1082y-H SL / 1083y-H HL

IB English: Language & Literature Year 2

Full Year /1 Credit/ Grade 12

Prerequisites:

Standard Level - A June - IB Score Up-to-Date (SIB on report card) of 4 or above

Higher Level - A June - IB Score Up-to-Date (SIB on report card) of 5 or above. Please review the criteria of Year 2 IB courses.

Note: If a student fails the Junior June mock exam and is not a full IB student, s/he cannot enter year two of the class. S/he can enter the first year of another class for ACS Athens credit.

Course Description:

This is the second year of the two-year International Baccalaureate Program that prepares twelfth graders to take the IB English Language and Literature examination at either the Standard or Higher Level. The IB English Language and Literature, Year Two, course will continue to build on skills of detailed literary analysis as well as written and oral commentary in preparation for the externally assessed examinations which students are expected to take at the end of the course. Internal evaluation will be based on literary essays, written and oral commentaries, oral presentations, a recorded formal oral exam, and a mid-year IB mock exam. A balance is achieved across the curriculum not only in connection with the genre of the texts studied and the period and place of their production, but also as regards the worldview of their authors, which may vary according to their gender, race, sexuality, beliefs and any other such component of their identities to ensure that students are exposed to the diversity of forms the human experience can take.

Assessment:

Assessment is aligned with the IBO assessment criteria. IB Predictions are based on student performance on IB assignments and mock exams.