TABLE
PROLOGUE
DONE WITH
BY
OF
CONTENTS
ANN STANFORD
4
CREATING CONTEXT
8
To Fall in the Dark Void—Lessons of Survival
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Concept Vocabulary
CLUSTER ONE
Why Do People Take Risks?
Thinking Skill
HYPOTHESIZING
11
Wilding
J A NE Y O L E N
short story
12
poem
23
autobiography
24
autobiography
33
Allen Greshner
M EL G L E N N
Search and Rescue
T IM C AH I L L
The Fine Madness of Iditarod
G A RY P AU LS E N
Responding to Cluster One
Writing Activity
HYPOTHESIZING ABOUT WHY PEOPLE TAKE RISKS
CLUSTER TWO
After Surviving?
Thinking Skill
GENERALIZING
38
39
Contents of the Dead Man’s Pockets
J AC K F I N N E Y
short story
40
short story
57
poem
68
Appetizer
R OB E R T A B E L
Staying Alive
D AV ID W A GO N E R
Responding to Cluster Two
Writing Activity
REACTING TO A SURVIVAL SITUATION
72
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CLUSTER THREE
Thinking Skill
What Would You Risk?
73
EVALUATING
Battle by the Breadfruit Tree
T HEODORE W ALDECK
article
74
editorial essay
84
short story
88
short story
105
The Man in the Water
R OG E R R OS E N B LAT T
Jared
D AV ID G I FAL DI
Plainswoman
W ILL IA M S F O R R ES T
Responding to Cluster Three
Writing Activity
EVALUATING CHARACTERS
118
CLUSTER FOUR
Thinking on Your Own
119
Thinking Skill
SYNTHESIZING
Into the Wild
J ON K R AK A U E R
biography
120
Responding to Cluster Four
143
Close Reading
144
Using Textual Evidence
151
Comparing Texts
153
Author Biographies
156
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