The International Baccalaureate A Sixth Form Choice SCIS

The International Baccalaureate A Sixth Form Choice? SCIS Conference, 22 nd Sept 2009

The IB at • Fourth Cohort • Growing Sixth Form • Full Diploma Programme • Certificates also offered • International Element

The IB Learner Profile

English @ St Leonards: IB Principles: Mission Statement The IB is motivated by a mission to create a better world through education. The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to 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 programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.

English @ St Leonards: Language A 1 IB Principles The Roles of Teacher and Student http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v =W 0 f. JKvdj. Qgs

English @ St Leonards: Language A 1

English @ St Leonards: Language A 1 IMPORTANT POINTS: • Higher and Standard Levels • English at IB level should be studentled, not spoon-fed! • World Literature element • Oral elements: Speak only in English! • Skills-based approach • WHY? • 15 texts at HL, 12 texts at SL

English @ St Leonards: Language A 1 Individual Oral Presentation (The IOP) TEXTS • ‘Touched With Fire’ poetry • Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby • Suskind: Perfume • Spark: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Higher level only) • Usually an expose presentation • Titles must differ from everyone in year group • 15% of overall grade • Internally assessed by teacher • Teacher’s decision is final • One-off chance

English @ St Leonards: Language A 1 Individual Oral Commentary (The IOC) TEXTS • Shakespeare, Mac. Beth • Seamus Heaney’s poetry • Atwood, ‘The Penelopiad’ (HL) • Selected writings of Martin Luther King (HL) • Recorded commentary on work studied in class • 15% of overall grade • Internally assessed by teacher, BUT externally moderated • Set date – one chance • 20 mins preparation, 15 minutes talk time on randomly selected extract

English @ St Leonards: Language A 1 World Literature Coursework TEXTS • Mann, Death in Venice • Esquivel, Like Water for Chocolate • Murakami, The Elephant Vanishes (independent study) • 1500 word maximum limit • Must be comparative • On texts written in a language other than English • Student choice: individually chosen

English @ St Leonards: Language A 1 The Exam: Paper 1 • An commentary on a previously unseen passage • Guiding questions • Teachers advise on how best to write a good commentary

English @ St Leonards: Language A 1 The Exam: Paper 2 TEXTS • Shaw, Mrs Warren’s Profession • Ibsen, A Doll’s House • Williams, Streetcar Named Desire • Wilde, A Woman of No Importance (HL) • One essay on drama, chosen from generic essay titles • Closed book • Can choose from Drama section in exam, or General Questions on Literature

English @ St Leonards: Language A 2

English @ St Leonards: Language A 2 • Literary Options • All originally in English • Including Stevenson, Hill, Shakespeare, Paton, Lee, Armitage -------------------------- • Cultural Options • E. g. Media and Culture • Including Bias, Advertising, News and TV Reporting, Political Propaganda, etc

English @ St Leonards: Language A 2 Assessment • Individual Oral Activities • Individual Oral Commentary • 2 X ‘Written Tasks’ • Paper 1: Commentary • Paper 2: Essay • Literary & Cultural Options can be used for almost all assessments

English @ St Leonards: Language A 1 Powerpoint available on English Dept Homepage: http: //englishatstleonards. weebly. com Questions