Summative assessment for the unit “Drama and Comedy”

Name:_____________________________________ Grade: 6____ Date:_____________

Reading

Task 1. Read about a famous movie’ Life of Pi’ and do the task below.

Life of Pi

The story begins in a small family zoo in Pondichery.

In Canada, a young writer meets Pi Patel. Pi's father names him Piscine Molitor Patel after the swimming pool in France. In secondary school in Pondicherry, he adopts the name "Pi". Pi's family owns a zoo, and Pi takes interest in the animals, especially a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker.

When Pi is 16, his family decides to close the zoo and move to Canada. They sell some of the animals to zoos in North America and the family takes the animals with them on a ship to Canada. On the way, there is a terrible storm and the ship sinks. Pi finds himself in a lifeboat with a hyena, zebra, orang-utan and a tiger. When he sees the animals, Pi is scared and he jumps into the ocean. Then he remembers there are sharks in the ocean and he climbs back into the lifeboat. Pi and the tiger spend 227 days in the lifeboat. They are often hungry and ill. Finally, they arrive at the coast of Mexico.

Circle True or False for these sentences.

1.The story begins in a small zoo in Canada. True False

2.Pi took great interest in the animals. True False

3.When Pi is seventeen, his family decides to True False

close the zoo and move to Canada.

4.Pi and the tiger arrived at the coast of Mexico. True False

Writing

Task 2. Look at the facts about a famous cartoon ‘Mickey Mouse’.

Write 2 paragraphs using the information below.

General Information:

Directed by - Roberts Gannaway, Tony Craig

Starring – Minnie Mouse, Pluto and Goofy

Production company – Walt Disney Animation Studio

Music by – Stephen James Taylor

Release date - November 18, 1928

Country - United States

Language - English

Tips for writing:

1. Write one sentence about this cartoon (Use structures as I like (to watch) and I would like (to tell).

2. Write general facts about the cartoon.

3. Write about actors, music and the country of production.

4. Include information about company production, release date, running time and language.

5. Recommend this cartoon to your friends.

Total: 11/____