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IB English IV
Eve Chandler, Room C111 2007 - 2008 All units will include as part of our study: discussion, journals, oral assignments, quizzes, tests, and/or essays. First 9 Weeks: 1. Course Introduction: Expectations, Syllabus, Overview of Examination, IB Requirements 2. One Hundred Years of Solitude Folder, Quizzes, Oral Presentations (Standards: E4-R1; E4-R2: Analysis of Text; C1: Speaking; C2: Listening; C3: Viewing) 3. The Sound and the Fury (Standards: E4-R1; E4-R2; C1; C2; C3) 4. Invisible Man (E4-R1; E4-R2; C1; C2; C3) 5. Practice Essays and Commentaries for IB Written Exam (on-going) (Standards: E4-W1: The Writing Process; E4-W2: Writing Purposes; E4-W3: Responding to Text; E4-W4: Legibility) 6. World Literature Component (final revision of Paper #1) (Standards: E4-W1; E4-W2; E4-W3; E4-RS1: Selecting a Research Topic; E4-RS2: Gathering Information and Refining a Topic; E4-RS3: Preparing and Presenting Information) 7. Vocabulary from literary works (Standards: E4-R3: Word Study and Analysis) Second 9 Weeks: 1. Invisible Man (continued) 2. Joy Luck Club (Standards: E4-R-1; E4-R2; C1; C2; C3) 3. Oral Presentations (Standards: C1; C2; C3) 4. World Literature Component - Paper #2 (due date Nov. 23) (Standards: E4-W1; E4-W2; E4-W3) 5. On-going essays and written commentaries (Standards: E4-W1; E4-W2; E4-W3; E4-W4) 6. Vocabulary from literary works (Standards: E4-R3) 7. Semester Exam (E4-W3; E4-W4) Third 9 Weeks: 1. The Turn of the Screw and Daisy Miller (Standards: E4-R1; E4-R2; C1; C2; C3) 2. Othello (Standards: E4-R1; E4-R2; C1; C2; C3) 3. Poetry (Sylvia Plath) (Standards: E4-R1; E4-R2; C1; C2; C3) 4. Non-fiction (essays by E. B. White and James Thurber) (Standards: E4-R1; E4-R2; C1; C2; C3) 5. Formal Oral Commentaries (C1; C2) 6. On-going essays and written commentaries (E4-W1; E4-W2; E4-W3; E4-W4) Fourth 9 Weeks: 1. Continuation of literary studies (Standards: E4-R1; E4-R2) 2. On-going essays and written commentaries (Standards: E4-W1; E4-W2; E4-W3; E4-W4) 3. Practice and preparation for Final Written IB Examination (Standards: E4-W1; E4-W2; E4-W3; E4-W4) 4. Review plays from last year: Hamlet, A Streetcar Named Desire, Death of a Salesman, and Blood Wedding (Standards: C1; C2) 5. IB Exams (Standards: E4-W1; E4-W2; E4-W3; E4-W4) |
