IB English 2 Ms. Broccolino [email protected] Rm 212-C On
your half sheet of paper, please write: 1.Your name 2.Your email
address 3.Your childs name 4.Anything I should know to better serve
him/her 5.Any questions you may have (I will respond via
email)
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Items you may already know IB Learner Profile IB Mission
Statement Developing a sense of international mindedness What about
this course develops these things? Our website
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Course/Text Overview Semester One Sept-Oct Oct-Nov Dec-Jan
Unit/TextArea of InteractionMajor Assessments Poetry: Selected
Robert Frost Poems Poetic elements, oral commentary, theme, tone,
diction, etc., close reading Oral Commentary #1 (mid-October;
rubric from IOCD*) Drama: Hamlet (Shakespeare) Dramatic elements,
character development, structure, Shakespeare, purpose, theme,
tone, diction, etc., close reading Full Literary Analysis
(beginning of January; rubric from Paper #1*) (Non-Fiction)
Slouching Toward Bethlehem (Didion) Social commentary, non-fiction
techniques, structure, authors purpose, theme, tone, diction, etc.,
close reading Modified Literary Analysis (end of January; rubric
from Paper #1*) PLEASE PURCHASE OWN BOOKS
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Overview continued Semester Two Jan-Feb Feb-March April May
Unit/TextArea of InteractionMajor Assessments 1984 (Orwell)Social
commentary, fiction techniques, time period, setting, authors
purpose, theme, tone, diction, etc., close reading Oral Commentary
#2: Practice IOCD* (beginning of Feb.) The Great Gatsby
(Fitzgerald) IB Internal Exam: Individual Oral Commentary and
Discussion* (end of Feb.) Their Eyes Were Watching God (Hurston)
Literary Analysis (mid-April; rubric from Paper #2) Things Fall
Apart (Achebe) IB External Exam: Paper #1 and Paper #2 (beginning
of May) PLEASE PURCHASE OWN BOOKS
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The Assessments The IOCD Individual Oral Commentary and
Discussion 20 minutes to analyze a poem by Robert Frost 8 minutes
to discuss it 2 minutes of questions 10 minutes to discuss a
different previous work from first semester Takes place end of
February (more specific dates to come) The Papers Paper 1-Written
analysis on poetry or prose not studied by the student Paper
2-Written analysis of works studied during second semester Two
days, two hours each Beginning of May
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Assignments, Grading, Re-do Re-Do Policy Opportunity to re- do
major assessments in order to master the standards IB Exams do not
fall into re-do Grades 10% HW 10% Classwork 40% Writing 40% Other
Assessments
