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IB Language A: Literature

​Syllabus

IB Language A: Literature Guide

2018 Summer Assignment 

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 The Assignment
Information about the The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Supplementary site for allusions, translations, and other language
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How to Read Literature Like a Professor 


PART 1
​Literature in Translation

Haruki Murakami: Selected Short Stories

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Author's Website
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Alternative Assignments for Quizzes
Murakami Quotes and Passages
​LitChart
​Symbolism Project

Milan Kundera: The Unbearable Lightness of Being

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​The Journal
An Introduction
Online Text
Vocabulary with Links
A Poll
Keyvious' Brilliant Fugue Theory

Sophocles: Antigone

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Background Article
Creon's Speech Translations
Antigone's Response Translations
Tiresias' Speech Translations

The Written Assignment (World Lit Paper)

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​The Introductory Ppt
The Rubric
Essay 9
Essay 10
Essay 11
​Essay 12
Student Essay
​Student Essay
​Outline
Teacher Commentary Sheet for Draft 1


PART 4
​Options

Yusef Komunyakaa: Selected Poems

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Author Information


Isabel Allende: The House of Spirits

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Author Website

Ta-Nehisi Coates: Between the World and Me

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Author Website


The I.O.P.

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The Rubric
Information and Forms


PART 2
Detailed Study

MacBeth

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The Journals
​A PowerPoint
Guiding Questions
Is this a dagger?
​Sound and Silence​

Sylvia Plath: Selected Poems

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Author Information

Nadine Gordimer: Jump and Other Stories

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About the Author


The I.O.C. 

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Information
Rubric


PART 3
GENRE STUDY

Kurt Vonnegut: Slaughterhouse-Five

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An introduction to the Text
Post-Modern Project
Annotation Rubric
Thematic Essay

F. Scott Fitzgerald:The Great Gatsby

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Film Terms
Film as Literature Project
Chapter Journal Example
Film Analysis Graphic Organizer
A link to the 1974 version

Zora Neale Hurston: Their Eyes Were Watching God

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Author Information

Ngozie Chimamanda Adichie: Americanah

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Author Information
The Danger of a Single Story
We Should All Be Feminists

IB Exams: Paper 1 & Paper 2

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Paper 1 Rubric
Paper 2 Rubric


Poetry Responses

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Poetry Response Assignment
Poetry Response Student Example 1
Poetry Response Student Example 2

Literature Handouts

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 Tone
Diction Ppt
IB Diction via Poetry and Ads
Diction and Malcolm X: An Analysis
In-Class Essay: Diction in "The Plot"
Syntax Ppt
Syntax Guided Notes
Syntactical Analysis of Rhetoric: JFK
In-Class Essay: Syntactical Analysis of Fiction
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God: Text
Literary Terms
Poetry Terms
Battle Royal by Ralph Ellison
Poetry for Formalist Analysis
Give Me Liberty
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We Should All Be Feminists
APCLOSE READING

Other Rubrics

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Argument Rubric
Information/Expository Rubric
Narrative Rubric
Socratic Seminar Rubric
Fishbowl Rubric
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Spider Rubric
Blog Rubric
Dialectical Journal Directions
Reflective Writing Rubric



Semi-Retired Texts

Madame Bovary

PictureHill, Janet. Paige Reads Madame Bovary.
Vocabulary
Socratic Topics
Translation Comparison Essay
Literary Analysis Essay
A Precis
The Fakery: An example Precis/Paraphrase Project
Literary Analysis Outline Format
Flaubert Style

Persepolis

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Graphic Novel Terminology
Analysis Graphic for Persepolis
Vocabulary 1
Persepolis Project
Annotation Rubric and Directions
​Persepolis: Contextual Analysis

1984

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The Text
Newspeak Dictionary
Recreating Ogilvy
"A State of Mind" Documentary (You must continue and watch all parts)

A Distant Neighborhood

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A Link
Graphic Novel Terminology
More Graphic Novel Terminology
Another Link
V1 Quiz
Comparison to Bovary

Atonement

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Atonement Text
Opening Essay
Quotes for Thematic Corners
Part 1 Quiz
Film Terms


Extended Essay Documents

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Essay Plan form
Annotated Bibliography Example
Extended Essay Guide
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Odds and Ends

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Warm-Ups for Lit
The Fourth State of Matter
Consider the Lobster
MLA PowerPoint


IB Language A: Language and Literature
IB Rubrics and Forms  

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Paper 1: Comparative Textual Analysis
Paper 2:Part 3 Analysis
Written Task 1 Rubric
Written Task 2 Rubric
Further Oral Activity Rubric
Further Oral Activity Proposal Form
Part 3: Topics for Essays


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  • Theory of Knowledge (Old Curriculum)
  • British Literature
  • Grammar and Other Daily Assignments
  • IB Lit (Old Curriculum)
  • American Literature
  • 9th Grade Literature and Composition
  • AP Literature and Composition
  • Shakespeare
  • Graphic Organizers
  • Model UN