"Life of Pi" COMPLETE UNIT EDITABLE Activities,Tests,Essays,AP Style,Keys
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A 269 page COMPLETE unit on the novel! This unit focuses on LITERARY DEVICES, SKILLS APPLICATION, and LITERARY ANALYSIS. Unit includes reading guide questions and quizzes, vocabulary, literary analysis activities, and AP style tests and essays. Includes a sample essay. Original photographs of India included on handouts.
* over 200 READING/ANALYSIS SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (based on Bloom's cognitive levels) AND excel multiple-choice test format for socrative.com (electronic testing)
* over 150 READING/LITERARY ANALYSIS MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
* 14 FOCUSED ACTIVITIES (Individual or group work)
* 20 READER RESPONSE ESSAY QUESTIONS
* 2 FIVE-PARAGRAPH ESSAY PROMPTS
* 4 AP STYLE PROMPTS
* 120 VOCABULARY WORDS DEFINED/HANDOUTS
* 2 AP STYLE PASSAGE TESTS (analysis/application of skills) AND excel multiple-choice test format for socrative.com (electronic testing)
* EXAMPLE LITERARY ANALYSIS ON NOVEL
NEW! Editable Microsoft Word document files are included. Edit the materials to meet your needs. The Word files are version 2003 .docx files. Includes PDF files of all the materials as well.
DETAILED ANSWER KEYS: All questions, including short answer and essay analysis have detailed answer keys
STUDENT SAMPLE ESSAY ANALYSIS: could be used as a model essay to help students revise their own essays
HANDOUTS: designed to accommodate group work, independent study, and class discussions
OBJECTIVES: variety of prewritten objectives to choose from in order to cover all teaching styles and methods
ACTIVITY GUIDE QUESTIONS: includes these categories: Comprehension, Application, Analysis/Synthesis, Universal Theme, Reader-Response and Across the Curriculum/Subject Connection (based on Bloom’s cognitive levels) The Reader-Response questions could be used for timed and journal writing.
FOCUSED ACTIVITIES: can be used with the Activity Guide questions or as separate assignments. These focused activities are an extension of the questions used in the Activity Guide handouts for skills reinforcement.
VOCABULARY: designed so the students must pay close attention while reading in order to identify the words from the work. The Vocabulary quizzes are designed to assess whether the students have learned the basic definitions of the words.
TEXTS AND QUIZZES: different levels of tests and quizzes. The multiple-choice tests assess both comprehension and application of basic skills. The passage tests have the same format and question design as the Advanced Placement Literature and Language tests.
ESSAYS:
Reader-Response paragraph writing assignments
Five-Paragraph Formula essay prompt-gives suggestions for the organization of each body paragraph in connection with a given theme
Advanced Placement style essay prompts-designed with the same structure as the Advanced Placement essay prompts on the AP tests.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
NOVEL ESSENTIALS
Key Devices-allusion, bildungsroman, characterization, chiaroscuro, chiasmus, cliché, comic relief, diction, foil, hero cycle,irony, juxtaposition, momento mori, motif, narrator, paradox, personification, simile, surrealism, symbolism, syntax, theme
Character List
Allusions (divided into categories)
ACTIVITY GUIDE QUESTIONS
Author’s Note
Part One: Toronto and Pondicherry
Chapters 1-5
Chapters 6-10
Chapters 11-16
Chapters 17-23
Chapters 24-29
Chapters 30-36
Part Two: The Pacific Ocean
Chapters 37-42
Chapters 43-47
Chapters 48-53
Chapters 54-58
Chapters 59-65
Chapters 66-72
Chapters 73-81
Chapters 82-91
Chapters 92-94
Part Three: Benito Jua´rez Infirmary, Tomatla´n, Mexico
Chapters 95-100
Activity Guide Questions Keys
CHAPTER QUIZZES
Author’s Note
Part One: Toronto and Pondicherry
Chapters 1-5
Chapters 6-10
Chapters 11-16
Chapters 17-23
Chapters 24-29
Chapters 30-36
Part Two: The Pacific Ocean
Chapters 37-42
Chapters 43-47
Chapters 48-53
Chapters 54-58
Chapters 59-65
Chapters 66-72
Chapters 73-81
Chapters 82-91
Chapters 92-94
Part Three: Benito Jua´rez Infirmary, Tomatla´n, Mexico Chapters
Chapters 95-100
Chapter Quizzes Keys
FOCUSED ACTIVITIES
Life of Pi as a Bildungsroman Novel
Characterization: Pi
Song Connection: “All at Once” by The Airborne Toxic Event
A Brief Introduction into the Religions and Philosophy of Pi
Figurative Language: “Picture Making” Phrases
Syntax: Fragments, Short Sentences, Run-On Sentences, Long Sentences
Syntax: Parallel Structure
Writing about a Significant Passage
Psychiatric Evaluation of Pi
Psychiatric Report
Transformation Through Communication
Motifs and Finding Supports
Symbols
Significance of Title and Names
Focused Activities Answer Keys
VOCABULARY
Author’s Note
Part One: Toronto and Pondicherry
Chapters 1-5
Chapters 6-10
Chapters 11-16
Chapters 17-23218
Chapters 24-29
Chapters 30-36
Part Two: The Pacific Ocean
Chapters 37-42
Chapters 43-47
Chapters 48-53
Chapters 54-58
Chapters 59-65
Chapters 66-72
Chapters 73-81
Chapters 82-91
Chapters 92-94
Part Three: Benito Jua´rez Infirmary, Tomatla´n, Mexico
Chapters 95-100
Vocabulary Quiz
Vocabulary Quiz
Vocabulary Quiz
Vocabulary Answer Keys
TEST ITEMS
Characters Multiple-Choice Questions (11 questions)
Plot and Analysis Multiple Choice (22 questions)
Passages with Multiple-Choice Questions (Advanced Placement format) (21 questions)
Analysis with Multiple-Choice Questions (Advanced Placement format) (9 questions)
Test Items Answer Keys
WRITING ASSIGNMENTS
Five-Paragraph Formula Essay: Symbols and Theme
Five-Paragraph Formula Essay: Characters and Symbolism
Advanced Placement Essay Style Prompts
Example Advanced Placement Style Student Essay
Advanced Placement Style Essay Evaluation Rubric
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Copyright 2012 by Academic Lessons. All rights reserved. Only the student materials in this teaching unit may be reproduced multiple times for use in the purchaser’s classroom.
