English+A1

= English A1 in the IB Diploma Programme =  (And Pre IB--10th Grade)  International Baccalaureate English A1 aims to develop the students' powers of expression and appreciation of literature through the critical analysis of selected literary works. Frequent practice will be provided in writing, discussion, and oral presentations. The literary selections are chosen in accordance with the guidelines of the International Baccalaureate Program requirements. 

Literature is concerned with our conceptions, interpretations, and experiences of the world. The study of literature, therefore, can be seen as a study of all the complex pursuits, anxieties, joys, and fears that human beings are exposed to in the daily business of living. It enables an exploration of one of the more enduring fields of human creativity and artistic ingenuity, and provides immense opportunities for encouraging independent, original, critical and clear thinking. It also promotes a healthy respect for the imagination and a perceptive approach to the understanding and interpretation of literary works. The discussion of literature is itself an art which requires the clear expression of ideas both orally and in writing.
 * The Value of Literature **

IB English encourages students to see literary works as products of art and their authors as craftsmen whose methods of production can be analyzed in a variety of ways and on a number of levels. This is achieved through the emphasis placed on exploring the means used by different authors to convey their subjects in the works studied.

Course Requirements   Higher Level will study 15 works of literature. Standard Level will study 11.  Commitment to IB   Class participation, informal and formal oral presentations, written essays, the World Literature Assignment #2, and a review of the World Literature Assignment #1 are all important aspects of not only the grade for the course, but also of the IB evaluation itself. Students will have quizzes as well as extensive reading and writing assignments. Significant time outside of class needs to be budgeted to complete assigned reading and essays. Students will be asked to contribute to as well as to lead class discussions and to prepare reports for class presentations.

 Close reading is required.

Standard and Higher Levels  Higher Level will study 15 works of literature. Standard Level will study 11.

__<span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; COLOR: rgb(163,10,10)">Essential Resources __
-The 15 or 11 works will be provided, plus the text book //English A1, a Course Companion.//

Also, an essential resource which the student must provide is an engaged mind.

__<span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; COLOR: rgb(19,135,13)">Assessment and Grading __
//** Assessment Outline Higher Level English **// //** External Assessment 70% **// **Paper 1 Commentary (2 hours) 25%** **Paper 2 Essay (2 hours) 25%** **World Literature Assignments 20%** Two assignments written during the course and externally assessed, each 1000-1500 words. **Assignment #1 10%** **Assignment #2 10%** //** Internal Assessment 30% **// Two compulsory oral activities to be internally assessed by the teacher and externally moderated by the IBO. **Individual Oral Commentary (15 minutes) 15%** **Individual Oral Presentation (10-15 minutes) 15%** //** Assessment Outline Standard Level English **// //** External Assessment 70% **// **Paper 1 Commentary (1 1/2 hours) 25%** **Paper 2 Essay (1 1/2 hours) 25%** **World Literature Assignment 20%** One assignment written during the course and externally assessed, 1000-1500 words. **Assignment #1 10%** //** Internal Assessment 30% **// Two compulsory oral activities to be internally assessed by the teacher and externally moderated by the IBO. **Individual Oral Commentary (15 minutes) 15%** **Individual Oral Presentation (10-15 minutes) 15%**
 * Written Paper Component (The Exam) 50% **
 * Written commentary based on poetry or another text to which the techniques of literary criticism can be applied.
 * Two unseen texts for commentary; no guiding questions.
 * One commentary to be written on one of the texts.
 * Two essay questions on each genre available for study in Part 3.
 * Groups of Works, and four essay questions of a general nature.
 * One question only to be answered, based on the Part 3 works studied.
 * Comparitive Study of at least two Part 1 works.
 * Based on works not used for Assignment #1.
 * Can be comparitive study, detailed study, imaginative/creative assignment
 * Oral Component **
 * Commentary on an extract, chosen by the teacher, from one of the Part 2 works studied. Extract accompanied by guiding questions.
 * Presentation of a topic, chosen by the candidate, based on Part 4 works.
 * Written Paper Component (The Exam) 50% **
 * Written commentary based on poetry or another text to which the techniques of literary criticism can be applied.
 * Two unseen texts for commentary; no guiding questions.
 * One commentary to be written on one of the texts.
 * Two essay questions on each genre available for study in Part 3.
 * Groups of Works, and four essay questions of a general nature.
 * One question only to be answered, based on the Part 3 works studied.
 * Comparitive Study of at least two Part 1 works.
 * Oral Component **
 * Commentary on an extract, chosen by the teacher, from one of the Part 2 works studied. Extract accompanied by guiding questions.
 * Presentation of a topic, chosen by the candidate, based on Part 4 works.

__ <span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; COLOR: rgb(87,8,166)">Diploma Programme Course __
Higher and Standard Level. All works are studied at higher level. Standard level students do not study the works marked by XX.

<span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; COLOR: rgb(147,11,11)">Semester 1 Content (Grade 11)
--- <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">· //The Joy Luck Club// by Amy Tan <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">· //Hiroshima,// by John Hersey (to include debate and trial of Harry Truman) XX  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">·  //The Poetry of Sylvia Plath// <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">· //Things Fall Apart,// by Chinua Achebe <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">IB Assessment: Oral Presentations in December, 2008.

School exams: analysis and essay of unseen documents. Essay based on works studied.

<span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; COLOR: rgb(147,11,11)">Semester 2 Content (Grade 11)
<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> · //The Odyssey// by Homer <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">· //Chronicles of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez// <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">· //Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel// <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">IB Assessments: World Literature Essays called Assignments #1 & 2. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">HL does both. SL does only Assignment #1   These are 1000-1500 word essays based on works studied. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Assignment #1 due this school year in May 2009. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Assignment #2 next year. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">  School exams: unseen document analysis. Essay based on the works studied.

<span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; COLOR: rgb(147,11,11)">Semester 3 Content (Grade 12)
// A Midsummer Night’s Dream // by William Shakespeare // Pride and Prejudice // by Jane Austen // The Poems of Wilfred Owen/Robert Frost  // // I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings // Maya Angelou <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">IB Assessment: Oral Commentaries sometime in December.

School exams: unseen document analysis. Essay based on works studied.

<span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; COLOR: rgb(147,11,11)">Semester 4 Content (Grade 12)
//The Quiet American// by Graham Greene // The Short Stories of Flannery O’Connor  // //1984// by George Orwell //One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich// by Alexander Solzhenitsyn <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">IB Assessment: Exams in May. Paper One and Paper Two. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> **<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Paper One ** <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> is an essay commentary of two hours for Higher Level, 1½ hours for Standard Level, based on an unseen document. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> **<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Paper Two ** <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> is an essay commentary of two hours for Higher Level, 1½ hours for Standard Level, based on the four Part III works. IB will provide six essay questions and you choose the one you answer.

<span style="COLOR: rgb(71,11,122)">Pre-Diploma Course (Grade 10 preparation)
- <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> Syllabus and Current Homework Assignments __10th GRADE ENGLISH SYLLABUS FOR THE FIRST SEMESTER__ <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">We read several short stories focusing on analysis of narrative viewpoint, characters and characterization, setting, theme, and other literary features. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">The five main stories are: <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">“Everyday Use” by Alice Walker <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">“Boys and Girls” by Alice Munro <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">“Two Kinds” from the novel //The Joy Luck Club// by Amy Tan <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">"A Very Old Man with Wings" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">“The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” by Katherin Anne Porter <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">“A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> 2ND NINE WEEKS ** <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">We study Shakespeare’s //Othello// by performance, focusing on both narrative, character and poetic features. (This will be taught in the 9th grade as well, so we alternate year to year between //Othello// and //Macbeth//) <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> Along the way through the entire semester we will do essays, tests, quizzes, homework short story writing and other writing assignments. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> __1__ __<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">0th GRADE ENGLISH SYLLABUS FOR THE SECOND SEMESTER <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> __**<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> 3rd NINE WEEKS ** <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">We study poetry focusing on analysis and the poets use of technique from figurative language to irony and more. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">We read //To Kill a Mockingbird// focusing on analysis of narrative viewpoint, characters and characterization, setting, theme, and other literary features. (This will be taught in the 9th grade as well, so we alternate year to year between //TKAM// and //Lord of the Flies//). <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">In addition, we will take a look at some non-fiction prose. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> Along the way through the entire semester we will do essays, tests, quizzes, homework and other writing assignments.
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">1ST NINE WEEKS **
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> 4th NINE WEEKS **

<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> ** CURRENT 10th Grade HOMEWORK ** <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> log book. Write a two reading logs, summaries and literary commentaries, due on Wed (Mon& Tues reading) and Friday (Wed and Thurs reading) || As stated. ||  ||
 * ** <span style="FONT-SIZE: 130%; COLOR: rgb(59,23,150)">AUGUST ** ||||   ||||   ||
 * **Week Beginning** || **-** || **- Subject/task:** || **- Deadline:** || **-** ||
 * 20th August ||  || Open 250 word essay on anything the student did over the holidays || Friday Aug. 22 ||   ||
 * 25th August ||  || Monday, Tuesday, Wed and Thurs read at least 20 minutes from your reading
 * ** <span style="FONT-SIZE: 130%; COLOR: rgb(59,23,150)">SEPTEMBER ** ||||   ||||   ||
 * **Week Beginning** || **-** || **- Subject/task: - - Deadline** ||  ||   ||
 * 1st September ||  || Same as above ||   ||   ||
 * 8th September ||  || Same as above ||   ||   ||
 * 15th September ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 22nd September ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 29th September ||  ||   ||   ||   ||