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Write a few adjectives to describe Chris McCandless Everything had changed suddenly the tone the moral climate you didnt know what to think whom to listen to As if all your life you had been led by the hand like a small child and suddenly you were on your own you had to learn to walk by yourself There was no one around neither family nor people whose judgement you respected At such a time you felt the need of committing yourself to something absolute life or truth or beauty of being ruled by it in place of the manmade rules that had been discarded You need to surrender to some such ultimate purpose more fully more unreservedly than you had ever done in the old familiar peaceful days in the old life that was now abolished and gone for good Page 103. Simple Ethnography. Immersing yourself . “. in the field. ”. at the feet of people with local, contextual expertise. .. Looking. . Look; don. ’. t think or talk!. Trying. . Show me? Do I have it right?. Into the Wild. 1. Trough (n). - lowest point of something. 2. Amalgam (n). - mixture; combination (of). 3. Anomaly (n). - abnormality; exception; peculiarity. 4. Amphibious (. adj. ). - having a mixed nature; the ability to conform and thrive in different environments. Vocabulary. Directions —. As you read the quote from . Into the Wild and the additional sentence (if provided). , . write down what you believe is the correct definition. Use context clues, the terms and definitions that you’ve received (. Into the Wild. 1. Trough (n). - lowest point of something. 2. Amalgam (n). - mixture; combination (of). 3. Anomaly (n). - abnormality; exception; peculiarity. 4. Amphibious (. adj. ). - able to conform and thrive in different environments; of a . . Getting Ready to Read . Into . the Wild . is a nonfiction, full-length text by Jon . Krakauer. . Published in 1996, it is based on an article . Krakauer. wrote in . Outside Magazine . about Christopher McCandless, a young college graduate who went off to Alaska and died in the woods. Because . Directions —. As you read the quote from . Into the Wild and the additional sentence (if provided). , . write down what you believe is the correct definition. Use context clues, the terms and definitions that you’ve received (. Every chapter in the book begins with an epigram. Epigram Assignment. Each student will sign up for an epigram from . Into the Wild . to present to the class. Before we begin reading, you will be responsible for providing the class with a brief overview of the epigram (see following examples). The first US Spacewalk . June 3, 1965 . t. o. The . F. irst Untethered Spacewalk . February 7, 1984. 5. First US Spacewalk. June . 3, 1965. Ed White and Jim McDivitt. Moving Around in Space 1965. Hand-Held . Honors English 11 / Meyer. Pre-Reading Journal Prompt. What expectations do you and/or others have for your life? What is your response to these expectations? Do you resent them or do you enjoy them? Why? . Stage 2 English 2017 1000 word essay How does Director Sean Penn of 2007 film ‘Into The Wild’ explore the idea of… freedom and independence isolation and loneliness humans and nature family Survival What book has had the greatest impact on you? What book would you carry around in your backpack if you were Chris? Explain your answer. Warm-Up: Tuesday, April 16th If you did not finish your “To Build a Fire” questions from yesterday, you need to do that The Man You Never Knew You KnewIt’s one of the most powerful and popular images in the history of space exploration: an astronaut in a snow-white spacesuit, untethered and floating alone in an expanse of blue. Bruce McCandless II is the man in that spacesuit, and Wonders All Around: The Incredible True Story of Astronaut Bruce McCandless II and the First Untethered Flight in Space is the thoroughly engrossing, extensively researched story of his inspiring life and groundbreaking accomplishments, as told by his son, a gifted writer and storyteller.Bruce McCandless II, a Navy fighter pilot, joined NASA in 1966. He was Houston’s capsule communicator—the person talking to the astronauts—as Apollo 11’s Neil Armstrong made his giant leap for mankind in 1969. McCandless supported subsequent Apollo flights and developed technology and techniques his fellow astronauts used during the Skylab program, working behind the scenes until he was chosen to ride Challenger into space on the tenth shuttle mission. When he stepped into the cosmos to test the Manned Maneuvering Unit, he became a space flight icon. But the road to that incredible feat was not the sure bet it should have been for such a gifted man.Bruce McCandless II was an astronaut for 24 years, and his story encompasses the development of the space agency itself—the changes in focus, in personnel, in approach, and in the city of Houston that grew up with it.Wonders All Around is more than a catalogue of McCandless’s extraordinary achievements, which included work on the design, deployment, and repair of the Hubble Space Telescope. It is also a tale of perseverance and devotion.Recounted with insight and humor, this book explores the relationship between a father and a son, men of two very different generations. And finally, it is an exploration of the mindset of one unique individual, and the courage, imagination, and tenacity that propelled him and his country to their place in the forefront of space history. From Wonders All Around: Bruce McCandless turned his Jeep around and screeched out of the cul-de-sac in front of our house for the ten-minute drive to the space center. The moon, a waxing crescent, was standing thirty degrees above the western horizon, and my father slipped into a sort of reverie as he sped toward it on NASA Road One. The moon floated serene and imperturbable in front of him like a black-and-white photograph of itself, Earth’s gravitational remora, her pale silent sister, movie star and legend, goddess and mirage. Bruce McCandless had just turned thirty-two. He was an engineer, a true son of science, a distant nephew of Sir Isaac Newton. He knew the formulas required for achieving orbital velocity, could tell you the fuel mixtures you needed, the stages and timing of rocket-booster separations. He brushed sentiments away like so many spider webs. But even he was having trouble believing that human beings—his colleagues and friends—were up there in the sky, getting ready to do something no one had ever done before. He was going to be part of it. He would be talking to two men as they walked on the moon. The young astronaut hadn’t quite reached his lifelong goal of touching the lunar surface, but he was close. He was almost there.He could feel it.