Wednesday, 12 December 2012
Tuesday, 11 December 2012
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
Tuesday, 4 December 2012
Saturday, 1 December 2012
Learning objectives and completion of WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT (World Literature)
- Feedback will be provided in all classes on the mock orals in class this week.
- A small number of students were absent last week - please see me Monday lunchtime to arrange appointments this week for your mock.
- Please note:
- Second Quarter Assessment - will be based on your draft essay, two 'unseens' and your mock IOC.
- The real oral commentaries will be conducted in January. Students should expect to be working hard during the Winter Break Vacation.
- HL and SL will need the Wilfred Owen poetry book in class this week.
- I will need a hard copy of the Written Assignment from all students this week.
- All students will need to read "The Crucible" and "Romeo and Juliet" during the Winter Break in preparation for the mock exams in February.
- A handy guide to the breakdown of assessments values is provided here. Note that the Written Assignment carries one quarter of all marks for your final grade in English.
Assessment IB DIPLOMA
|
Standard Level
|
Higher Level
| ||
| External Assessment |
70%
| External Assessment |
70%
|
| Paper 1: Guided literary analysis |
20%
| Paper 1: Literary commentary |
20%
|
| Paper 2: Essay |
25%
| Paper 2: Essay |
25%
|
| Written assignment |
25%
| Written assignment |
25%
|
| Internal Assessment |
30%
| Internal Assessment |
30%
|
| Individual oral commentary |
15%
| Individual oral commentary & discussion |
15%
|
| Individual oral presentation |
15%
| Individual oral presentation |
15%
|
Extract from Portrait of a Gentleman.
It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say he is one who never
inflicts pain...
He has his eyes on all his company; he is tender towards the bashful, gentle towards the distant, and merciful towards the absurd; he can recollect to whom he is speaking; he guards against unseasonable allusions, or topics which may irritate; he is seldom prominent in conversation, and never wearisome.
He makes light of favours while he does them, and seems to be receiving when he is conferring. He never speaks of himself except when compelled, never defends himself by a mere retort, he has no ears for slander or gossip, is scrupulous in imputing motives to those who interfere with him, and interprets every thing for the best.
He is never mean or little in his disputes, never takes unfair advantage, never mistakes personalities or sharp sayings for arguments, or insinuates evil which he dare not say out. From a long-sighted prudence, he observes the maxim of the ancient sage, that we should ever conduct ourselves towards our enemy as if he were one day to be our friend.
He has too much good sense to be affronted at insults, he is too well employed to remember injuries, and too indolent to bear malice. He is patient, forbearing, and resigned, on philosophical principles; he submits to pain, because it is inevitable, to bereavement, because it is irreparable, and to death, because it is his destiny.
If he engages in controversy of any kind, his disciplined intellect preserves him from the blunder
He has his eyes on all his company; he is tender towards the bashful, gentle towards the distant, and merciful towards the absurd; he can recollect to whom he is speaking; he guards against unseasonable allusions, or topics which may irritate; he is seldom prominent in conversation, and never wearisome.
He makes light of favours while he does them, and seems to be receiving when he is conferring. He never speaks of himself except when compelled, never defends himself by a mere retort, he has no ears for slander or gossip, is scrupulous in imputing motives to those who interfere with him, and interprets every thing for the best.
He is never mean or little in his disputes, never takes unfair advantage, never mistakes personalities or sharp sayings for arguments, or insinuates evil which he dare not say out. From a long-sighted prudence, he observes the maxim of the ancient sage, that we should ever conduct ourselves towards our enemy as if he were one day to be our friend.
He has too much good sense to be affronted at insults, he is too well employed to remember injuries, and too indolent to bear malice. He is patient, forbearing, and resigned, on philosophical principles; he submits to pain, because it is inevitable, to bereavement, because it is irreparable, and to death, because it is his destiny.
If he engages in controversy of any kind, his disciplined intellect preserves him from the blunder
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