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Welcome to the Odyssey Institute Website for
Year 1 and Year 2 of DP Language & Literature!
Below, you will find weekly updates, links, and assignment deadlines to help with your planning and organization of your valuable time. SUMMER ASSESSMENTS & READING LIST ARE ON THE CLASS RESOURCES TAB ABOVE. ALL ASSESSMENT RUBRICS ARE ATTACHED ON ASSESSMENTS TAB. Please feel free to pull them up whenever you need. CLICK HERE to access the course syllabus.
If you need a helpful reminder for how to cite your sources on papers and assessments, click here: MLA Citation Guides for ALL written papers A great resource that provides free tips for assessments is the IB English Guys. Click on the Link to search out guidance and tips as you prepare for your assessments!
For Blog reading and response, always type out your response in a word or text edit document and cut and paste it into the blog. That way, if anything goes wrong, you have not lost your complete, thoughtful response. Here is the quick link to the blog, Literally Speaking.
All HL Essays should be shared in Google docs, as it is easier for me to make suggestions and comments so that you can make revisions easily and efficiently, should you decide to select the essay for submission. You will receive a weekly email from me every Friday -- it will come through your school email, so make CERTAIN you are regularly checking/monitoring your email!!
Here is a link for scholars to review for Standard Response Protocol (Hold, Secure, Lockdown, Evacuate).
Enjoy studying or background music? Here are some of Mrs. Caraway's current favorite background study music links on Youtube: Victorian London in Autumn, or Studying at an old Library ENJOY!!
And now, here is our weekly update by class for more effective planning...
YEAR 1- Juniors, Class of 2027
Monday, November 3: Today, scholars will participate in Critical Friends Peer Review. The final draft of the Persepolis HL Essay is due Thursday. Please make sure you have a cover page and works cited page. Images you are referencing can be embedded in your essay body or at the end of your essay, right before the works cited page in an appendix. Here is a LINK to the two examples/options.
Tuesday, November 4: Today, we will begin our new unit on the language of Persuasion and Advertising. We will watch a video that explores the Science of Persuasion, and take notes in our Learner Portfolios. Then, we will practice our skills of analysis as we observe and note all that we notice about an ad text. We will learn a mnemonic device to help us thoroughly analyze an ad or image text.
Wednesday, November 5: Today, we will use our mnemonic device as we discuss and analyze seven different ad texts with rich visuals and interesting layout and language choices.
Thursday, November 6: Today, we will debrief our observations from our seven ad "gallery walk." Then, we will look at an ad from Nike's "Dream Crazy" campaign. Students will respond to the following as directed in their portfolios: SEE, THINK, ME, WE. Scholars will then preview Nike's 2017 Global Believe in More campaign, an offshoot of "Dream Crazy." Each group will then select one of the videos shown to review as a group for deeper study. They will select one screenshot from the video as directed in the Learner Portfolio, and engage in a 5-minute. discussion about the features, and how choices shape meaning. Finally, they will complete the graphic organizer in their Learner Portfolios and for HW, complete Step 2 alone.
Monday, November 10: Today, scholars will find a partner who has deconstructed a different video, if possible, and discuss their global issues and main elements of analysis. Scholars will then work through the three pairs of screenshots featured in the learner portfolio table and determine the links between the images and ads.
Tuesday, November 11: HAPPY VETERANS' DAY! Be sure to take a moment today to be grateful for your freedoms and the men and women who have helped fight for and preserve them!
Wednesday, November 12: Today, we will explore the differences between and usages of diegetic and non-diegetic sound. Scholars will watch their group selected video from Nike again and complete the sound graphic organizer in their learner portfolios. They will then work on the questions as directed in their learner portfolio. Scholars will complete the Planning Your Mini-Individual Oral Activity on their own in their learner portfolios. They must have these prepared for tomorrow!
Thursday, November 13: Today, scholars will meet with a partner and conduct a mini-IO! After your partner presents their 5 minute IO, spend about 2-3 minutes asking any questions for clarification before switching roles. Then, find another partner and do the Mini-IO again.
If you wish to purchase the books in class, the prices are as follows: Persepolis - $10, Taming of the Shrew - $5, and Pride and Prejudice - $6 (Book Bundle for $21)
Important Links:
Critical Friends Feedback/Conference Form
David Burnett Photo Collection
Persepolis PDF for Image Analysis on Lit Tracker
Persepolis IO Global Issues Text Analysis
Persepolis Critical Friends Checklist
Critical Friends Feedback Form
Advertisings and PSAs Learning Portfolio
Important Due Dates
HL Essay rough draft (Monday, November 3)
HL Essay final draft (Thursday, November 6)
Part I of Advertising Learner Portfolio (Thursday, November 6 by midnight)
November Blog (Sunday, November 30)
YEAR 2- Seniors, Class of 2026
Monday, November 3: Today, we will begin our study of PSAs. We will understand the difference between a PSA and an ad as we read and discuss a short article using the link in our LP. Then, we will watch and evaluate a sample PSA from Argentina! We will then be examining a body of work from UNHCR. We will watch a video about refugees and then take 5 minutes to peruse the body of work from UNHCR in our LP. Groups will each be assigned a PSA from the gallery to consider and analyze. Each group will then work together to prepare a 2-minute oral deconstruction presentation on their PSA by filling in the tables in their LP.
Tuesday, November 4: Today, scholars will find a partner who deconstructed a different UNHCR text and share your findings and provide feedback to one another. In the second half of class, we will work in our groups to examine all of the PSAs in the body of work. Discuss the signature moves and stylistic choices of UNHCR and be ready to share. Then, we will shift gears to look at the world of YouTube. YouTube opened up more cost-effective possibilities for companies to reach their audiences. We will look at several viral YouTube campaigns from the first decade of the 2000s. We will explore their tactics and appeals with respect to the rhetorical triangle.
Wednesday, November 5: Today, we will then look at how beliefs and values come into play as companies target certain audiences for their products and services with a specific focus on Patek Philippe. Scholars will explore various print ads from the Generations campaigns and discuss and take notes in their LPs. They will read three articles about the company and identify takeaways.
Thursday, November 6: Today, after we explore some of the takeaways from the reading homework and ads, we will look at their video ad campaign body of work. We will discuss what we notice. Then, we will learn about the Grandmaster Chime. We will sum up the characteristics of successful ad companies as we assess and discuss Breitling, another watch company. We will look at their ad and compare it to an Odyssey student-created ad.
Monday, November 10: Today, scholars will be working on their Watch Ad Campaign.
Tuesday, November 11: HAPPY VETERANS' DAY! Be sure to take a moment today to be grateful for your freedoms and the men and women who have helped fight for and preserve them!
Wednesday, November 12: Today, scholars will be working on their Watch Ad Campaign.
Thursday, November 13: Today, scholars will be finishing their Watch Ad Campaign.
If you wish to purchase the books in class, the prices are as follows: Cyrano - $4, Purple Hibiscus - $12, and A Thousand Splendid Suns - $11 (Book Bundle for $27)
Important Links
In Class IO Sample: Paul (IB English Guys)
In Class IO Sample 1 Persepolis
In Class IO Sample 2 Taming of the Shrew
In Class IO Sample 3 Pride & Prejudice
Taming of the Shrew Non-Literary Texts
Pride & Prejudice Non-Literary Texts
Advertising & PSAs Learner Portfolio
Important Due Dates
Part III of the Advertising Learner Portfolio (Thursday, October 30 by midnight)
October Blog (Friday, October 31)
Watch Ad Campaign Presentations (Monday, November 17)
November Blog (Sunday, November 30)
Kristin Caraway
Contact Information
Email: kcaraway@topamail.com
Required Course Materials
1. A one subject spiral notebook or composition book
2. A 1-inch binder (which will be stored in class/provided by IB Program)
3. Writing & annotating materials: highlighters, pencils, black ball-point or gel pens
4. Required novels-Hard copies ONLY! No pdfs. (non-literary texts will be provided by Mrs. Caraway)
Literature Materials for Year 2 (Seniors)
Click on the book images below to access Amazon links
1. A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini (We will read this last)
2. Purple Hibsicus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (This is our second novel)
3. Cyrano de'Bergerac by Edmond Rostand (make sure you procure the Brian Hooker translation--We will read this first)
Literature Materials for Year 1 (Juniors)
1. Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen (We will read this last)
2. Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi (We will read this first)
3. Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare (We will read this second)
I hope that this introduction answers at least some of your questions about the course. Please don't hesitate to contact me via email with any further questions. During the school year work week, I will get back to you within 24 hours at the most.
On the above tab entitled "Class Resources," I will attach important course handouts for your convenience. At present, I have attached your recommended reading list and summer assignments. I also have the syllabus, QPA Guide, and Critical Reading checklist. In addition to giving you choices of reading material for your summer assignments, the Recommended Reading List highlights books that are highly regarded and influential works in the world of literature that would be good reading for those who plan on majoring in English, Literature or Communications in the university setting.
Resources will also be readily available here by link if they are not provided as hard copies. Papers and assessments may be uploaded to Managebac for turn in after final edits are completed.
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