IB English Language and Literature
Welcome
MYP English
GRADE 6
>
1 Myths and Legends
2 The Phantom Tollbooth
3 Immigrant Kids
4 The Princess Bride
5 Introduction to Poetry
Wide Reading
GRADE 7
>
1 Short Stories
2 The Outsiders
3 The Giver
4 Mini-Unit: Poetry
5 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Wide Reading
GRADE 8
>
1 Short Stories Around the World
2 The Pearl
3 Animal Farm
4 Poetry Anthology
5 Noughts and Crosses
Wide Reading
GRADE 9
>
Course Outline
1 Poetry Around the World
2 Dystopia
3 Macbeth
4 Media Unit
5 Of Mice and Men
Independent Reading
JUNE EXAM
GRADE 10
>
Course Outlines
1 War Poetry and Propaganda
2 Short Stories
3 The Merchant of Venice
4 The Catcher in the Rye
Wide Reading
DP Lang & Lit
GRADES 11 & 12
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Course Outline & Syllabus
Units of Study
>
Readers, Writers, Texts
>
Langston Hughes
Persepolis
Time and Place
>
Things Fall Apart
A Doll's House
Intertextuality
>
Pygmalion
The Great Gatsby
Non-Literary BoW
Assessment Tasks
>
Overview
Individual Oral (IA)
Paper 1 (EA)
Paper 2 (EA)
HL Essay (EA)
Academic Writing
MLA Formatting
Homeroom
Context
Watch
Read
The Colonization of Africa (The NY Public Library)
Colonial Exploration and Conquest in Africa
The Practice and Legacy of Coloniali
sm
Pre-colonial Africa Map
The colonization of Africa Map
Additional Resources - Author & Contextual Information
Nigeria facts -
World Fact Book
Chinua Achebe biography
(biography.com)
Introduction to the text and its context
(learner.org)
Introduction to Igbo life and Culture
More on Igbo life
Even more on Igbo culture
An interview with Chinua Achebe
(The Art of Fiction from
The Paris Review
)
An African Voice - an article about Achebe
(theatlantic.com)
Related Arcticles & Websites
"An Image of Africa"
- Achebe on racism in
Heart of Darkness
Igbo Traditional Religious Life and Philosophy
Endangeredlanguages.com
- explore and learn!
Recovering Voices
- lost languages (Smithsonian)
Portrayals of Africa
Heart of Darkness
by Joseph Conrad
on Planet Ebook
"An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad's
Heart of Darkness
"
by Chinua Achebe
"How to Write about Africa"
by Binyavanga Wainaina
Novel Study
Folk Tales in Things Fall Apart
Language in 'Things Fall Apart'
Full Glossary for Things Fall Apart (CliffsNotes)
Novel Study Guide
Product (TpT)
Welcome
MYP English
GRADE 6
>
1 Myths and Legends
2 The Phantom Tollbooth
3 Immigrant Kids
4 The Princess Bride
5 Introduction to Poetry
Wide Reading
GRADE 7
>
1 Short Stories
2 The Outsiders
3 The Giver
4 Mini-Unit: Poetry
5 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Wide Reading
GRADE 8
>
1 Short Stories Around the World
2 The Pearl
3 Animal Farm
4 Poetry Anthology
5 Noughts and Crosses
Wide Reading
GRADE 9
>
Course Outline
1 Poetry Around the World
2 Dystopia
3 Macbeth
4 Media Unit
5 Of Mice and Men
Independent Reading
JUNE EXAM
GRADE 10
>
Course Outlines
1 War Poetry and Propaganda
2 Short Stories
3 The Merchant of Venice
4 The Catcher in the Rye
Wide Reading
DP Lang & Lit
GRADES 11 & 12
>
Course Outline & Syllabus
Units of Study
>
Readers, Writers, Texts
>
Langston Hughes
Persepolis
Time and Place
>
Things Fall Apart
A Doll's House
Intertextuality
>
Pygmalion
The Great Gatsby
Non-Literary BoW
Assessment Tasks
>
Overview
Individual Oral (IA)
Paper 1 (EA)
Paper 2 (EA)
HL Essay (EA)
Academic Writing
MLA Formatting
Homeroom