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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: Peaceful Spring Relaxing Instrumental, Forest Cafe Jazz, or The Very Best of Enya. ENJOY!!
And now, here is our weekly update by class for more effective planning...
YEAR 1- Juniors, Class of 2027
Monday, September 15: Scholars will work on finalizing their contextual research and presentations.
Tuesday, September 16: Scholars will present their contextual research and teach the class while their classmates take notes in their lit trackers.
Wednesday, September 17: Today, we will finish up any group presentations if necessary. Then, we will take notes on the author, Marjane Satrapi in our lit trackers. We will watch a video that summarizes contextual considerations.
Thursday, September 18: Today, we will "meet" photojournalist David Burnett, who photographed the Iranian Revolution in the late 70s and early 80s. Then, we will learn about the process of analyzing photographs before reviewing a gallery of 12 of Burnett's photographs. In their new groups, scholars will select a photo from David Burnett's collection. Then, they will complete a visual text analysis for the photograph for HW. The will read the short article "Once Upon a Revolution," written about Burnett's work.
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
Cartoon Library of Steve Breen
Important Due Dates
Rough draft outline for "Good" critical analysis essay (Tuesday, September 9)
Final draft of "Good" critical analysis essay (Thursday, September 11)
Rough draft of "Good" turned in to Mrs. Caraway (in class, Monday, September 15 at the latest)
Iran Context Presentations (Tuesday, September 16)
David Burnett Photo Analysis by Group (Monday, September 22)
YEAR 2- Seniors, Class of 2026
Monday, September 15: Scholars will reflect on Act IV, the climax, in scholar led reading discussion, and we will share and upload our conflict forms. Scholars will contemplate Christian's scene. We will take inventory of the relationships of: Christian and Roxane, Christian and Cyrano, Cyrano and Roxane. What messages are being conveyed by Rostand about love? How is Hooker conveying them, and how do they impact our interpretation of meaning? As we consider tracking Cyrano's worldview, we will examine three IB profile traits exhibited clearly by Cyrano: Communicator, Principled, and Risk-Taker. We will turn in our scene drawings and review our HW.
Tuesday, September 16: Scholars will watch Act IV and share profile insights in groups on Cyrano. We will take some ntoes on De Guiche and his character arc. Scholars will be assigned Acts for performance and meet to discuss!
Wednesday, September 17: Today, we will choose one of two quotes and reflect in notebooks. We will watch Act V. Then, each group will mill through Cyrano's final monologue. Scholars will meet in their Act groups for tomorrow's "presentation."
Thursday, September 18: Scholars will perform their selections from their assigned Act! Time permitting, we will ponder what other works of literature and film have been inspired by Rostand's play.
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
Cyrano de Bergerac Lit Tracker
Cyrano de Bergerac World View Chart
Milling Over a Monologue Assignment
Cyrano Global Issues Article & Literary Text Analysis
NY Times Modern Love Non-Literary Article Series
Important Due Dates
Finish Act III and QPA on group assigned monologue (Monday, September 8)
Act III drawing turned in (Tuesday, September 9)
Read and annotate Act IV, up to page 166; complete Irony Forms (Wednesday, September 10)
Read and annotate Act IV, up to page 183 where Christian says, "Speak quickly! (Thursday, September 11)
Finish Act IV and drawing (Monday, September 15)
Are You Conflicted? Forms (Tuesday, September 16)
Group selected moments from assigned Act presentation (Thursday, September 18)
World View Chart for Cyrano (Monday, September 22)
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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