International Baccalaureate
Language A: Literature
Part 1: Works in Translation
SL – 2 texts HL – 3 texts (chosen from PLT)
Chronicle of a Death Foretold (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)
Allah is Not Obliged (Ahmadou Kourouma)
I.B. Assessment:
1. Interactive Oral (class presentation and discussion)
2. Reflective Statement (based on Interactive Oral): 300-400 words
3. Supervised Writing (of 3 texts - recognizably linked to Reflective Statements
4. Formal Piece of Writing (of 1 text - developed from Supervised Writing: 1200-1500 words)
(2, 3 and 4 above to be submitted; 2 and 4 marked externally)
25%
Part 2: Detailed Study SL – 2 texts HL – 3 texts (one must be on poetry)
(Each on a different genre and chosen from PLA)
Macbeth (William Shakespeare)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Selection of poetry from W.B. Yeats
I.B. Assessment:
Individual Oral Commentary (marked externally)
SL – 10 mins. (8 mins. Talking time + 2 mins. Q&A)
HL – 20 mins. (as SL above + 10 min. discussion on second text)
15%
Part 3: Literary Genres
SL – 3 texts HL – 4 texts
(all texts from the same genre and chosen from PLA)
A View from the Bridge (Arthur Miller)
A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennesse Williams)
Philadelphia, Here I Come! (Brian Friel)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Edward Albee)
I.B. Assessment:
Written exam (Paper 2) based on the comparison of at least 2 texts studied.
25%
[Note: Paper 1 is a choice between an unseen passage of prose or poetry, a commentary at HL and a guided literary analysis at SL. 20%]
Part 4: Options
SL – 3 texts HL – 3 texts
(texts may be chosen from PLA and/or PLT, but not necessarily)
Bel Canto (Ann Patchett)
An Evil Cradling (Brian Keenan)
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
I.B. Assessment:
Individual Oral Presentation (a 10-15 min. presentation based on an aspect of one or more texts chosen. Marked internally)
15%
SL – 2 texts HL – 3 texts (chosen from PLT)
Chronicle of a Death Foretold (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)
Allah is Not Obliged (Ahmadou Kourouma)
I.B. Assessment:
1. Interactive Oral (class presentation and discussion)
2. Reflective Statement (based on Interactive Oral): 300-400 words
3. Supervised Writing (of 3 texts - recognizably linked to Reflective Statements
4. Formal Piece of Writing (of 1 text - developed from Supervised Writing: 1200-1500 words)
(2, 3 and 4 above to be submitted; 2 and 4 marked externally)
25%
Part 2: Detailed Study SL – 2 texts HL – 3 texts (one must be on poetry)
(Each on a different genre and chosen from PLA)
Macbeth (William Shakespeare)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Selection of poetry from W.B. Yeats
I.B. Assessment:
Individual Oral Commentary (marked externally)
SL – 10 mins. (8 mins. Talking time + 2 mins. Q&A)
HL – 20 mins. (as SL above + 10 min. discussion on second text)
15%
Part 3: Literary Genres
SL – 3 texts HL – 4 texts
(all texts from the same genre and chosen from PLA)
A View from the Bridge (Arthur Miller)
A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennesse Williams)
Philadelphia, Here I Come! (Brian Friel)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Edward Albee)
I.B. Assessment:
Written exam (Paper 2) based on the comparison of at least 2 texts studied.
25%
[Note: Paper 1 is a choice between an unseen passage of prose or poetry, a commentary at HL and a guided literary analysis at SL. 20%]
Part 4: Options
SL – 3 texts HL – 3 texts
(texts may be chosen from PLA and/or PLT, but not necessarily)
Bel Canto (Ann Patchett)
An Evil Cradling (Brian Keenan)
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
I.B. Assessment:
Individual Oral Presentation (a 10-15 min. presentation based on an aspect of one or more texts chosen. Marked internally)
15%