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Life of Pi Unit ELA 20-1 Task A: Reading Comprehension Life of Pi Unit ELA 20-1 Task A: Reading Comprehension (TWO tasks): - Pass Reading Quiz + TWO of the following: . Reading Comprehension Worksheet . Read “Secret Life of Walter Mitty” & compare with Life of Pi . Active participation in Life of Pi Circle Discussion . Read article on Life of Pi and write Personal Response Task B: Symbolic & Thematic Interpretation (TWO tasks): - Animal symbolism assignment - Dialectics Reading & Worksheet - Power of Story assignment - Semiotics Reading & Worksheet - Symbolic Interpretation assignment (Algae Island, Blindness, Food & Religion) Task C: Analysis (TWO tasks): ONE of the following - Essay - Thematic Analysis Paragraph - Author Choice Analysis Paragraph + - Symbolic Analysis Paragraph Task D: Representation (ONE task): - Personal Zoo project - Creative Writing in Textual Context - Art Gallery project - Photo Essay Task A: Reading Comprehension Worksheet Name: Section 1 Character and Setting Identification Match the character or setting in Column A with its description in Column B. (15 marks) Column A Column B A. The man who said “I have a story that will make you believe in God.” _____1. Orange Juice B. Pi’s parents _____2. Indira Ghandi C. Pi’s favorite teacher in secondary school _____3. Tsimtsum D. He is named after a swimming pool _____4. Mamaji (Francis Adirubasamy) E. The Catholic priest Pi visits _____5. Scarborough, Ontario F. The hyena _____6. Picine Molitor Patel G. A worker from the Japanese Ministry of Transport _____7. Mr. Satish Kumar H. Pi’s brother _____8. Mr. Tomoshiro Okamoto I. The Japanese cargo ship that sank _____9. Santosh and Gita Patel J. Where Pi lives with his family in the present. _____10. Richard Parker K. The leader of India as the novel opens. _____11. Father Martin L. Where Pi received hospital treatment after his days at sea. _____12. Pondicherry, India M. The orangutan _____13. Ravi Patel N. Pi’s wife _____14. Tomatlan, Mexico O. Where the Patel family had their zoo. _____15. Meena Patel P. The tiger Q. The zebra R. Where the writer finds the elderly man who tells him the story of Pi. Section II Multiple Choice Read each statement carefully and select the most appropriate response. (1 mark each = 20 marks) 1. This novel is told primarily in ________________________ point of view from the perspective of ______________________. a) first person, Pi Patel b) third person, Yann Martel c) first person. Yann Martel d) third person, Pi Patel 2. The nickname young Pi receives in his school years, that even some teachers mistakenly adopt is a) Swimming Pool b) Lemon Pie c) Pissing Patel d) Pi Patel 3. Pi’s favorite teacher, Mr. Kumar, taught which subject? a) English b) Biology c) Mathematics d) Religion 4. Pi and his brother are taught a harsh lesson at a young age by their father. What does the father force the boys to witness? a) the slaughterhouse van take away their favorite zoo animal b) a rotting, dead animal corpse in a cage c) the slaughter of goat by a purposefully starved tiger d) the death of a weakened tiger by a vicious hyena 5. In his youth, Pi seeks understanding in these three religions. They are a) Christianity, Hinduism, Muslim b) Catholicism, Buddhism, Atheism c) Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism d) Catholicism, Islamism, Agnosticism 6. As an adult, Pi and his wife have _____ children. a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) no 7. Pi’s zoology thesis from the University of Toronto focused on the study of the a) thyroid glands of the three-toed sloth b) lymph glands of the Bengal tiger c) habitats in equatorial Brazilian jungles d) saliva glands of the meerkat 8. The three animals, besides Richard Parker, who end up on the life raft with Pi are a) an orangutan, a hyena, a zebra b) a monkey, a lion, a warthog c) baby elephant, hyena, antelope d) three-toed sloth, cougar, camel 9. Pi’s first meal on the lifeboat consists of pale biscuits and water. What did he manage to feed the hungry Richard Parker? a) a piece of zebra b) one of the biscuits c) a rat d) a fish 10. Pi comes up with seven different plans on how to deal with the ever dangerous Richard Parker. Which plan did he decide to enact? a) attack him with available weaponry b) keep him alive c) wage a war of attrition (wait until he died) d) push him off the lifeboat 11. How does Pi go about establishing “his” territory on the life raft? a) roping off the top of the lifeboat and the tarpaulin b) spreading his own urine around the tarpaulin c) laying his clothes on the tarpaulin d) creating a shelter with the tarpaulin 12. As Pi is about to try his hand at fishing for the first time, he is struck violently across the face by a) Richard Parker b) a bird c) a flying fish d) a swarm of cockroaches 13. Why is Pi so anxious and disgusted with the prospect of killing any animals? a) he is a humanitarian b) he is a vegetarian c) he is an anti-violence advocate d) he is an animal rights advocate 14. While on the boat, Pi’s favorite meal was a) biscuits and water b) flying fish c) shrimp and green algae d) turtle 15. Which of the following senses did Pi lose while on the boat? a) sight b) smell c) taste d) hearing 16. Pi encounters another lone survivor, on a lifeboat like his, who is blind. What does this person attempt to do to Pi? a) sink his raft and lifeboat b) coax Richard Parker overboard c) eat him d) steal all his supplied 17. Name the small animals Pi finds on the algae island. a) meerkats b) squirrels c) gophers d) opossums 18. All of the fish, found in the fresh water ponds on the algae island were a) sharks b) jumping out of the water c) deformed d) dead 19. After Pi and Richard Parker gain their strength back while on the algae island, what does Pi teach the tiger to do? a) roll over b) jump through a hoop c) speak d) walk on hind legs 20. One of the trees on the island appeared to be growing fruit, similar to small oranges. When Pi breaks open one of the fruits, what does he find? a) a human molar b) small black seeds c) slimy green ooze d) shiny fish scales Section III Short Answer (out of 30) 1. Why didn’t Pi drown with his family on the ship? (2) 2. Explain the frame narrative for the novel (2) 3. What does Pi say about wild animals in cities? Provide 2 examples. (3) 4. Who do you think the Frenchman is? Why? (2) 5. What strange behavior does Pi demonstrate in the hospital in Mexico? (1) 6. What does the Japanese report on the shipwreck imply? (2) 7. Why was the algae island so menacing? (2) 8. How old was Pi when the story takes place? How long was he at sea? (2) 9. Why does Pi practice 3 different religions? (2) 10. What are Pi’s 3 religions? What do they have in common? How are they different? (12) Task A: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty by James Thurber "We're going through!" The Commander's voice was like thin ice breaking. He wore his full-dress uniform, with the heavily braided white cap pulled down rakishly over one cold gray eye. "We can't make it, sir. It's spoiling for a hurricane, if you ask me." "I'm not asking you, Lieutenant Berg," said the Commander. "Throw on the power lights! Rev her up to 8,500! We're going through!" The pounding of the cylinders increased: ta-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa. The Commander stared at the ice forming on the pilot window. He walked over and twisted a row of complicated dials. "Switch on No. 8 auxiliary!" he shouted. "Switch on No. 8 auxiliary!" repeated Lieutenant Berg. "Full strength in No. 3 turret!" shouted the Commander. "Full strength in No. 3 turret!" The crew, bending to their various tasks in the huge, hurtling eight-engined Navy hydroplane, looked at each other and grinned. "The old man will get us through" they said to one another. "The Old Man ain't afraid of Hell!" . "Not so fast! You're driving too fast!" said Mrs. Mitty. "What are you driving so fast for?" “Hmm?" said Walter Mitty. He looked at his wife, in the seat beside him, with shocked astonishment. She seemed grossly unfamiliar, like a strange woman who had yelled at him in a crowd. "You were up to fifty- five," she said. "You know I don't like to go more than forty. You were up to fifty-five." Walter Mitty drove on toward Waterbury in silence, the roaring of the SN202 through the worst storm in twenty years of Navy flying fading in the remote, intimate airways of his mind. "You're tensed up again," said Mrs. Mitty. "It's one of your days. I wish you'd let Dr. Renshaw look you over." Walter Mitty stopped the car in front of the building where his wife went to have her hair done. "Remember to get those overshoes while I'm having my hair done," she said. "I don't need overshoes," said Mitty. She put her mirror back into her bag. "We've been all through that," she said, getting out of the car. "You're not a young man any longer." He raced the engine a little. "Why don't you wear your gloves? Have you lost your gloves?" Walter Mitty reached in a pocket and brought out the gloves.
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