IB English A1 Syllabus and Assessment



|IB English A1 Syllabus and Assessment |

|Class of 2012 |

|2 Years—11th and 12th Grade |

|Syllabus |Assessment |

|Part I: World Literature |20% |

|Thematic Link: Conflicts between private and communal life |•        Assignment 1 (10%): |

|1. Pedro Paramo, Juan Rulfo |o       Comparative Essay of two Part I works |

|2. 100 Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez |o       1000-1500 words |

|3. House of the Spirits, Isabel Allende |•        Assignment 2 (10%): |

| |o       Comparative, Creative, or Imaginative Essay of work not used |

|  |in Assignment 1 |

| |o       1000-1500 words |

| |Graded Externally by IB Examiners |

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|Part II: Detailed Study (Genre Study) |15% |

|Othello, Shakespeare (Drama) |•        Individual Oral Commentary |

|Hamlet, Shakespeare (Drama) |o       Taped commentary over a passage from a Part II work |

|Martin Luther King Jr. Essays(Prose Non-fiction) |o       15 minutes |

|Seamus Heaney and Robert Frost (Poetry) |Graded Internally by IB Teacher |

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|Part III: Groups of Works |50% |

|Genre: Novel / Short Story |•        Exam Paper I (25%): |

|Orlando, Virginia Woolf |o       Written commentary over an unseen prose passage or poem |

|Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys |o       2 hours |

|Hawthorne short story selections |•        Exam Paper II (25%): |

|Perfume, Patrick Suskind (World Lit.—Germany) |o       Essay over general question pertaining to the genre of poetry |

|  |o       2 hours |

| |Graded Externally by IB Examiners |

|Part IV: School’s Free Choice |15% |

|Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde |•        Individual Oral Presentation |

|Light in August, William Faulkner |o       Presentation of a topic based on Part 4 works |

|1984, George Orwell |o       10-15 minutes |

|Hedda Gabler, Henrik Ibsen (World |Graded Internally by IB Teacher |

|Lit. – France) |  |

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Practical Course Outline with Assessment

(For IB English A1—Class of 2011)

Junior Year (English III IB)

|1st Semester |2nd Semester |

|Works Studied |Assessments |Works Studied |Assessments |

| Picture of Dorian Gray, Wilde |  |House of the Spirits, Allende |  |

|Light In August, Faulkner |  |One Hundred Years of Solitudes, Marquez |IB Individual Oral |

|1984, Orwell |  |Pedro Paramo, Juan Rulfo |Presentation |

|Hedda Gabler, Ibsen |  | |  |

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| |  | |IB World Literature |

| |NONE | |Assignment 1 (begin draft) |

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Senior Year (English IV IB)

|1st Semester |2nd Semester |

|Works Studied |Assessments |Works Studied |Assessments |

|Hamlet, Shakespeare | |Orlando, Woolf |  |

|Othello, Shakespeare |Finish IB World Lit. Paper|Perfume, Suskind |IB Individual Oral |

| |1   |Wide Sargasso Sea, Rhys |Commentary |

|Martin Luther King Jr. essays and |IB World Literature Paper | |  |

|Heaney/Frost Poetry |2 |Hawthorne Short Stories |  |

| | | |IB Exams: Paper 1 and Paper |

| | |  |2 |

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**The texts read in this class are college level texts. In order to read and discuss these texts and prepare to receive college credit, AP and IB require a certain level of maturity. Topics and themes in these books are often beyond the high school level of experience and maturity. If this concerns you, please contact the IB coordinator or the IB English teacher. Likewise, if you are unable to discuss and work with these texts in a mature manner, then this class is not the proper placement for you.

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Note: Works are not taught in this order.

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