Course Pacing

IB Diploma Program - This is considered a HL (high level) IB course. These students will be required to submit an essay to IB, they will take an Oral examination around sometime in February and the final written examination in May.

Unit 1 - Theme: Identities - 1st Six Weeks (Approximately 30 days)

• Personal attributes

• Personal relationships

• Eating and Drinking

• Physical Well Being

• Text Types - Personal texts

Unit 2 - Theme : Experiences - 2nd Six Weeks (approximately 30 days)

• Daily Routines

• Festivals and Celebrations

• Holidays

• Leisure

• 1 Literary work (TBD)

• Text Types - Professional Texts

Unit 3 - Theme : Human Ingenuity - 3rd Six Weeks (approximately 30 days)

• Transport

• Entertainment

• Media

• Technology

• Text Types - Professional Texts (continued)

Unit 4 - Theme : Social Organization - 4th Six Weeks (approximately 30 days)

• Neighborhood

• Education

• The workplace

• Social Issues

• 2nd Literary work (TBD)

• Text Types - Mass Media Texts (Articles, Flyers, Advertisements, etc.)

Unit 5 - Theme : Sharing the Planet - 5th Six Weeks (approximately 30 days)

• Climate

• Physical geography

• The Environment

• Global Issues

• Text Types - Mass Media Texts (continued)

6th Six Weeks (approximately 30 days)

• Review and mock testing

• IB Examination