Life of Pi Critique

Performance Indicators:

P.S ELA-2 Reading Analysis: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain.

A. Evaluate the relevant themes and synthesize how they are present in the novel in oral and written responses.
B. Interpret the implications of setting and circumstance.
C. Analyze the role of characters in the plot in oral and written responses.
D. Analyze important quotations from the text in oral and written responses.
E. Annotate the text.

P.S ELA-3 Reading Craft and Structure: Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly effective, analyzing how style and content contribute to the power, persuasiveness or beauty of a text.

A. Understand SOAPSTone: Speaker, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, Subject, Tone
B. Analyze the plot and/or design of the text, following shifts in time and place.


VIDEO:  Critique the Critic lesson

Select one of the reviews listed below.  Read what the critic has to say about Life of Pi.  Respond to the critic’s opinions with your own insight.  In your critique I am uninterested in whether you agree with the author’s opinion or not; I am looking for you to support your observation with evidence, if necessary from the novel.

Your written critique is to focus on what the author has to say about the novel.  The critique is due on DAY 4 and is assessed a quiz valuation.

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