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.