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Course/Text Overview

Unit/Text Area of Interaction Major Assessments Semester One Sept-Oct Oct-Nov Dec-Jan

Poetry: Selected Robert Frost Poems Drama: Hamlet (Shakespeare) (Non-Fiction) Slouching Toward Bethlehem (Didion) Poetic elements, oral commentary, theme, tone, diction, etc., close reading Dramatic elements, character development, structure, Shakespeare, purpose, theme, tone, diction, etc., close reading Social commentary, non-fiction techniques, structure, author’s purpose, theme, tone, diction, etc., close reading Oral Commentary #1 (mid-October; rubric from IOCD*) Full Literary Analysis (beginning of January; rubric from Paper #1*) Modified Literary Analysis (end of January; rubric from Paper #1*)

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Overview continued

Unit/Text Area of Interaction Major Assessments Semester Two Jan-Feb Feb-March

1984 (Orwell) The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald) Social commentary, fiction techniques, time period, setting, author’s purpose, theme, tone, diction, etc., close reading Oral Commentary #2: Practice IOCD* (beginning of Feb.) IB Internal Exam: Individual Oral Commentary and Discussion* (end of Feb.)

April May

Their Eyes Were Watching God (Hurston) Things Fall Apart (Achebe) Literary Analysis (mid-April; rubric from Paper #2) IB External Exam: Paper #1 and Paper #2 (beginning of May)

The Assessments

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The IOCD

Individual Oral Commentary and Discussion 20 minutes to analyze a poem by Robert Frost 8 minutes to discuss it 2 minutes of questions 10 minutes to discuss a different previous work from first semester Takes place end of February (more specific dates to come) 

The Papers

Paper 1-Written analysis on poetry or prose not studied by the student  Paper 2-Written analysis of works studied during second semester  Two days, two hours each  Beginning of May

Assignments, Grading, Re-do

Re-Do Policy

 Opportunity to re do major assessments in order to master the standards  IB Exams do not fall into re-do

Grades

 10% HW  10% Classwork   40% Writing 40% Other Assessments