Language and Literature

Course Design Checklist

Higher and Standard Levels

❏ Minimum of 6(HL) and 4(SL) works in total

❏ Minimum 2(HL) 1(SL) texts written originally in language studied from authors on the Prescribed Reading List (PRL).

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❏ Minimum of 2(HL) 1(SL) texts must be works in translation written by authors on the PRL. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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❏ 2 texts can be chosen freely from the PRL or elsewhere, and may be in translation.

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❏ Minimum of 2 works for each of the Areas of Exploration

❏ Texts must be selected to cover 3/2 literary forms

❏ Texts must be selected to cover 3/2 periods

❏ Texts must be selected to cover 3/2 places as defined on the PRL covering at least 2 continents

❏ Variety of non-literary texts and forms

❏ Do you have enough “bodies of work” to allow for student choice for the IO and the Higher Level Essay

❏ A discussion of the conceptual understandings (identity, culture, creativity, communication, perspective, transformation and

representation)

Early LAL Course Overviews from 2021 and 2022

IB LAL SL G11 Course Overview First Day Handout Outline .docx

Possible

Language and Literature HL

Grade 11 and Grade 12 Texts

HL – Minimum requirements: 2 texts in translation (A Doll’s House, Women in the Dunes and The Outsider), 2 texts written in English (Never Let Me Go, 1984, THMT) and 2 Free choice (Owen, Duffy)

2 Works per Area Of Exploration, 3 Literary forms (N, D, P), 3 Periods (19 Ibsen, 20, 21 Ishiguro) 3 Places (Japan, England, Norway) 2 Continents (Europe, Asia)

Possible

Language and Literature SL

Grade 11 and Grade 12 Texts

SL – Minimum requirements: 1 text in translation (A Doll’s House), 1 text written in English (A Room with a View), 2 Free choice (A Streetcar Named Desire, Owen poems)

1 Work per Area of Exploration, 2 Literary forms (Novel, Play, Poetry), 2 Periods (19th/20th), 2 Places ( UK, Norway, USA) / 2 Continents (Europe, America)