The Life of Pi dialectical journals assignments:



Name: __________________________________________

The Life of Pi dialectical journals assignments: (400pts) 4th Quarter 10 journals should be submitted.

Each student will write 10 dialectical journals based on his/her existentialist reading of the Life of Pi.

1. 1-1/2 pages each

2. Typed- 1.5 spacing

3. 3 Paragraph Format as Follows:

a. Significant Passage in quotes- with page #

b. Context of the passage –what is going in the plot?

c. Analysis – reason this passage is significant (What is inferred?)

4. Each journal is worth 40 pts

5. See rubric below

6. Two HW passes may be used in place of one DJ only after two DJ assignments have been graded.

Name: _________________________SES Dialectical Journal Rubric J # _____

| |Exemplary |Proficient |Needs work |Missing |

|Submitted on time | | | | |

|Min 1page typed 1.5 spacing | | | | |

|Quotation is significant | | | | |

|Cited properly | | | | |

|The context of the passage is provided | | | | |

|Analysis incorporates what is inferred (learned) | | | | |

|about the protagonist | | | | |

|Literary element incorporated in the analysis | | | | |

|Grammar and mechanics | | | | |

|Improvement made in journal writing | | | | |

|Existentialism incorporated into the analysis | | | | |

|Points received |4 |3 |2 |0 |

Dialectical Journal #’s and due dates

1. Ch 2-11 4/4 M

2. Ch 12-17 4/8 F

3. Ch 18-27 4/11 M

4. Ch 28-36 4/13 W

5. Ch 37-48 4/15 F

6. Ch 49-53 4/18 M

7. Ch 54-61 4/21 TH

8. Ch 62-79 5/3 T

9. Ch 80-92 5/5 TH

10. Ch 93-100 5/9M

There is a 2 point deduction every day a journal is handed in late. *Please email your journal if you are absent and your work is completed on time. When you return to class attach the email and there will be no point deduction.

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