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ENGLISH 9: Literature
The course will:
Empower students to use language as a vehicle for thought, creativity, reflection, learning, self-expression, analysis and social interaction.
Challenge students to develop critical, creative and personal approaches to studying and analyzing literary and non-literary texts, while exploring examples of writing drawn from a range of different genres, time periods and cultures.
Students will:
Create a number of different texts; from essays to poems, short stories for Grade 2 students, a portfolio of their photography, an advertising campaign to promote their Shakespearean performance, amongst other activities.
Care for the opinions of others while working, debating, and collaborating in groups, and developing a lifelong interest in reading and writing.
Assignments are based around three different skill-sets; analytical, creative, and performance. Each assessment will give students the opportunity to develop their proficiency in understanding, analysis, organization and language. All summative tasks are assessed by the department and not the classroom teacher.
Credits: 1
Length of Course 1 year
Grade Level: Grade 9
ENGLISH 10: American Literature
The course will:
Empower students to use language as a vehicle for thought, creativity, reflection, learning, self-expression, analysis and social interaction through the analysis and evaluation of literature from various regions in the United States.
Challenge, refine and expand students’ general understanding of what American literature might mean in its different forms, and apply linguistic and literary concepts and skills in a variety of authentic contexts.
Students will:
Create a number of different types of texts; from academic essays to music videos, documentaries, websites, and opinion columns.
Care about and respect the opinions of others while working, debating, and collaborating in different contexts. This is a course that promotes a lifelong interest in reading and writing through open-minded engagement with a range of opinions and interpretations.
Assignments are based around three different skill-sets; analytical, creative, and performance. Each assessment will give students the opportunity to develop their proficiency in understanding, analysis, organization and language. All summative tasks are assessed by the department and not the classroom teacher.
Credits:1
Length of Course: 1 year
Grade Level: Grade 10
IB ENGLISH A LITERATURE SL and HL 1 (Grade 11)
Students will focus exclusively on literary texts, adopting a variety of approaches to textual criticism. Students explore the nature of literature, the aesthetic function of literary language and textuality, and the relationship between literature and the world. This is categorised in the following components: ‘Readers, writers and texts’, ‘Time and Space’ and ‘Intertextuality’. This course is especially useful to students who love to read and/or intend to go to university to study for what is classified as an art degree, such as literature, law or history.
SL students will explore a total of 9 texts and HL students will explore 12 texts drawn from a range of genres (non-fiction, poetry, drama, and prose), cultures and time periods. They will complete a range of internal assessments, but they will also be externally assessed during their second year in the following areas:
Paper 1: Guided literary analysis
Paper 2 Comparative essay
Individual oral (15 minutes): in response to the following prompt: Examine the ways in which the global issue of your choice is presented through the content and form of two of the works that you have studied. (40 marks)
And HL students will also complete:
Higher level (HL) essay
IB ENGLISH A LITERATURE SL and HL 2 (Grade 12)
Students will focus exclusively on literary texts, adopting a variety of approaches to textual criticism. Students explore the nature of literature, the aesthetic function of literary language and textuality, and the relationship between literature and the world. This is categorised in the following components: ‘Readers, writers and texts’, ‘Time and Space’ and ‘Intertextuality’. This course is especially useful to students who love to read or intend to go to university to study for a BA degree or law degree; such as literature, law or history.
SL students will explore a total of 9 texts and HL students will explore 12 texts drawn from a range of genres (non-fiction, poetry, drama, and prose), cultures and time periods. They will complete a range of internal assessments, but they will also be externally assessed in their second year in the following areas:
Paper 1: Guided literary analysis (exam in May)
Paper 2 Comparative essay (exam in May)
Individual oral (15 minutes): in response to the following prompt: Examine the ways in which the global issue of your choice is presented through the content and form of two of the works that you have studied. (January)
And HL students will also complete:
Higher level (HL) essay (December)
Credits: 1 per year
Length of Course: 2 years of which this is the second
Grade Level: Grade 12
IB ENGLISH A LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE SL (Grade 11)
In this course, students study a wide range of literary and non-literary texts in a variety of media. By examining communicative acts across literary form and textual type alongside appropriate secondary readings, students will investigate the nature of language itself and the ways in which it shapes and is influenced by identity and culture. Approaches to study in the course are meant to be wide ranging and can include literary theory, sociolinguistics, media studies and critical discourse analysis among others. This course is especially useful to students who wish to explore language on a practical level, language in context, and explore the way language influences our perspective of the world. It is also useful for students who intend to study linguistics, social studies, journalism or law at university.
SL students will explore a total of 4 texts drawn from a range of genres (non-fiction, poetry, drama, and prose), cultures and time periods. They will complete a range of internal assessments, but they will also be externally assessed in their second year in the following areas:
Paper 1: Guided textual analysis
Paper 2 Comparative essay
Individual oral (15 minutes): in response to the following prompt: Examine the ways in which the global issue of your choice is presented through the content and form of two of the works that you have studied.
Credits: 1 per year
Length of Course: 2 years, of which this is the first
Grade Level: Grade 11
IB ENGLISH A LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE HL 1 (Grade 11)
In this course, students study a wide range of literary and non-literary texts in a variety of media. By examining communicative acts across literary form and textual type alongside appropriate secondary readings, students will investigate the nature of language itself and the ways in which it shapes and is influenced by identity and culture. Approaches to study in the course are meant to be wide ranging and can include literary theory, sociolinguistics, media studies and critical discourse analysis among others. This course is especially useful to students who wish to explore language on a practical level, language in context, and explore the way language influences our perspective of the world. It is also useful for students who intend to study linguistics, social studies, journalism or law at university.
HL students will explore 6 texts drawn from a range of genres (non-fiction, poetry, drama, and prose), cultures and time periods. They will complete a range of internal assessments, but they will also be externally assessed in their second year in the following areas:
Paper 1: Guided textual analysis
Paper 2 Comparative essay
Individual oral (15 minutes): in response to the following prompt: ‘Examine the ways in which the global issue of your choice is presented through the content and form of two of the works that you have studied’.
Higher level (HL) essay
IB ENGLISH A LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE SL and HL 2 (Grade 12)
In this course, students study a wide range of literary and non-literary texts in a variety of media. By examining communicative acts across literary form and textual type alongside appropriate secondary readings, students will investigate the nature of language itself and the ways in which it shapes and is influenced by identity and culture. Approaches to study in the course are meant to be wide ranging and can include literary theory, sociolinguistics, media studies and critical discourse analysis among others. This course is especially useful to students who wish to explore language on a practical level, language in context, and explore the way language influences our perspective of the world. It is also useful for students who intend to study linguistics, social studies, journalism or law at university.
SL students will explore a total of 4 texts and HL students will explore 6 texts drawn from a range of genres (non-fiction, poetry, drama, and prose), cultures and time periods. They will complete a range of internal assessments, but they will also be externally assessed in their second year in the following areas:
Paper 1: Guided textual analysis (exam in May)
Paper 2 Comparative essay (exam in May)
Individual oral (15 minutes): in response to the following prompt: Examine the ways in which the global issue of your choice is presented through the content and form of two of the works that you have studied. (January)
Higher level (HL) essay (December)
Credits:1 per year
Length of Course: 2 years, of which this is the second
Grade Level: Grade 12
IB ENGLISH A LITERATURE AND PERFORMANCE SL 1 (Grade 11)
Literature and performance is an interdisciplinary synthesis of literature and theatre. It brings together literary analysis, based on close reading, critical writing and discussion, with practical and aesthetic elements of theatre. In this course students engage with a range of literary works, perform dramatic texts, and transform texts into realized performances. The course is grounded in knowledge, skills and processes associated with the individual disciplines, while developing interdisciplinary understandings generated from the interactions between literature and performance. This course is especially useful to students who love to perform and/or intend to go to university to study for an BA degree or a creative/practical degree; such as literature, creative writing, drama or art.
Literature and performance candidates must study at least five works, one of which must be in translation. Works must be selected to cover drama, and at least two other literary forms. They will complete a range of internal assessments, but they will also be externally assessed in their second year in the following areas:
Paper 1: Comparative essay
Written assignment: In an essay of no more than 2,000 words, students critically examine an extract from a dramatic work that they have explored through performance.
Transformative performance (10 minutes): students transform an extract from a non-dramatic literary work into a piece of theatre. This piece of theatre is then performed to a live audience.
Individual oral (15 minutes): students complete an individual oral in which they explain their process of transforming the extract into performance. Both parts are internally assessed by the teacher and externally moderated by the IB at the end of the course. (32 marks)
Credits:1 per year
Length of Course: 2 years, of which this is the first
Grade Level: Grade 11
ELECTIVES
Narrative and Performance (One Year)
Narrative and Performance will explore the craft of various forms of storytelling both on the page and the stage.
The course will:
Empower students to explore their potential as they both analyze as well as produce texts and performances.
Challenge students to take risks both in their criticism of other works and the development of their own material.
Explore: the creative process, the ways in which helpful critical feedback can improve that process, and the relationship between creative and critical thinking.
Students will:
Create a number of different types of texts and performances.
Care about how their words and actions affects the work of their classmates.
Develop their skill in self-expression and communication both in their work, and the class’s critical discussions of work produced for the class.
Credits: 1
Length of Course: 1 year
Grade Level: 9-10
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