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    ACORNS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

    LANGUAGE A: (ENGLISH) LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

    DIPLOMA CURRICULUM OVERVIEW _FIRST ASSESSMENT 2021

    Areas of Unit 1: Readers, Unit 2: Time and Unit 3:


    Exploration Writers and Texts Space Intertextuality:
    Connecting Texts
    Literary Texts Hamlet by William House of the Spirits Purple Hibiscus/Half a
    Shakespeare (HL) by Isabel Allende Yellow Sun by
    ‘The Fat Black (HL) Chimamanda Adichie
    Woman’s Poems’ by Death and the (HL & SL)
    Grace Nichols (HL & Maiden by Ariel Metarmorphoses by
    SL) Dorfman (HL & SL) Ka ka

    Compulsory Non- ‘Cartoons for Change’ Photos by Oliviero Dove advertisements


    Literary Texts by Liza Donnelly Toscani Cartoons by Gado
    Cartoons by Cathy (Godfrey
    Guisewite Mwampembwa)
    Key Concepts Representation, Culture. Creativity,
    Identity, Perspectives Communication, Transformation,
    Perspectives Representation,
    Identity, Perspectives
    Assessments Individual Oral* Paper 2* HL Essay (Final)*
    Paper 1* Individual Oral HL Essay (Ongoing
    (Ongoing Portfolio)* (Final)* Portfolio)
    HL Essay HL* Essay (Ongoing Paper 1
    Portfolio) Paper 2
    Paper 1

    *First priority
    f

    ACORNS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

    ASSESSMENT OUTLINE-SL

    Assessment Component Weighting


    External Assessment (3 hours) 70%

    Paper 1: Guided Textual Analysis (I hour 15 minutes) 35%


    The paper consists of two non-literary passages, from two different text
    types, each accompanied by a question. Students Choose one passage and
    write an analysis of it. (20 marks)

    Paper 2: Comparative Essay ( I hour 45 minutes) 35%
    The paper consists of four general questions. In response to one question
    students write a comparative essay based on two works studied in the
    course. (30 marks)

    Internal Assessment 30%


    This component consists of an individual oral which is internally assessed
    by the teacher and externally moderated by the IB at the end of the course.

    Individual Oral (15 minutes)


    Supported by an extract from one non-literary text and one from a literary
    work, students will offer a prepared response of 10 minutes, followed by 5
    minutes of the questions by the teacher, to the following prompt:

    Examine the ways in which the global issue of your choice is presented
    through the content and form of two of the texts that you have studied. (40
    Marks)

    ACORNS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

    ASSESSMENT OUTLINE-HL

    Assessment Component Weighting


    External Assessment (4 hours) 80%

    Paper 1: Guided Textual Analysis (I hour 15 minutes) 35%


    The paper consists of two non-literary passages, from two different text
    types, each accompanied by a question. Students write an analysis of each
    of the passages. (40 marks)

    Paper 2: Comparative Essay ( I hour 45 minutes) 25%
    The paper consists of four general questions. In response to one question
    students write a comparative essay based on two works studied in the
    course. (30 marks)
    20%
    HL Essay
    Students Submit an essay on one non-literary text or a collection of non-
    literary texts by one same author, or a literary text or work studied during
    the course. (20 Marks)
    The essay must be 1,200- 1,500 words in length.

    Internal Assessment 20%


    This component consists of an individual oral which is internally assessed
    by the teacher and externally moderated by the IB at the end of the course.

    Individual Oral (15 minutes)


    Supported by an extract from one non-literary text and one from a literary
    work, students will offer a prepared response of 10 minutes, followed by 5
    minutes of the questions by the teacher, to the following prompt:

    Examine the ways in which the global issue of your choice is presented
    through the content and form of two of the texts that you have studied. (40
    Marks)

    ACORNS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

    Paper Area of Content(Liter ATL Skills Learner pro ile


    ONE, explorat ary and non-
    ion literary texts)

    Portfolio,

    HL
    ESSAYS.
    Hamlet by Research,communication,thi Open minded,
    Readers, William nking skills and Thinkers
    Writers Shakespeare collaboration ,inquirers,
    and (HL) communicators,
    Texts ‘The Fat Researchers
    Black
    Woman’s
    Poems’ by
    Grace Nichols
    (HL & SL)
    ‘Cartoons for
    Change’ by
    Liza Donnelly
    DP LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE: TERM ONE OVERVIEW

    ACORNS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

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