IB English Y1 Syllabus and Summer Reading 2013
IB English Y1 Syllabus and Summer Reading 2013
IB English Y1 Syllabus and Summer Reading 2013
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<strong>IB</strong> Year One <strong>Syllabus</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>Reading</strong> <strong>2013</strong> ‐14<br />
<strong>Summer</strong> <strong>Reading</strong> Assignment<br />
Please choose TWO works from the list below to read over the summer. The works marked<br />
with an *asterix can be checked out from ASD for the summer.<br />
IMPORTANT: Please email the HS Librarian, Ms. Kathy Patterson, before June 1 to let her<br />
know if you would like to borrow any of these books for the summer. She will check them<br />
out for you <strong>and</strong> you should see her to collect them from her office on either June 9 or June<br />
10.<br />
*A Thous<strong>and</strong> Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini<br />
The Help, Kathryn Stockett<br />
The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley<br />
*Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte<br />
*Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys<br />
*The Color Purple, Alice Walker<br />
*1984, George Orwell<br />
The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan<br />
*Rebecca, Daphne DuMaurier<br />
*Woman Warrior (non‐fiction, memoir), Maxine Hong Kingston<br />
*The Bean Trees, Barbara Kingsolver<br />
*Mama Day, Gloria Naylor<br />
*Available as a textbook for summer check‐out<br />
Assignment: Read <strong>and</strong> annotate TWO, write about ONE.<br />
For each novel, you are required to document your active reading <strong>and</strong> show personal engagement with<br />
the text. If the book belongs to you, please annotate in the text while reading. If it belongs to the<br />
school, take notes <strong>and</strong> annotate using Post‐its or separate pieces of paper.<br />
After reading, choose ONE to write about. Reflect on your notes <strong>and</strong> write a TWO PAGE (typed, double<br />
spaced, Times New Roman, 12 font, using MLA format) reaction/reflection about your novel:<br />
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identify aspects of the writer’s language or craft that you found interesting or effective<br />
gather key quotations that reveal important information or shape meaningful impressions about<br />
the characters or events<br />
note questions, impressions <strong>and</strong> ideas you have while reading<br />
comment on the setting <strong>and</strong> time period of the novel<br />
make text‐to‐text connections: does this story remind you of any others you have read?<br />
make text‐to‐self connections: how does the story being told relate to your own experiences?<br />
Both annotations <strong>and</strong> reflection will be collected during the first class<br />
Be prepared to discuss your summer reading in class<br />
Welcome to <strong>IB</strong> <strong>English</strong>!
<strong>IB</strong> <strong>English</strong> Year One <strong>2013</strong>‐14<br />
Year 1<br />
MS. CAYFORD’S SYLLABUS<br />
Year 1<br />
MS. MORGAN’S SYLLABUS<br />
August to December <strong>2013</strong><br />
Part 4: School’s Free Choice<br />
Interpreter of Maladies, Jhumpa Lahiri<br />
The H<strong>and</strong>maid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood<br />
Selected poetry to be decided<br />
Part 1: Works in Translation<br />
January to June 2014<br />
Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Gabriel Garcia<br />
Marquez<br />
The Stranger, Albert Camus (HL)<br />
A Doll’s House, Henrik Ibsen<br />
Year 2 in 2014‐15<br />
Part 2: Detailed Study (of different genres)<br />
The God of Small Things, Arundhati Roy<br />
Running in the Family, Michael Ondaatje (HL)<br />
Selected poetry to be decided<br />
Part 3: Literary Genres (Drama)<br />
Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller<br />
A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee<br />
Williams (HL)<br />
Master Harold <strong>and</strong> the Boys, Athol Fugard<br />
a Shakespearean play to be decided<br />
August to December <strong>2013</strong><br />
Part 4: School’s Free Choice<br />
Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi<br />
The H<strong>and</strong>maid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood<br />
Selected poetry to be decided<br />
Part 1: Works in Translation<br />
January to June 2014<br />
Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Gabriel Garcia<br />
Marquez<br />
The Stranger, Albert Camus (HL)<br />
Hedda Gabler, Henrik Ibsen<br />
Year 2 in 2014‐15<br />
Part 2: Detailed Study (of different genres)<br />
The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway<br />
Running in the Family, Michael Ondaatje (HL)<br />
Selected poetry to be decided<br />
Part 3: Literary Genres (Drama)<br />
Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller<br />
A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee<br />
Williams (HL)<br />
Master Harold <strong>and</strong> the Boys, Athol Fugard<br />
a Shakespearean play to be decided
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