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Cambridge English B for the IB Diploma

Planning sheet 3.1: Topic planner for Chapter 3 ‘Social relationships’ (Core)

This planning document provides you with an overview of the contents of Chapter 3 of the Cambridge IB English B coursebook. This chapter offers course material for the core topic of ‘Social relationships’, and is supported by the IB English B website resources.

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In this planning document, page numbers refer to the Cambridge English B for the IB Diploma coursebook. The online resources refer to worksheets (ws) and assessment resources (as) available on the supporting website which can be found at ibdiploma.cambridge.org

Unit 3.1: Minorities and education

Text number, type, title, page reference / Online resources / Form and meaning / Learning outcomes
3.1 Article: ‘The fleeting promise of education’ (pages 84–85).
3.2 Biography: ‘My Gypsy childhood’ (pages 87–88).
3.3 Article: ‘Maasai schools’ (pages 93–94). / · Assessment sheet 3.1. Answers to activities in Chapter (filename: IB_elb_3_assess_as1).
· Worksheet 3.1 ‘Researching Indian reservations’ for the Extra activity on page 86 (filename: IB_elb_3_resources_ws1).
. / · Understanding the differences between affect and effect.
· Understanding the differences between adverbs and adjectives. / · Expand topic-specific vocabulary.
· Explore the topic of minorities and education.
· Build reading comprehension skills.
· Build discussion and writing skills.
Links to TOK / Links to Extended Essay / Links to learner profile / Links to CAS
· Students reflect on any cultural bias they may have when reading an article about Gypsies and Travellers (page 88). / · A good Category 2b essay might read ‘How are stereotypes of Romani people reinforced by the documentary film My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding?’ (page 92). / · Reflective – Students reflect on how their school career has shaped who they are (page 87).

Unit 3.2 – Partners for life

Text number, type, title, page reference / Online resources / Form and meaning / Learning outcomes
3.4 Extract: Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus (pages 98–99).
3.5 Article: Why I Want a Wife (pages 100–101).
3.6 Opinion piece: ‘The Culture of Arranged Marriages in India’ (pages 104–105). / · Worksheet 3.2 ‘Using punctuation in quotations’ (filename: IB_elb_3_resources_ws2).
· WS 3.3 ‘Looking for bias in a text’. This worksheet can be used in conjunction with Text 3.6 (filename: IB_elb_3_resources_ws3).
. / · Students work on using correct prepositions in context (page 101).
· Students work on using quotation marks and punctuation (page 102). / · Expand topic-specific vocabulary.
· Discuss love, marriage and gender roles.
· Build reading comprehension skills.
· Build discussion and writing skills.
Links to TOK / Links to Extended Essay / Links to learner profile / Links to CAS
· Students define ‘love’ with reference to emotion as a way of knowing (page 97).
· Discuss the difference between truth and validity (page 105). / · Suggested title: ‘How sexist was the language of the media during the Hilary Clinton campaign in 2008?’ (page 103). / · Communicators – Students discuss the importance of communication in relationships (page 99).

Unit 3.3 – Letter writing

Text number, type, title, page reference / Online resources / Form and meaning / Learning outcomes
3.7 Letter: ‘Letter of application’ (page 108).
3.8 Letter: Improved ‘Letter of application’ (page 111). / · Worksheet 3.4 ‘Letter writing’ includes a copy of the sample ‘application’ letter (Text 3.7) for students to annotate (filename: IB_elb_3_resources_ws4).
· Worksheet 3.5 ‘How to improve your writing’ includes writing tips and the ‘improved’ sample ‘application’ letter (Text 3.8) (filename: IB_elb_3_resources_ws5). / · Students focus on improving their writing skills making use of the writing tips on pages 109–110. / · Students understand the range of devices used in various forms of letter writing.
· Students practise letter writing.

Unit 3.4 – Assessment: Paper 1

Text number, type, title, page reference / Online resources / Form and meaning / Learning outcomes
· Specimen Paper 1for SL includes four texts (A–D). (pages 114–18)
· Specimen Paper 1 for HL includes five texts (A–E). (pages 122–27) / · Assessment sheet 3.2 provides copies of the questions from the specimen Paper 1 SL, for students to complete (also in the coursebook on pages 118–21) (filename: IB_elb_3_assess_as2).
· Assessment sheet 3.3 provides copies of the questions from the specimen Paper 1 HL, for students to complete (also in the coursebook on pages 128–33) (filename: IB_elb_3_assess_as3). / · A range of tips help students understand the nature of, and prepare for, the Paper 1 exam on reading comprehension. / · Students become familiar with the requirements for the Paper 1 exam.
· Students acquire strategies for preparing for, and taking, the Paper 1 exam.