Annotation Targets: Annotation Guide While reading, annotation is one of the best ways to interact with the text on a deeper level. Using post-it notes, annotate your book as you read. Include the following:  New / challenging vocabulary (3 minimum per chapter)  Thematic Threads: 1. Allure of the wilderness (NATURE) 2. The relationship of self and society 3. Constructing identity : actions, interests, values, and beliefs 4. Connections between Krakauer and McCandless  Organization of the book  Ethos, Pathos, Logos  Examples of excellent writing: description, diction, syntax  Krakauer’s Purpose and/or Writing Style  Your own questions / observations about McCandless, Krakauer, or the story itself  Significance of the text/quotes at the beginning of the chapters

Author’s Note Chapter Nine  Startling Chris McCandless Information  Everett Ruess and the possible parallels to Chris  Hints about the author’s opinion of Chris McCandless Chapter Ten Chapter One  How people in Chris’s life found out about his death  Jim Gallien’s perspective on Chris/Alex Chapter Eleven  Chris’s level of preparedness  McCandless family background Chapter Two  Chris’s social activism in his youth  Exposition (background information) about the Chapter Twelve Stampede Trail  Details of Chris’s early adventures across the country  The discovery of Chris’s body  Conflicting personality traits (of Chris) Chapter Three  SECRETS and LIES  Wayne Westerberg’s perspective on Chris/Alex  Chris’s continues separation from his family  McCandless family background & contrasts with Chapter Thirteen Westerberg  Comparisons and contrasts between Chris and Carine Chapter Four  Familial reactions to Chris’s death  The mystery of the yellow Datsun Chapters Fourteen & Fifteen  Chris’s feelings about the government and possessions  ’s adventure on The Devil’s Thumb and his  The hitchhiking ticket & Hiking adventures connections to Chris Chapter Five  Why young people do dangerous things  Chris vs. Ronald McDonald, aka “authority” Chapters Sixteen & Seventeen  Charlie’s perspective on Chris/Alex  Jim Gallien and Chris McCandless, new details  Life in the Slabs w/ Jan Burres  Chris’s successes & struggles in the wilderness Chapter Six  Characterization revealed in diary entries  Ronald Franz’s perspective on Chris/Alex  The moose controversy  Ronald Franz background  Sir John Franklin and his relation (or not) to Chris  Chris/Alex and his effect on others Chapter Eighteen Chapter Seven  Chris’s life lessons learned in the wild  Gail Borah’s perspective on Chris/Alex  Cause of death?  Chris’s issues with his father and his sister  Cabins controversy Chapter Eight Epilogue  Outside readers’ views on Chris McCandless  Familial reactions to the site of Chris’s death  Gene Rosellini, John Waterman, and Carl McCunn, aka the Three Wierdos