Individual OralsPractice!

Guidelines:◦ 15 minutes to look at the photo and to take notes◦ 3-4 minutes speaking (one person)◦ 5-6 minutes questions /conversation time

◦ Repeat:◦ 3-4 minutes speaking (one person)◦ 5-6 minutes questions/conversation time

Time to Practice!

The Extended EssayWhat is it?

And why should I care?

IB Requirements

Extended essay◦The extended essay, with a prescribed limit of 4,000 words

Supervisor Your Supervisor must be a teacher at WFLMS

Try to select a teacher that you know or have worked with before

Teachers are not required to supervise an extended essay

Teachers normally only supervise 4 to 5 students -- ask early

Your Supervisor DOES NOT need to be your CURRENT teacher (or have ever taught you)

Don’t Freak Out!

An English B EE provides students with the opportunity to develop their awareness and knowledge of the language studied, and their understanding of the culture.

Mediums used: ◦ Texts (article, book, play poem)◦ Specific cultural artifacts (works of art or

architecture, films, radio, TV, or music)

English B Extended Essay

Category 1 – Language

Category 2 – Culture and society

Category 3 - Literature

3 Categories for an English B EE

This essay should be a specific analysis of the language (its use, structure and so on) normally related to its cultural context or a specific text.

Examples:◦ Do young people use more words of foreign origin

than older people?◦ How does Western (American) culture correlate

colors with thoughts, feelings and emotions?

Category 1 - language

A: essays of a sociocultural nature with an impact on the language

The essay should be an analysis of a cultural nature that describes the impact of a particular issue on the form or use of the language.◦ Example: To what extent does the language used

by groups of young students from a secondary school in Los Angeles reflect racial discrimination?

Category 2 – culture and society

B: essays of a general cultural nature based on specific cultural artifacts

Examples: ◦ Social criticism in the songs of Rage Against the

Machine◦ Adverts in the British media◦ Representation of women in hip hop◦ Graffiti in NYC in the 1960s compared with today

Category 2 – culture and society

This essay should be an analysis of a literary type. All texts must originally have been written in the target language

◦ Examples: Comparison of George Orwell’s 1984 and Aldous

Huxley’s A Brave New World concept of “future” The American Dream as depicted in The Great

Gatsby and Death of a Salesman What was Edith Wharton's attitude towards women’s

empowerment as depicted in five of her novels?

Category 3 - Literature

The Research and Writing Process

The iceberg analogy illustrates clearly the importance of the analysis / research / experimentation that underpins the completed essay.

The Research and Writing Process

Chinese A (Group 1) English B (Group 2)

Physics History

Visual Arts Economics

Biology Chemistry

Mathematics

EE Subjects

What subjects might you be interested in writing your EE in? Make a list!

Task:◦ Create brainstorming webs for the EE subjects you

are interested in◦ Possible brainstorm “bubbles” –

Why do you like the subject? Topic ideas Supervisors? The possibilities are endless

You have the remainder of today’s class to work on this.

I will email all of you the EE guidebook after today’s class

Brainstorming Web

POLL Report – Due Friday November 30th

HOMEWORK