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Biotechnology High School An IB World School IB English HL: Year Two

Junior Year Let’s start with what you’ve already done as a little review.

Part 4 – School’s Free Choice Four works (three Language A - Catcher, Slaughterhouse, Cuckoo’s Nest - and one world lit - The Stranger) Junior year - first semester IB Assessment = Individual Oral Presentation (IOP) (15 minutes, during class) The IOP counts as 15% of your IB score for English. You already did this! Yay!!

Part 2 – Detailed Study Four Language A 1 works Prose (Gatsby) Poetry (Dickinson and Plath) Drama (Hamlet) Prose nonfiction (Caged Bird) Junior year – second semester IB Assessment = Individual Oral Commentary (IOC) (15 minutes, one-on-one with teacher) IOC = 15% of IB grade You’re done with this, too! Hooray!

Senior Year On to the new parts you’ll be doing this year!!! I know you’re excited!

Part 1 – World Literature Three world lit works (Chronicle, Candide, A Doll’s House) IB Assessment = two world lit papers (1, 000 -1, 500 words each) WL 1 = Comparison paper WL 2 = Comparative study, creative, or detailed study

Part 1 - World Literature Let’s look at the WL assessments a little more closely. WL 1 is a comparative study. What the heck does that mean? It means you will need to compare literary aspects common to works studied in Part 1.

WL 1 I still don’t get it… what am I comparing? An example would be looking at how the authors use food to develop characterization (eating habits and food choices - what is the author saying about the character by describing what he eats, how much he eats, when he eats, with whom he eats, etc. ? ).

WL 1 What works can I use for this comparison paper? You can use Chronicle, Candide, and A Doll’s House, but remember, I recommend only using two of these.

WL 1 Why only use two of the three works? Once you use a WL work for WL 1, you CANNOT use it for WL 2. Each student must have a different topic. That’s hard to do when people start using three works. It’s hard to go into detail when talking about three works. 1000 -1500 words is not that long (think 3 -5 pages, double spaced).

WL 2 You have three options for this paper. Comparative study - This is like WL 1, but with different books Creative assignment - Think IOP, but written and only on 1 or 2 works Detailed study - A formal essay, analysis of a key passage, or commentary on an extract (Think IOC, but written)

WL 2 What works can I use for WL 2? A work you did not use for WL 1, The Metamorphosis, or The Stranger - and in some cases you can use works from last year or Part 3, too. Don’t worry - we’ll talk more about this when we get closer to this point.

WL 1 and WL 2 How much do these count towards my IB grade? Each WL paper counts for 10%. Part One of the course makes up 20% of your IB grade.

Part 3 – Groups of Works Four works – all of the same genre (the novel is the genre we have chosen for BTHS) The Metamorphosis, A Passage to India, The Color Purple, 1984 IB Assessment = two written exams (May, 2009) Paper 1 = Unseen commentary Paper 2 = Analysis of work you’ve studied from this part

Part 3 How much are these exam papers worth? Together, the two papers are worth 50% of your IB grade. You need to take them seriously. We’ll be doing lots of practice with annotating passages for Paper 1 and we’ll use lit logs to help with Paper 2. We’ll focus more on Part 3 when we’re done with WL 1 and WL 2!

Yikes! I know you’re probably intimidated right now. Keep in mind that both Ms. Lamp and I have worked lots of practice into both years of this IB course. Take all assignments seriously and complete them. We designed them to help you not only for IB, but for college.

Classroom Activities Class discussion Large group Small group Lit logs Focus on personal literary response to technique Group projects Individual projects Color coding and other annotation techniques

Major Skills to be Developed Comparison Constantly look for links between works Hone writing skills to develop a smooth, coherent comparative essay (avoid writing two mini essays) Commentary (written and oral) Take notes in your books (sticky notes if you don’t have your own copies) Look at technique and its effect on the audience Get past summarizing

Technique, Technique! A literary technique or literary device is an identifiable rule of thumb, convention or structure that is employed in literature and storytelling. Literary techniques are important aspects of an author's style, which is one of the five elements of fiction, along with character, plot, setting and theme. Literary devices refer to specific aspects of literature, in the sense of its universal function as an art form which expresses ideas through language, which we can recognize, identify, interpret and/or analyze.

Technique, Technique! Literary devices collectively comprise the art form’s components; the means by which authors create meaning through language, and by which readers gain understanding of and appreciation for their works. They also provide a conceptual framework for comparing individual literary works to others, both within and across genres. Both literary elements and literary techniques can rightly be called literary devices.

Should You Worry? No! Everything you’ve done in English class at BTHS so far has built up to this We’d still be doing the same thing even if we weren’t in the IB Programme You’re going to do a fabulous job!