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The International Baccalaureate A Sixth Form Choice?

Learn about the benefits of choosing the International Baccalaureate program for your sixth form education, including the full diploma program and certificates offered. Discover how the IB aims to develop caring, knowledgeable, and globally-minded individuals. Explore the IB learner profile, mission statement, and principles. Find out about the English curriculum at St. Leonards, including the texts studied, oral presentations, individual oral commentaries, and exams.

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The International Baccalaureate A Sixth Form Choice?

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  1. The International BaccalaureateA Sixth Form Choice? SCIS Conference, 22nd Sept 2009

  2. The IB at • Fourth Cohort • Growing Sixth Form • Full Diploma Programme • Certificates also offered • International Element

  3. The IB Learner Profile

  4. English @ St Leonards: IB Principles: Mission Statement The IB is motivated by a mission to create a better world through education. The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect. To this end the IBO works with schools, governments and International organizations to develop challenging programmes of international education and rigorous assessment. These programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.

  5. English @ St Leonards: Language A1 IB Principles The Roles of Teacher and Student http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0fJKvdjQgs

  6. English @ St Leonards: Language A1

  7. English @ St Leonards: Language A1 IMPORTANT POINTS: Higher and Standard Levels English at IB level should be student-led, not spoon-fed! World Literature element Oral elements: Speak only in English! Skills-based approach WHY? 15 texts at HL, 12 texts at SL

  8. English @ St Leonards: • TEXTS • ‘Touched With Fire’ poetry • Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby • Suskind: Perfume • Spark: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Higher level only) Language A1 Individual Oral Presentation (The IOP) Usually an expose presentation Titles must differ from everyone in year group 15% of overall grade Internally assessed by teacher Teacher’s decision is final One-off chance

  9. English @ St Leonards: • TEXTS • Shakespeare, MacBeth • Seamus Heaney’s poetry • Atwood, ‘The Penelopiad’ (HL) • Selected writings of Martin Luther King (HL) Language A1 Individual Oral Commentary (The IOC) Recorded commentary on work studied in class 15% of overall grade Internally assessed by teacher, BUT externally moderated Set date – one chance 20 mins preparation, 15 minutes talk time on randomly selected extract

  10. English @ St Leonards: Language A1 • TEXTS • Mann, Death in Venice • Esquivel, Like Water for Chocolate • Murakami, The Elephant Vanishes (independent study) World Literature Coursework 1500 word maximum limit Must be comparative On texts written in a language other than English Student choice: individually chosen

  11. English @ St Leonards: Language A1 The Exam: Paper 1 An commentary on a previously unseen passage Guiding questions Teachers advise on how best to write a good commentary

  12. English @ St Leonards: Language A1 • TEXTS • Shaw, Mrs Warren’s Profession • Ibsen, A Doll’s House • Williams, Streetcar Named Desire • Wilde, A Woman of No Importance (HL) The Exam: Paper 2 One essay on drama, chosen from generic essay titles Closed book Can choose from Drama section in exam, or General Questions on Literature

  13. English @ St Leonards: Language A2

  14. English @ St Leonards: Language A2 Literary Options All originally in English Including Stevenson, Hill, Shakespeare, Paton, Lee, Armitage --------------------------------------------------- Cultural Options E.g. Media and Culture Including Bias, Advertising, News and TV Reporting, Political Propaganda, etc

  15. English @ St Leonards: Language A2 Assessment Individual Oral Activities Individual Oral Commentary 2 X ‘Written Tasks’ Paper 1: Commentary Paper 2: Essay Literary & Cultural Options can be used for almost all assessments

  16. English @ St Leonards: Language A1 Powerpoint available on English Dept Homepage: http://englishatstleonards.weebly.com Questions

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