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IB MYP Language A EnglishGrade 10

Units of Study

Unit 1 Non-i!tionStatement of Inquiry: Non-fiction text types use form and structure to communicate and influence anaudiences sense of fairnessKey Concepts: Communication, Audience Imperatives, Structure

Gloal Contexts: !airness and "evelopment#exts: Non !iction: $Advertisements%&emoir excerpts%'p-(ds)

Assessment: 'p-ed of a conflict or issue, past or present "riteria: B# " and $Approac*es to +earnin Sills: Communication and .esearc* sills

Unit % Poetry and Pers&e!ti'eStatement of Inquiry: Self-expression t*rou* poetic style and t*emes can allo/ for t*e explorationand reflection of varyin perspectives0Key Concepts: 1erspective, Style, #*eme, Self-(xpressionGloal Contexts: 1ersonal and Cultural (xpression#exts: 1acae of selected poems on selected topics

Assessment: Comparative poetry analysis "riteria A# B and $

Approac*es to +earnin Sills: Critical #*inin and Affective Sills

Unit ( Sha)es&eare and $ra*aStatement of Inquiry: .elations*ips are ased on and c*allened y context, personal c*aracteristicsand point of vie/0Key Concepts: .elations*ips, 1oint of 2ie/, C*aracter, ContextGloal Contexts: Identities and relations*ips#exts: Macbeth or Julius Caesar

Assessment: 3ritten and 'ral Commentary Criteria+ A# B and $Approac*es to +earnin Sills: #ransfer and .eflection Sills

Unit , No'el Study

Statement of Inquiry: An aut*ors narrative c*oices contriute to t*eir unique style0Key Concepts: Creativity, Style, 1oint of 2ie/, Inter-textualityGloal Contexts: 1ersonal and Cultural (xpression#exts: The Fault in Our Stars or Never Let Me Go

Assessment: 1astic*e /ritten in t*e style of t*e c*osen aut*or "riteria+ B# " and $Approac*es to +earnin Sills: Creative #*inin and Collaoration

Unit +I*&ortan!e of SatireStatement of Inquiry Aut*ors can purposefully use literature to connect and comment on contexts andcommunities0Key Concepts: Connections 1urpose Context GenreGloal Contexts: 'rientation in Space and #ime

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#exts: The Importance of Being arnest y 'scar 3ildeAssessment: Analytical (ssay "riteria+ A# B

Approac*es to +earnin Sills: 'rani4ational and Critical #*inin Sills

Assess*ent+Assessment in &51 is criterion related and is ased on a comination of formative and summativeassessment tass0 (ac* su6ect *as specific criterion and are assessed usin rurics0

#*e four criteria are as follo/s: A. ANALYSING "econstructin texts in order to identify t*eir essential elements and meanin

B. /GANI ING 2 'rani4in ideas usin appropriate conventions for different

forms%purposes0

". P/$U"ING 3E430 7sin t*e creative process to produce /ritten%spoen texts to explorene/ perspectives

$. USING LANGUAGE 2 7sin accurate, appropriate and varied lanuae for self-

expression0

or*ati'e Assess*ent+ #ass and assinments t*at allo/ t*e teac*er to reularly 6ude t*eeffectiveness of ot* teac*in and learnin processes0 #*is may include teac*er oservation andoral, /ritten or products of student effort0 (xamples: class activities, extended /ritin exercises andreflections0

Su**ati'e Assess*ent+ #*e 6udment made y t*e teac*er of t*e standard of ac*ievementreac*ed y t*e student at t*e end of a unit of /or0 (xamples: Creative 3ritin, .esponse to

+iterature, 'ral Commentaries and (ssays0