1. English 2 - April 13th Agenda: Warm-Up: Tiger Odyssey Summary
Class Discussion
Compare to Pi
Homework
You Will Need
Life of Pi
1-2 notebooks pages
Odyssey summary
Writing implements

2. Warm-Up - Tiger
Until the end of Chapter 37, the reader is not told that Richard Parker is a tiger.
How does that affect your feelings when Pi is calling to him from the lifeboat?
Why do you think Pi is so happy to see him at first?

3. Odyssey Summary
Read the article summarizing The Odyssey, by Homer, and annotate as you read.
Answer the three summary questions in your notebook.
We will discuss the questions as a class in 15 minutes.

4. Odyssey Summary Questions
What forces prevent Odysseus from returning home?
What challenges are waiting for him at his home in Ithaca?
Does the author of the summary present Odysseus positively or negatively? How?

5. Odyssey and Life of Pi Comparison
Choose 3 points to compare The Odyssey to Life of Pi. Put the general comparison in the main box, and details from each in the adjacent boxes.
Respond to the point of view prompts:
From Pi’s point of view, what is one good decision and one bad decision that Odysseus makes? Why would he think that?
From Odysseus’s point of view, what is one good decision and one bad decision that Pi makes? Why would he think that?

6. Homework: Due Friday, 4/15 Read up to the end of Ch. 50.
Complete a dialectical journal, filling at least 1 page.
Focus: What affects Pi’s mood