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To help you transition seamlessly into the rigours of the IB Diploma or Career-related Programme, this subject page houses your essential preparatory resources. Beyond the required Summer Task, designed to prime your analytical and subject-specific skills, you will find curated Recommended Reading and Recommended Viewing lists. These selections are handpicked by your future teachers to broaden your perspective, ignite your curiosity, and provide the cultural and academic context necessary for high-level inquiry. Engaging with these materials now will not only ease the step up from Grade 10 but will also give you a distinct advantage as you begin your two-year journey.
Summer Task/Project
What do a poem, a photograph, and a political cartoon have in common?
What do a poem, a photograph, and a political cartoon have in common?
More than you might think.
Your DP English Summer Challenge is to explore a global issue that matters to you and uncover how different texts communicate powerful messages about our world. Through a creative Connections Map, you'll begin thinking like a DP English student before the course even starts.
Choose an issue. Find the connections. Tell the story.
IB DP English Language and Literature Summer Transition Task.docx
Recommended Reading
Literary works to get you interested:
Works of Carol Ann Duffy
The Great Gatsby , by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Othello, by William Shakespeare
Works of Mary Oliver
You can explore more of the course and our resources on the department’s Google site.
Recommended Viewing
DP English is not about finding the right answer. It is about asking better questions.
DP English is not about finding the right answer. It is about asking better questions.
These videos will help you begin thinking like an analyst before the course even starts.
These videos will help you begin thinking like an analyst before the course even starts.
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