Shooting an ElephantBy George OrwellSB 1.17 page 57

Reflective Essay

Event

Reflective Essay

Event

Response

Reflective Essay

Event

Response

Reflection

Reflective Essay

Chunk 11. What can you infer about

the narrator based on his commentary so far?

Chunk 11. What can you infer about

the narrator based on his commentary so far?

2. How do the people of Burma receive the narrator? Explain.

Chunk 11. 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.

Chunk 11. 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?

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

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

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

Chunk 5Generate 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!

Chunk 6Mark the text for details of the

elephant’s collapse.Write what the details reveal

about the writer’s attitude toward life.

Chunk 7Underline 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?