Life+of+Pi

= Maintain SLANT position! = =**Life of Pi** = = **by: Yann Martel ** =
 * [[image:http://www.powayusd.com/teachers/lharvey/path/images/WORM2.gif width="22" height="33" align="middle"]]Sit Up || Both feet should be flat on the floor, your back straight, your head up and facing the speaker, and your hands on top of your desk. Sitting with proper posture helps you pay better attention to lessons, and interact more with discussions and activities. ||
 * [[image:http://www.powayusd.com/teachers/lharvey/path/images/WORM2.gif width="22" height="33" align="absmiddle"]]Lean Forward || Leaning forward will show you are interested in the lesson and you are listening. ||
 * [[image:http://www.powayusd.com/teachers/lharvey/path/images/WORM2.gif width="22" height="33" align="absmiddle"]]Ask Questions || Stay on the topic and ask meaningful, interested questions about the discussion and activities. Your question might help others understand the lesson better too. ||
 * [[image:http://www.powayusd.com/teachers/lharvey/path/images/WORM2.gif width="22" height="33" align="absmiddle"]]Nod Yes and No || Nodding you head shows the teacher you understand the lesson. It is a non-verbal conversation between you and the teacher. ||
 * [[image:http://www.powayusd.com/teachers/lharvey/path/images/WORM2.gif width="22" height="33" align="absmiddle"]]Talk With Teachers || Communicate with the teacher both during and after class to make sure you understand, get extra help, check on your progress, or get missed assignments. If you are confused about something, ASK the teacher. Also attend tutorials ~ they are there to help you. ||

Piscine Molitor Patel is the protagonist and, for most of the novel, the narrator. Pi is an eager, outgoing, and excitable child, dependent on his family for protection and guidance. In school, his primary concerns involve preventing his schoolmates from mispronouncing his name and learning as much as he can about religion and zoology. But when the ship sinks, Pi is torn from his family and left alone on a lifeboat with wild animals.

"Spark Notes: Life of Pi." //Spark Notes//. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Aug 2011.  .

**Pi is a Hindu, Christian, and a Muslim. When asked why he is practicing three seemingly different religions his reply is, "Bapu Gandhi said, 'All religions are true.' I just want to love God,..." (pg 87)**

As I read today, be prepared to visualize the setting of the story. I'm starting in the middle, so feel free to use the Parking Lot at anytime.