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Life of Pi by Yann Martel Novel Study
Kaitlyn Fischer: Close-Reading Specialist
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In this 12-week course, students will read Yann Martel's survival story, Life of Pi, while learning about symbolism, storytelling, and the connections all humans have to relationships, nature, and each other.
Class experience
US Grade 9 - 11
Beginner Level
Come read Life of Pi by Yann Martel! During this course, we will read the celebrated novel, Life of Pi, while discussing the symbolism, character development, and themes. The novel explores the complex relationship that humans have with one another, nature, and animals, in particular. The twists and turns of Pi’s survival story is enough to grip any adventure-seeker or animal lover.
Weeks 1 - 3: Life of Pi Novel Study
- Introduction to Life of Pi
- Introduction to Yann Martel
...I have been teaching professionally for over 5 years in both Missouri and in Colorado. I have been on Outschool since January 2020 and can provide links to classes where I teach the concepts of this semester-long class so you can look through them and look at the reviews to see how other parents and students have reacted to my courses. I am happy to answer any questions that you have! The link below is the link to my semester course which covers Life of Pi as one of its main texts!
- https://outschool.com/classes/high-school-english-life-of-pi-and-then-there-were-none-whonors-option-E4qhysWt?usid=l0R3fRwf&signup=true&utm_campaign=share_activity_linkHomework Offered
Students will be asked to complete all of their reading outside of class. If some of our writing work is unfinished after class, students will be asked to complete that work outside of class as well. But the majority of work will be completed in class.1 - 2 hours per week outside of class
Assessments Offered
I am happy to offer essays and other project options for students if they are interested, but it is not a requirement!Grades Offered
Grading - Students will have the opportunity to receive a grade in the form of their choosing. I am happy to provide a grade in the form of a percentage, letter, or both. Grades are NOT required.
Students will need to purchase the novels and have access to the literature pieces with copyrights. Some of the work we will be working with will be creative commons work or will be out of copyright. These we can access without an issue. All work we complete (the curriculum itself) is developed by me so there is no need to purchase a copyrighted curriculum!
Here is the Common Sense Media parental reviews for Life of Pi! Let me know if you have any questions about the novels.
- Life of Pi: https://www.commonsensemedia.org/book-reviews/life-of-piStar Educator
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Average rating:5.0Number of reviews:(911)
My name is Kaitlyn Fischer and I have taught English to students as young as nine through eighteen in both Missouri and Colorado. I am a close-reading specialist and have a lot of experience teaching students close-reading strategies including...
Group Class
$210
for 12 classes1x per week, 12 weeks
40 min
Completed by 2 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 13-16
2-6 learners per class
