Whiteout Chapter 10

Whiteout Chapter Ten

Assigned questions 49, 50, 51 & 53

Plot Summary

• Jon and Calvin make an interesting discovery about the book Jon’s father gave to Calvin.
• They find 18,000 dollars in the cover.
• Calvin treats the money like it was nothing
• We find out that there is nothing wrong with the generator
• Calvin checks the generator/ he does this so Jan cannot pretend that it is broken
• Jon is proud that Calvin is his uncle for the first time.
• There are still no kids showing up to his classes because they do not know they are going on.
• He admits that turning down the scholarship was a bad choice



Reoccurring symbols/ images

• The money stuffed in the cover of the book
Signs that Jon is maturing
• He admits that he made a bad choice in turning down the scholarship
• He is taking the time to get to know his uncle
• He is feeling proud of his uncle

This week's due date (dec 2nd)

Questions due from previous weeks-
Ch 9 -43,44, 46,48
Ch 10 -49, 50,51&53
Ch 11-54 &55

Questions due this week-
Ch 12- 56,57, 59&61
Ch 13- 63, 65& 66
Ch 14- 69,70,71 &72

Journal # 7 is due next week on Tuesday

Journal Entry # 7

Journal entry # 7

Describe the custom of an arranged marriage and state why you think is fair or unfair. Use Panee’s situation as an example.

Requirements
• Three paragraphs
• Formal language
• Essay format
• Due Tuesday

Whiteout Chapter 14

Whiteout Chapter 14

Questions 69, 70, 71& 72

New Characters
• None

Plot Summary

• Jon sings to the children songs from the book, “Rasmussen”.
• The students are amazed that he could know their traditional songs.
• Walski lost his temper and assaulted Jon
• Panee stood up to Walski on Jon’s behalf
• Because of her outburst Pudlo realizes that Panee likes Jon very much.
• Mr. Walski placed a no admission sign on the school door. Their conflict renews again.
• Jon goes for a walk and ends up at the Whaler’s house.
• Jon sees the scar faced man again when he thinks about the widow’s tent.
• Jon and Panee spend the evening in the old Whaler’s house.
• They speak of her arranged marriage.
• Jon and Panee make plans to fix up the house. Panee appears to have the same feeling for Jon.
• Jon vows to stop getting trouble with Mr. Walski and Calvin
• Even as Jon writes in his journal he is already making plans to move out of the Whaler’s house, to move back to Toronto. He is already breaking his promises to Panee.


Dictionary items
• Ahaluna- certainly

Reoccurring imagery
• The scar faced man

Whiteout Chapter 13

Whiteout Chapter 13
Questions 63,65 & 66


Characters
• No new characters

Plot Summary

• Jon is preoccupied and upset about Panee’s arranged marriage to Edlout.
• Jon takes his anger out on Calvin but Calvin controls his temper.
• Calvin mentions to Noddy how much he is beginning to respect Jon.
• Calvin is starting to take on a fatherly role towards Jon.
• Calvin has a heartfelt conversation with Jon.
• He gives the following advice: do what you were sent here to do, avoid getting involved with the local population, start picking better friends and stop worrying about money.
• Calvin cuts up the 18,000 dollars Jon’s father left him and tosses outside in the wind.


Foreshadowing-
Definition-
When hints of what to come in the action of a play or story are given it is known as foreshadowing.

On page 102 there is an example of foreshadowing-
Calvin Arid tells Jon, “These Inuit live very different lives than we do. They’ve come from a different place, a different age. I believe they are the kindest, most peaceful people in the world. But still they can break your heart without even knowing that they’re doing it.”

Chapter 12 whiteout notes and assigned questions

Whiteout Chapter 12
Questions 56, 57, 59 &61.


New Characters• Panee’s/ Pudlo’s parents
• Their grandmother


Plot Summary
• It was the weekend but Jon wished it was a week night so he could teach and see Panee.
• Jon walked past the winter tents and saw the scar faced man again.
• The scar faced man spoke to Jon in Inuktitut.
• The man had no shadow.
• Panee tells Jon that no one was living in the tent and that an old woman had died there before Jon arrived in Nanuvik.
• Jon discovers that most Inuit believe in ghosts.
• Jon still blames his behavior on his mother and thinks that she was trying to get rid of him.
• Panne shares how the Inuit feel about their parents- that it is the job of the child to take care of their parents when they become teenagers.
• Jon visits Panee’s and Pudlo’s house.
• Pudlo tells Jon that Panee is engaged to be married. She will marry Edlout.
• It is an arranged marriage.



Dictionary items
• Angiukar- They Inuktitut name the Inuit in the community use for Calvin Arid
• ulu- A Inuit woman’s knife used for cutting meat. It is half moon shaped. Made of steel with a bone or wooden handle.
• Kadluna piuksinga- It is our custom.
• Piuksinga- Custom
• Uingasak- Fiancée
• Achooli- I don’t know





an ulu




Things we notice about the scar faced man

• Only Jon can see him
• He has no shadow or there are strange things happening with shadows.
• Jon sees him the first time on the plane
• Jon sees him again in chapter three after hearing about shamanism
• Jon sees him again in chapter twelve before Panee tells him about ghosts
• He appears to be communicating with Jon

Chapter 11 notes and assigned questions

Whiteout Chapter 11
Questions 54& 55

New Characters
• Heather Macintosh- town nurse
• Etooloo- student
• Tauki- student
• Elizapee- student

Plot Summary
• Jon arranges for Heather to meet Calvin
• Both Calvin and Heather are from the same country- Scotland
• Heather buys items from the store to talk to Calvin
• Jon had the opportunity to tell the class about his music lessons
• When Jon arrived for his class there were seven students waiting
• Some brought their own instruments
• They started a jam session
• Mr. Walski broke up the session and advised Jon to teach piano
• Mr. Walski starts to wonder why he dislikes
• Pudlo shows Jon walrus- Jon is starting to become accepted in the community
• Jon sees the old whalers house for the first time
• Jon senses that Panee has feeling for him

Dictionary items
• Kadlunait- people with the heavy eyebrows
• Emealook- liquor


What Jon writes about in his journal
• How much he likes Panee
• Ho w Noddy has joined him during his classes

How to improve your Journal/ Question writing.

An example of a good journal entry done by a member of our class.

Friday, October 28th/ 2011
Journal entry #4

As we were flying over Frobisher Bay I realize that it is nothing that I imagined. I wish I could just go back to the comfort of my own home, but I know I’m coming here for a good reason.

I’m kind of nervous to meet my uncle because I don’t know what he is going to be like or if he’s even going to like me.

Even though I said I’m nervous I am also kind of anxious because I want to see how they live up here, the things they do and the clothes they wear. I think when I meet my uncle and I get settled in, everything will be fine.

How we could improve this entry by adding supporting evidence from the novel. Information in red has been added to the previous journal entry.

As we were flying over Frobisher Bay I realize that it is nothing that I imagined. I wish I could just go back to the comfort of my own home. Back to my clean, warm, Toronto apartment with the luxury of my stuff and my piano, but I know I’m coming here for a good reason. I need to prove to everyone that I have changed, that I have stopped using drugs and that I am taking responsibility for my past actions. I know that working in Nanuvik will demonstrate to the world that I have changed.

I’m kind of nervous to my meet uncle because I don’t know what he is going to be like or if he’s even going to like me. I am also concerned that he will not give me my inheritance. I have never met him before as he has never traveled south before but I have heard stories about his strictness and cheapness. I don’t think Uncle Calvin will be anything like my father.

Even though I said I’m nervous I am also kind of anxious because I want to see how the Inuit live up here, the things they do and the clothes they wear. I am interested to see what northern living is like. Will I be cold all the time? Will I have enough to eat? Did I bring enough stuff to occupy my time during the winter? Even though I have all these questions I think when I meet my uncle and I get settled in, everything will be fine.

An example of a good answer using supporting evidence written by a student. Information in red is supporting evidence.

Walski’s reasoning for dismissing Jon as a music teacher was he abused drugs once before and he didn’t want anything to happened to his students. Mr. Walski stated, “You seem to me exactly the type of person these students shouldn’t know.”

Journal Entry #6 Due Friday November 18th

Journal entry 6

Who is your favorite character in the novel so far? Explain why they are your favorite. Use supporting evidence. Your journal entry must be a minimum of three paragraphs in length. This was assigned on Tuesday.

Creative Response Due Friday Nov 18th

English 2202 Whiteout extension activities Chapters 1-8

Choose and complete one of the following activities. These are not group projects. Complete all drawing assignments on 8X10” plain, unlined, paper. All written assignments must be a minimum of three paragraphs in length, contain full sentences and be written in formal language. This project will be started in class and completed as homework. This project is DUE FRIDAY NOVEMBER 8TH.

1. 1. The setting for chapter five is Calvin Arid’s company home. Using the description provided by Jon in the novel “Whiteout” draw, in detail, one of the rooms of Calvin Arid’s House.

2. 2. Using the description provided by Jon in chapter seven of the novel “Whiteout” draw, in detail, the Nanuvik school.

3. 3. Write a letter to Jon listing and describing in detail all the items Jon will need to spend the winter in Nanuvik. Use the information provided in the book to form your list.

4. 4.Write an article for a travel magazine that describes how Nanuvik looks and the culture of Inuit people.

Chapter 9 notes

Whiteout Chapter Nine

Assigned questions 43,44, 46 & 48

Plot Summary

· Jon studied the body language used by the Inuit kids

· Mr. Walski is still trying to influence his students not to attend Jon’s Evening classes

· Mr. Walski is still standing outside the school while Jon is waiting for students to scare kids away

· While Mr. Walski is away Ms. Bowen allows Jon to play for the students

· Calvin catches Jon and Noddy talking about him

· Calvin threatens Jon with his inheritance money

· Now that the Inuit kids are interested in Jon’s music classes Mr. Walski cancels the music class by claiming the generator is not working.

· Jon plays in an improvised soccer game and is surprised when his uncle joins the game.

John’s growing interest in Panee

· He spends time looking at Panee in class (pg 69)

· He thinks she has a bright intelligent look (pg 69)

· They chase each other during the soccer game ( pg 75)

· Panee teases Jon during the soccer game (pg 75)

Reoccurring theme

· Rejection

Whiteout Chapter 8 notes

Whiteout Chapter Eight

Questions 38,39& 42

Please note- ALL QUESTIONS MUST BE COMPLETED DURING CLASS TIME

Questions for chapter 7& 8 are due at the end of class on Thursday.

New Characters

· Shoona- Panee's friend

Plot Summary

· Jon is desperate to go to school

· Jon was not asked to work at the store

· Jon is getting cabin fever

· Jon borrowed books from his uncle

· He finds his uncle’s collection of ivory sculpture, Jon encounters the half seal / half woman again

· Calvin assigns Jon the chore of shoveling the path to the ammunition shed

· Pudlo shows Jon how to use a snow knife.

· Jon feels pride when Panee compliments his work

· The school superintendent directs Mr. Walski to allow Jon to teach in the evening after class

What we learn about “Kabloona”

· It is a book written about a French explorers travels

· Written about a time before World War II (1945)

· The Inuit lived off the land by hunting and fishing

· The Inuit lived in Igloos

Reoccurring images/ symbols

· The carving of the green goddess. The half woman, half seal Arctic Goddess Sedna (see above image)

Reoccurring theme

· Loneliness and rejection

Dictionary items:

Sedna – the Arctic goddess