Paradise on earth

Today we finished our close analysis of the text. We are now moving towards discussing some of the ‘big ideas’ contained in LOP. The first one we will look at is this prompt:

‘To me, it was paradise on earth.’ In what ways did Pi’s childhood prepare him for a harsh and cruel world?

Congratulations to the orange team (James, Desi, Tessa and Sophia) for coming up with the most points on this prompt. I owe you a prize! Next lesson!

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Homework tonight: spend 20 minutes finishing your mind map or organise the above boxes into three or four themes (eg. religion, science…).