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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, author’s purpose, theme, tone, diction, etc., close reading Modified Literary Analysis (end of January; rubric from Paper #1*) PLEASE PURCHASE OWN BOOKS

Overview continued Semester Two Jan-Feb Feb-March April May Unit/TextArea of InteractionMajor Assessments 1984 (Orwell)Social commentary, fiction techniques, time period, setting, author’s 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

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

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