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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, October 6: Scholars will work in groups and share their insights from the article and the reading, as well as their answers from Part III. We will come back together and share highlights from our discussion and review the HW for Tuesday.
Tuesday, October 7: Scholars will work in groups and share insights from the reading before sharing with the class.
Wednesday, October 8: Today, scholars will be preparing for the Socratic Seminar and filling in Part IV of the Lit Tracker.
Thursday, October 9: Today, we will all be participating in a Socratic Seminar! We will have 10 minutes to prepare and then have a 30 minute seminar discussion as outlined in our Lit Trackers.
Looking Ahead...
Monday, October 20: Today, we will watch a news update from the BBC about the current situation in Iran and reflect as a class. Then, we will look at current propaganda posters in Iran that have appeared as a result of the protests of mostly Iranian women against their government. Finally, we will read the final article and work on completing the Non-Literary Text Tracker.
Tuesday, October 21: Scholars will be taking the PSAT. No regular classes in session for juniors.
Wednesday, October 22: Today, we will discuss our two most recent articles and get reading to explore all of the articles and photos from David Burnett through the lens of the Global Issues. How can we now develop a refined study of Persepolis that focuses on meaningful inquiries for analysis within some aspect of a Global Issue? We will watch a guiding video from the IB English Guys and scholars will select one of the non-literary texts as directed and fill in the columns on their non-literary text trackers.
Thursday, October 23: Today, scholars will work in groups to complete a global issue outline form to share with the class on Monday.
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
Read "The Cigarette" and "The Passport." Take notes on Article 6 and complete the questions for your selected chapter in Part III. (Monday, October 6)
Read "Kim Wilde," "The Shabbat," and "The Dowry." Prepare for discussion. (Tuesday, October 7)
Read NY Times Articles 6 and 7 and take summary notes (Wednesday, October 9)
Prepare for Socratic Seminar (Thursday, October 9)
Lit Tracker (Monday, October 20)
Non-Literary Text Tracker (Thursday, October 23)
Global Issue Outline for Future IO Prep in Groups (Monday, October 27)
YEAR 2- Seniors, Class of 2026
Monday, October 6: Scholars will have the class period today to complete their HL Essay Outline. They are due by 9 pm this evening to Mrs. Caraway.
Tuesday, October 7: Scholars will have a writing workshop today to work on drafting their HL Essay; Mrs. Hurley will be coming in to conduct Exam registration.
Wednesday, October 8: Today is the last day to work on drafting the HL Essay in class.
Thursday, October 9: Scholars will participate in critical friends peer review of the rough draft of their HL Essay. Final draft is due the Monday after fall break.
Looking Ahead...
Monday, October 20: Scholars will begin the unit on Advertising! We will watch a video that illustrates how the way we use words truly matters, especially when aiming to persuade. Then, we will learn and discuss the six ways to persuade according to the Science of Persuasion. We will put analysis into practice as we review an ad in our Advertising & PSAs Learner Portfolio, which will become our "working platform" for this entire unit. It is to be complete individually.
Tuesday, October 21: Today, we will learn a helpful mnemonic device to apply in ad analysis. We will then apply what we learned to seven carefully selected advertisements with rich visuals and interesting language!
Wednesday, October 22: Today, we will begin by debriefing our observations of the Gallery walk. We will then move on to look at the Apple Company, and how its major ad campaigns first began and evolved, beginning with the 1980s print campaign of "Inventors," and then moving to the 1984 Super Bowl commercial. These were the inspirations that eventually led to the famous "Think Different" campaign that was so long-running, it is now synonymous with Apple. We will read a bio on Steve Jobs that is linked in our portfolio, and review a video that launched this campaign, filling in our Learner Portfolio notes as directed. Then, we will begin a gallery walk deconstruction of print ads from this early phase of the campaigns in our Learner Portfolios.
Thursday, October 23: Scholars will choose one ad from the Apple campaign and work with it in more detail as they write the the prompt: How does Apple use the interplay between text and image to communicate a message?
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
PBS Cyrano de Bergerac featuring Kevin Kline
Cyrano Global Issues Article & Literary Text Analysis
NY Times Modern Love Non-Literary Article Series
Critical Friends Feedback Form
Advertising & PSAs Learner Portfolio
Important Due Dates
Group Global Issues Analysis for "Cupid" and Group selected essay. (Thursday, October 2)
HL Essay Outline (Monday, October 6, by 9 pm)
Lit Tracker (Tuesday, October 7)
HL Essay Rough Draft (Thursday, October 9 in class for Critical Friends)
HL Essay Final Draft (Monday, October 20)
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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