IB English HL- Year One

IB English HL- Year One

Ms. Monaco

Syllabus

Before We Begin:

I applaud your decision to take on the rigors of IB. Everyone in this building is rooting for you, including me!

IB Assessments the Next Two Years

Name of Course Section / Year / Assessment / Percentage Weight Toward IB Diploma / Who’s Grading This?
Free Choice:
3 texts from anywhere on anything / 11th Grade
(End of 2nd Quarter) / Individual Oral Presentation (IOP)
A 10-15 minute presentation on one or more of the three works studied 1st semester / 15% / Ms. Monaco
(moderated by IB)
Works in Translation:
3 texts from an IB list that were originally written in another language / 11th Grade
(End of 4th
Quarter) / Written Assignment
-1200-1500 word essay on one of the works studied in semester two
-300-400 word Reflective Statement
-Supervised Writing from Interactive Oral Class Discussions / 25% / IB
only
Name of Course Section / Year / Assessment / Percentage Weight Towards IB Diploma / Who’s Grading This?
Detailed Study:
3 texts from an IB list which are all from a different genre / 12th Grade
1st Semester / Individual Oral Commentary and Discussion (IOC)
20 minutes=
10 minute formal oral commentary on poetry studied in this semester
+
10 minute discussion of one other work from this semester / 15% / Your KW Teacher
(moderated by IB)
Genre Study:
4 texts from an IB list which are all from the same genre / 12th Grade
2nd Semester / Two Exam “Papers”
Paper 1: Written Commentary on a poem or prose
Paper 2: Comparison/Contrast paper using at least two works studied the final semester / 20%
25% / IB Only
IB Only

How You Will Be Graded:

Your KW course grade will be computed as follows:

90% = Formal essays, in-class writing, creative writing, group work, projects, quizzes

10% = Class Participation (see attached for how this is defined and assessed)

Tardies: 3 result in the deduction of a point from your class participation grade.

Late Work: I will only accept late work one day past the due date, and will deduct 10% off of your grade. This includes computer problems. Plan ahead! If there is ever a time where you have printing issues, email me your assignment the day it is due to avoid the late penalty. No work will

be accepted after one day past the due date. Sorry.

Final Exam:

In lieu of a traditional final exam, your final exam grade will consist of your grades from the Individual Oral Presentation (40%) and the Written Assignment Paper and process (60%). This grade will be curved to what I call KW Honors Standards, not international standards. In other words, your final exam grade will not be the same as the score you get from IB. (In the case of the Written Assignment, you may never know that). It will, in most cases, be higher.

Texts We Will Read This Year:

Text / Author / Purchase By:
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest / Ken Kesey / 9/9/13
The Great Gatsby / F. Scott Fitzgerald / 10/15/13
Maus I and Maus II
(Also comes as The Complete Maus, but is usually more expensive) / Art Spiegelman / 11/18/13
The Stranger / Albert Camus / 1/6/14
Woman at Point Zero / Nawal El Saadawi / 2/10/14
TBD / TBD / TBD

Due to the extensive annotating required to be successful in this course, you’ll need buy to your own copy of all the texts by the due dates. Try to find the cheapest edition available; used books are absolutely fine.

You can purchase them wherever you’d like, but I created a Wish List on Amazon to make shopping easier. Just search “IB Lit Year One” under Wish Lists on Amazon.com.

*** If there is a financial situation at home, I will buy the books for you, and get them to you discreetly. Please let me know as soon as possible if this applies to you. Thanks.***

Other Materials Needed:

(1)  Small flash drive or access to Google Drive

(2)  Binder with dividers

Tabs: Literature, IOP, Commentary, Paper Two

(3)  Loose leaf paper

Rule #1:

Don’t freak out! None of you would be sitting here if we didn’t think you were capable of hanging with the rest of class. So avoid wasting time worrying and procrastinating, and simply do the best you can. Make a conscious choice to enjoy the year (as much as school can be enjoyable).

Please contact me whenever you need anything. I’m happy to help, even at the eleventh hour. Best of luck!

Ms. Monaco