Shooting an Elephant

1. Shooting an Elephant By George Orwell SB 1.17 page 57

2. Reflective Essay

3. Reflective Essay Event

4. Response Reflective Essay Event

5. Response Reflective Essay Event Reflection

6. Chunk 1 • 1. What can you infer about the narrator based on his commentary so far?

7. Chunk 1 • 1. What can you infer about the narrator based on his commentary so far? • 2. How do the people of Burma receive the narrator? Explain.

8. Chunk 1 • 1. What can you infer about the narrator based on his commentary so far? • 2. How do the people of Burma receive the narrator? Explain. • 3. Circle the positive images and underline the negative images in the two paragraphs.

9. Chunk 1 • 1. What can you infer about the narrator based on his commentary so far? • 2. How do the people of Burma receive the narrator? Explain. • 3. Underline the positive images and the negative images in the two paragraphs. • 4. How does Orwell use diction (word choices) and imagery (5 senses) to create a contrast between the people of Burma and the narrator?

10. Chunk 2 • How does Orwell’s use of vivid detail set the event up for the reader?

11. Chunk 3 • Underline the text to identify the narrator’s feelings and thoughts in response to the event.

12. Chunk 4 • Underline the narrator’s response and reflection in the midst of his circumstances.

13. Chunk 5 • Generate one literal question, one interpretive question, and one universal question with answers. • Literal – it’s LITERALLY in the text! • Interpretive – answers may be different but you must have textual support. • Universal – there is no ONE just answer!

14. Chunk 6 • Mark the text for details of the elephant’s collapse. • Write what the details reveal about the writer’s attitude toward life.

15. Chunk 7 • Underline the narrator’s initial response to the killing of the elephant? • What are the narrator’s thoughts after he has had time to reflect to contemplate or think seriously on the killing of the elephant?