FET STUDY GUIDES
Short Stories in English for Grade 11 FAL from 2016
The Grade 11 First Additional helps learners prepare for their exams. It includes:
extra examination support for the anthology
summary notes on: – what each story is about
explanations on the way each story is written, including:
– genre – setting – characters – the title
exam-style questions with answers for self-assessment. Grade 11 FAL Study Guide
e-pub Tsotsi
This study guide supports the for Grade 11, Tsotsi, written by Athol Fugard.
It contains: an exciting comic-style version of the novel
useful notes on characters, themes and imagery
a clear plot summary bringing the story to life for learners
Grade 11 HL Study Guide
e-pub
978 0 19 041915 8 978 0 19 042206 6
Grade 12 HL Study Guide e-pub
978 0 19 044171 5 978 0 19 044136 4
978 0 19 041512 9 978 0 19 042257 8
Life of Pi
This study guide supports the Life of Pi, written by Yann Martel.
It contains: an exciting comic-style version of the novel
useful notes on characters, themes and imagery
a clear plot summary bringing the story to life for learners
a sample test with the answers to build
Resource Catalogue
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FET STUDY GUIDES
Illustrated plot summary 19
[Insert 8/12 pages of comic version of Life of Pi. Must start on a LEFT HAND PAGE. To be supplied later. Leave pages open for now.]
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About the novel The characters Young Pi
Protagonist in India and on the lifeboat in 1970s
gentle; kind; loving; vegetarian; religious; animal- and nature-loving; intelligent; practical; determined; sensitive; quick-witted; funny; wise; keenly aware of beauty and colour
Piscine Molitor Patel Adult Pi
In Canada in 1990s; tells the Author his survival story
Older Pi’s family • Meena Patel: Pi’s wife • Nikhil (Nick): Pi’s teenage son – confident
• Usha: Pi’s four-year-old daughter – shy
The Author Writes the story
insightful; honest; enlightening;
partly fictitious, partly the real author: Yann Martel Mar
Teachers
Satish Kumar Pi’s biology teacher
polio survivor; odd-looking,
triangle-shaped body;; scientific; atheist; communist
Father Martin Catholic priest; lives in Munnar
kind; religious
Satish Kumar Muslim Sufi; baker devout; nondescript
Hindu pandit Patel family’s spiritual leader
offended
Family
Santosh Patel Pi’s father; zoo owner; dies 1977 when ship sinks
cautious; not religious; modern; firm
Gita Patel Pi’s mother; killed by cook
book-lover; calm; loving; gentle but firm; courageous
Ravi Pi’s older brother; dies 1977 when ship sinks
sports-lover; playful; tease
Francis Adirubasamy
Pi’s honorary uncle; connects the Author to Pi
called Mamaji (respected uncle); champion swimmer
dncle Japanese officials
Investigate sinking of Tsimstum; hear both stories Tomohiro Okamoto Japanese ministry of Transport official sceptical; impatient; rude; businesslike
Atsuro Chiba Okamoto’s junior colleague naïve; trusting; inexperienced
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On boat
Richard Parker Tiger; apparent antagonist/Pi’s alter ego on the lifeboat
450 pounds; nine feet
long; carnivorous; ferocious; an alpha male submissive to Pi
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Orange Juice Orang-utan on lifeboat; killed by hyena
maternal; humanlike when lonely and seasick courageous
Zebra/Taiwanese sailor
On the lifeboat; killed by hyena/cook
gentle; young;
beautiful; exotic; injured; bl
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Hyena/French cook
On the lifeboat/ Castaway blind
Frenchman; killed by Richard Parker/Pi
cannibalistic; murderous/ g
ugly; violent; dangerous; unpredictable; car r
gerous; desperately hungry;; cannibalistic
rnivorous; c nnib
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