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The South Pole and North Pole Bell Work Texts 7-9

Monday

1A. The South Pole by Roald Amundsen is most likely considered what type of passage?
 	Poem 	   OR    	 Short Story		OR	Novel

1B. What elements used in the passage, The South Pole, helped you determine the answer for 1A?

2A. Which sentence below is most similar in meaning to the word gale as used in the following passage? “Next day, there was a gale from the north.” (Amundsen 1-2)

		The sound of laughter echoes throughout the hallways.
		Prior to monsoon storms, a strong wind kicks up.

2B. What evidence from the text helped you determine your answer for 2A? 

3A. What is the purpose of writing The South Pole by Amundsen?

		To entertain his audience
		To persuade his audience
		To inform his audience

3B. What evidence from the text helped you determine the answer for 3A?

Tuesday

4A. What technique does the author use in the following passage? “Hanssen’s neck grew twice as long as before in his endeavour to see a few inches farther.” (Amundsen 33-34)

		Irony-the opposite of what you’d expect to happen
Hyperbole-an exaggeration to make a point

4B. What evidence from the text helped you answer 4A?

5A.  When the author reaches the South Pole, what technique describes his realization? 

“I had to be honest...I have never known any man to be placed in such
 a diametrically opposite position to the goal of his desires...The regions
around the North Pole...had attracted me from childhood, and here I was
at the South Pole.” (Amundsen 33-34)

Irony-the opposite of what he’d expect to happen
Symbolism-an item representing something else

5B. What evidence from the text helped you answer 5A?

6A. Which words best describe the tone, or author’s attitude, about reaching the South Pole?

	Amundsen was disappointed  and Scott was thrilled
Scott was disappointed and Amundsen was thrilled

6B. What evidence from both texts, The South Pole and Scott’s Last Expedition, helped you answer 6A?

Wednesday

7A. What technique does the author, Robert Falcon Scott, use in the following sentences? “Now for the run home and a desperate struggle.  I wonder if we can do it.” (Scott 41-42)

		foreshadow-hinting at a future event 
		flashback-remembering an event that happened earlier in time

7B. What evidence from the lines above helped you answer 7A?

8A. What does Robert Falcon Scott realize in the following lines of Text 8? “We marched on, found that it was a black flag tied to a sledge bearer; near by the remains of a camp; and the clear trace of dogs’ paws-many dogs.” (Scott 13-15) 

		Scott realized he will soon die.
		Scott realized the Norwegians beat him to the South Pole.

8B. What evidence from the text helped you answer 8A?

9A. What does Robert Falcon Scott realize in the following lines of Text 8? “We are descending in altitude-certainly also the Norwegians found an easy way up.” (Scott 20-21) 

	Scott realized his route was not the quickest or easiest route to the South Pole.
	Scott realized Amundsen’s route was longer and just as difficult.

9B. What evidence from the text helped you answer 9A?

Thursday

Use the following passage to answer 10 and 11.
 
		“Great God! this is an awful place and terrible enough for us to have
laboured to it without the reward of priority.” (Scott 37-38)

10A. How does the above passage contrast to Scott’s passage about Impressions from Text 2?

	Scott’s Impressions had a dreary tone and this passage is upbeat and cheerful. 
	Scott’s passion for the land turned negative since he wasn’t first to the South Pole.
 	
10B. What evidence from the text helped you answer 10A?

11A. Why does Scott include the above passage in his journal? 
	
To emphasize how defeat caused his passion to change to disappointment
	To emphasize how defeat does not change his viewpoint about the land

11B. What evidence from the text helped you answer 11A?

12A. What is being inferred in the following passage from Text 9? “Oates was walking to his death, we knew it was the act of a brave man and an English gentleman.” (Scott 20-21)
		
Oates wanted to hike one last time before he died.
		Oates wanted to be by himself, so he wasn’t a bother to anybody.

12B. What evidence from the text helped you answer 12A?

Friday

13A. What part of speech is widow as used in the following passage? “Send this diary to my widow. R. Scott.”

		Pronoun	OR	Noun	  

13B. Widow is a ______ because it is a ___.  It is not a  ___ because _____.

14A. What type of sources are the three texts: The South Pole and the two excerpts from Scott’s Last Expedition.

		Primary Source 	OR	Secondary Source

14B. What evidence helped you answer 14A?

15A. How is Scott’s final entry of the journal similar to the man in To Build a Fire?
	
Both men surcome to their death because they were not fully prepared
for the expeditions.
Both men followed the advice of former explorers, so they were prepared
and met their goals. 

15B. What evidence from the texts helped you answer 15A?