IB+English+A1

=Welcome to IB English Level A1!= ** IBO Mission Statement: ** // The International Baccalaureate Organization aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect. // // To this end, the IBO works with schools, governments, and international organizations to develop challenging programmes of international education and rigorous assessment. // // These programs encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate, and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right. //

The IB Language A1 Course is designed for 11th and 12th grade students who have proven to be diligent, dedicated, and above average in their reading, writing and literature study skills who wish to pursue a rigorous curriculum structured on a college level. The 11th grade curriculum consists of Parts IV & I of the IB Language A1 curriculum plan. Students will closely read, discuss, and analyze works of World Literature in order to develop an understanding of certain universal qualities of great literature from all cultures. In addition to reading and exploring literature, students will practice and perfect their writing and literary analysis skills through a number of internal assessments, all of which are meant to assist the students as they prepare their external writing assignments for the IB program.
 * Course Overview: **

·  //To read, enjoy, explore, understand, and explicate great works of literature// ·  //To think and write with clarity// ·  //To develop literary and critical analysis skills// ·  //To use research tools thoroughly and correctly// ·  //To speak clearly and effectively in a variety of settings// ·  //To participate in group dialogues// ·  // To begin exploration of literary criticism and the various schools of literary analysis //
 * Goals & Objectives of English A1: **

Below is an overview of the topics and readings we will be studying throughout the semester. // IB internal assessment: Individual Oral Presentations // // IB External Assessment: World Literature Assignment 1 // **__Resources:__**
 * __ Course Calendar—IB English A1: __**
 * Semester 1: IB Part IV--School’s Free Choice **
 * Thinking & Reading as an IB Student
 * Selected Essays
 * Selected Short Stories
 * //The Metamorphosis// by Franz Kafka
 * Selected Poetry
 * Semester 2: IB Part I—World Literature **
 * //One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch// by Alexsander Solsneitzen
 * //Chronicle of a Death Foretold// by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
 * //Oedipus Rex// by Sophocles