NEW IB ENGLISH LITERATURE COURSE BD SOMANI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL MUMBAI. EMAIL andrew.callahan@bdsint.org (Please note this site uses Google cookies in compliance with EU Law. By using this site you accept that cookies are used here.)
Tuesday, 27 March 2012
Friday, 9 March 2012
Which books do we need from now until summer vacation?
March/April 6th
Students speaking at TOK Forum (Sunday March 25th) will have coaching and practice during TOK and some English classes for the next two weeks.
Other students will have a mix of teacher input, group work and close reading of these texts.
READING HL AND SL
'A DOLL'S HOUSE' by IBSEN
HL ONLY CAMUS "THE OUTSIDER"
Compulsory Text - all students:
Jonathan Culler, Professor of Literature, Cornell Univ.
"A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY THEORY"
(Read asap - to be completed in Spring Break - available from Flipkart and Amazon)
NOTE - ALL Students may postpone the Stephen Greenblatt Reader until the summer holidays, however Greenblatt is not compulsory, it is an optional text. Culler's text is not optional.
APRIL/MAY - After SPRING BREAK
SPECIAL SATURDAY INTERACTIVE ORALS -
IBSEN - HL and SL
CAMUS - HL only
FINAL TOPICS - MAY
INTRODUCTION TO WILFRED OWEN - POETRY
INTRODUCTION TO 'THE CRUCIBLE'
READING LIST FOR SUMMER VACATION WILL BE ISSUED IN JUNE.
JUNE EXAM - PAPER 1 UNSEEN COMMENTARY.
TOK across the curriculum - students are expected to read Orwell's "1984" as part of the Grade X1 TOK Unit on Language as a Way of Knowing -complete during spring break.
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