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6IB
Course Overview
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2018-2020
Part 1: Works in Translation
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Interactive Oral
Reflective Statements
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Question
Examples
Supervised Writing
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Guidelines
Example
The Final Essay
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Guidelines and Criteria
Sample Final Essay 1
Sample Final Essay 2
The Outsider
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Existentialism and Absurdism
Albert Camus - Biog.
Overview
Themes and Motifs
Class Handouts
Woody Allen on Existentialism
Persepolis
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Film Trailer
Context
'The Guardian' - Articles
Allah Is Not Obliged
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Cultural Context
Context: 'Johnny Mad Dog' (film trailer)
Liberia: An Uncivil War
Part 2: Oral Commentary
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General info.
Advice
Marking Criteria
Macbeth
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Macbeth - overview
Macbeth's Character
Lady Macbeth's Soliloquy
Banquo
'Macbeth' Animation
Yeats
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Early Phase Poems
Greatest Poems
Yeats' Last Poem
Poetic Devices
The Great Gatsby
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Jazz Age
Chapter Breakdown
Party Scene
Part 3: Genre - Drama
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Sample Questions - Paper 2
Marking Criteria for Paper 2
Stagecraft elements
Comparative Essay e.g. - Paper 2
Friel
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Post-colonial criticism
Naturalism and Expressionism
General Notes
Question Sheets
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Katie Doogan Recalled
Madge and S.B.
Meeting Senator Doogan - Key Scene
Miller
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Overview
AVFTB on Broadway
Williams
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Biog.
ASND
Part 4: Oral Presentation
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Overview
Marking Criteria
Written Exams: Paper 1 (Unseen)
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Marking Criteria for Paper 1
Written Commentary
Literary Analysis (SL)
Poetic Devices
Writing about poetry
Examples
The Extended Essay
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Guidelines
Useful Tips
Example
Leaving Certificate
L.C. Course Outline
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2017-19 LC Course
2018-20 LC Course
Composing
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The Essay
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Narration
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Tips
The Narrative Essay
Similes to avoid
Argument
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Tips
Persuasion
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Speech Writing Tips
Personal
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Tips
Personal Essay - Sample
Question B
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Diary
Letter
Speech
Radio Talk
Article
Report
Review
Proposal / Memo
Reference
Comprehending
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Method
Questions on Style
Comparative Texts
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Comparative Notes
Theme, V&V, Genre, CC
Film Theory
The Great Gatsby
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Chapter by Chapter Analysis
Overview
Key Symbols & Motifs
The Jazz Age
F. Scott Fitzgerald
'Gatsby' Animation
Juno
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Trailer
Study Sheets
Brooklyn
Persepolis
Sample Essays
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Theme - sample essay
V&V (6th Year) - sample essay
Poetry
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Unseen Poetry
Miscellany
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Poetic Devices
Modernism
Sample Poetry Answer - Keats
Frost
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Aquainted With The Night
Biog.
Plath
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Plath - Biography
Sylvia Plath - Overview
'Morning Song'
Nicholas Hughes - Times Article
Donne
Boland
Bishop
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Overview
The Armadillo - language and style
Shakespeare
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Biography
Othello
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Othello's Character
Iago's Character
Themes
Imagery - Motifs / Symbols
Acts 1 & 2 - Notes
'Othello' Animation
King Lear
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Themes and Motifs
Character Chart
'King Lear' Animation
Hamlet
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Theme of Deception
Recommended Reading
5IB (New Syllabus)
Booklist