English IB Language & Literature

Course Outline & Outcomes:

 

Syllabus Outline

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Assessments Components

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Assessment Objectives

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Written Task 1 Rubric

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Written Task 2 Rubric

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Further Oral Activity Rubric

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Course Companion IB Language & Literature - Introductory Chapter

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Course Companion IB Language & Literature - Part 2

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Course Companion IB Language & Literature - Part 2 con't

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Part 2: Language and Mass communication:

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Part 2 Overview

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Non-fiction Persuasive Techniques

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More Persuasive Language Techniques

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YouTube Video: Rhetorical Strategies

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Bias in the News

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Word Choice and Bias

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Media Bias Word Choice Examples

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Attitude and Tone Vocabulary

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Non-fiction Annotation Guide

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Conventions of Genre

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Topic: Textual Bias

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"For Women Under 30, Most Births Occur Outside of Marriage" (New York Times)

 

"More Single Moms. So What." (Slate)

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"Give Me Your Tired" (Human Events)

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"Trump Travel Ban Makes America Less Safe" (MSNBC)

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"The legal arguments for and against Trump's immigration ban" (PBS NewsHour)

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Paper 1 Resources:

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1. What's being said (i.e. content, theme, ideas)?

2. How is it being said (i.e. stylistic devices, structural features)?

3. So what (i.e. for what ends, purposes)?

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"700 arrested at protest in Nevada"

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Annotation Guide For Paper 1 Texts

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War 1

War 2

War 3

War 4 

War 5

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Paper 1 Rubric

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Part 4 - Critical Study:

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Conventions of Genre: Prose Fiction, Poetry, Drama and Prose Non-fiction

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Vietnam War - Research assignment

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Research Assignment Rubric

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​Class Annotations of 'Freedom Birds' Passage