence, so the keys show sample answers that students can check their own wording against.

Build Background on the Klondike Gold Rush pairs a short article about the 1896 find on Rabbit Creek with a Chapter VII passage. Students use both texts to answer questions about how the novel treats a real event.

Students practice citing evidence, working out word meanings, analyzing how characters interact with events, identifying a theme and comparing fiction with a historical account.