English @ St Leonards: Language A1

English @ St Leonards: Language A1

IB Principles

The IB is motivated by a mission to create a better world through education.The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring,

knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through

intercultural understanding and respect.To this end the IBO works with schools, governments

and International organizations to develop challenging programmes of international education

and rigorous assessment.These programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their

differences, can also be right.

English @ St Leonards: Language A1

IB Principles

The Roles of Teacher and Student

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0fJKvdjQgs

English @ St Leonards: Language A1

IMPORTANT POINTS:

•Higher and Standard Levels •English at IB level should be student-led, not spoon-fed!•World Literature element

•Oral elements: Speak only in English!

•Skills-based approach• WHY?

English @ St Leonards: Language A1

ASSESSMENT:

• Individual Oral Presentation•Individual Oral Commentary

•Comparative World Literature Coursework

•Exam Paper 1: Unseen Commentary

•Exam Paper 2: Drama

English @ St Leonards: Language A1

Individual Oral Presentation(The IOP)

• Usually an expose presentation •Titles must differ from everyone in

year group•15% of overall grade

•Internally assessed by teacher•Teacher’s decision is final

•One-off chance

English @ St Leonards: Language A1

Individual Oral PresentationTEXTS

------------• ‘Touched With Fire’ poetry

•Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby (DJ)

•Suskind: Perfume (JJT)---------------

•Spark: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Higher level only)

English @ St Leonards: Language A1

Individual Oral Commentary(The IOC)

• Recorded commentary on work studied in class

•15% of overall grade•Internally assessed by teacher, BUT

externally moderated• Set date – one chance

•20 mins preparation, 15 minutes talk time on randomly selected extract

English @ St Leonards: Language A1Individual Oral Commentary

TEXTS

• Shakespeare, MacBeth

•Seamus Heaney’s poetry

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•Atwood, ‘The Penelopiad’ (HL)

•Selected writings of Martin Luther King

English @ St Leonards: Language A1World Literature Coursework

• 1500 word maximum limit

•Must be comparative

•On texts written in a language other than English

•Student choice: individually chosen

English @ St Leonards: Language A1World Literature Coursework

TEXTS

•Mann, Death in Venice

•Esquivel, Like Water for Chocolate

•Murakami, The Elephant Vanishes (independent study)

English @ St Leonards: Language A1

The Exam: Paper 1

• An commentary on a previously unseen passage

•Guiding questions

•Teachers advise on how best to write a good commentary

English @ St Leonards: Language A1

The Exam: Paper 2

• One essay on drama, chosen from generic

essay titles•Can choose from Drama section in exam, or General

Questions on Literature

English @ St Leonards: Language A1

The Exam: Paper 2

TEXTS

• Shaw, Mrs Warren’s Profession

• Ibsen, A Doll’s House

•Williams, Streetcar Named Desire

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•Wilde, A Woman of No Importance (HL)

English @ St Leonards: Language A1

Questions

English @ St Leonards: Language A1

GOOD LUCK!