1. English 2 - April 15th Agenda: You Will Need Life of Pi
Notebook TOC
Warm-Up: Night and Day
Review Plot Structure
Odyssey 6 Panel Comics
Homework
You Will Need
Life of Pi
1-2 notebooks pages
Odyssey summary
Writing implements

2. Warm-Up: Night and Day
Referring to Chapters 44-47, how does Pi feels during each of these times/weather conditions? What do they represent?
Night: Ch. 44
Sunrise: Ch. 45
Cloudy Skies: Ch. 46
Noon: Ch. 47

3. Plot Structure Exposition: Sets up setting, characters and conflict
Rising Action: The events of the story leading up to the climax. This develops the conflict.
Climax: Turning point, highest point of action, point when the conflict must be resolved, for better or worse.
Resolution: Wraps up loose ends, explains how conflict is resolved.

4. 6 Panel Comic Project
You will have a choice between 3 stories from Odysseus’ journey. Listen closely as Ms. Gillette summarizes them.
Choose one of the stories. Read it carefully, and outline it like so:
Exposition d. Rising Action 3
Rising Action 1 e. Climax
Rising Action 2 f. Resolution
Show Ms. Gillette your outline, and receive a six-panel comic blank. Illustrate your story, using each part of your outline as one panel.

5. Homework: Due Tuesday, 4/19
Read up to the end of Ch. 57.
Complete a dialectical journal, filling at least 1 page.
Focus: Survival Strategies

6. Exit Ticket
Based on Life of Pi and The Odyssey, what is an important thing to include when writing a Hero’s Journey?