Name:
Freshman English, Period:____
Date:

1. Decoding Conventions: Identify the genre of this book from the bookcover and table of contents. Give reasons for your choice.

2. From the title of the book, what do you think it will be about?

3. List all the things that you think would be crucial to survive on an uninhabited island, with the one thing MOST crucial listed first (the rest of the order does not matter).

4. To what extent are we free human beings? Include comments about environment, other people and inner drives.

5. What is man's relationship to nature?

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6. Imagine this class of students being transported to an uninabited island without any adults. What do you think Dr. Questad would find if she landed there 1 year later? Include details about basic survival, mental and physical health, organization and general well-being.

6. On the back of this paper draw a map of an ideal deserted island. Put in everything you would need for survival. The only thing the island may not have is people or technology (any way to interact with outside world). You may put in a vegetation key, compass rose and other symbols if you wish. Your island will be judged.