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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.
Starting the second semester, all HL essays will be completed and drafted in class to ensure authenticity. Once these essays are completed and checked, scholars will have one day in class to type the HL Essays in Google Docs.
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, February 9: Today, we will be finishing our viewing of the modern romantic comedy How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days as we explore Shakespeare's influence on the structure and themes in the romantic comedy genre. Scholars will take notes in their lit tracker. The link to the film will be made available on Monday afternoon here on the website.
Tuesday, February 10: Today, we will debrief our impressions and observations of the film and begin considering how we might pair our literary text with one of our non-literary text options. Scholars will work on developing their IO plan in the IO Preparation Outline (see link below).
Wednesday, February 11: Today, we will review the planning and preparation outline (see link below) and listen to a student sample. Scholars will then work in their groups, completing a preparation outline.
Thursday, February 12: Scholars will INDIVIDUALLY share their IO Outline plan with a partner from another group. We will review the IO Presentation Outline (see link below) and discuss how this document is used during the IO. We will then begin reviewing the HL Essay Guide. We will watch the IB English guys discuss how to develop a line of inquiry for guidance, then begin working on it. Lines of inquiry are DUE AT THE TOP OF CLASS on Tuesday, February 17.
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:
Taming of the Shrew Lit Tracker
Taming of the Shrew Audiobook for the play
Taming of the Shrew HL Essay Preparation & Outline
Taming of the Shrew Play Performance Video
H is for Hawk: The Next Chapter
IO Preparation Outline (Official)
IO Presentation Outline (Official)
Important Due Dates
Group IO Preparation Outlines with ALL NAMES on the outline (Thursday, February 12)
HL Essay Line of Inquiry for Taming of the Shrew (Tuesday, February 17)
Taming of the Shrew Lit Trackers (Thursday, February 19)
February Blog (Saturday, February 28)
YEAR 2- Seniors, Class of 2026
Monday, February 9: Today, scholars will have a work day on their group character posters.
Tuesday, February 10: Today, scholars will walk around and enjoy each other's character posters. They will offer commentary and feedback on the provided sticky notes. Then, we will begin our work thinking about and preparing for Paper 2. We will review the expectations, mark schemes, types of prompts, and the preparation outline.
Wednesday, February 11: Today, scholars will have class time to explore Paper 2 prompts, share/discuss quotes, and complete the outline for Paper 2 using Purple Hibiscus as Text A.
Thursday, February 12: Today, we will begin preparing context for our unit, A Thousand Splendid Suns. We will look at the importance of context in the interpretation, exploration, and understanding of meaning.
Next week, we will have Monday as a work day, and present our character posters on Tuesday. We will begin A Thousand Splendid Suns novel unit on Wednesday.
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
Lit Tracker for Purple Hibiscus
Purple Hibiscus as Text A Outline Planner
Important Due Dates
Character Poster (Tuesday, February 10)
Lit Tracker (Tuesday, February 10)
February Blog (Saturday, February 28)
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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