donderdag 10 februari 2011

Notes IB-course 8-10 February

Language A: Language and Literature

Day 1

Session 1: Patrick Holmes

Introduction

Similarities and differences: discussion of the nature of the current course

The A1 language and literature course is very much about texts as a whole, both in terms of the language used and its relation the images to which it has been bound.

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A: Attract attention

I: Develop interest

D: Develop desire

A: Move to Action

Type

Audience

Purpose

Effectiveness

Rule of Thirds

Session 2: Patrick Holmes

Nature of the subject, links to TOK & Learner profile. Difference between SL/HL

The course syllabus:

4 parts

Key word is: CONTEXT!

Part 1-3 are driven by context, what you do in part 2 is driven by part 1,3.

The Assessments:

Differences SL /HL (see guide)

Session 3: Patrick Holmes

Approaches to the IB course (see blog)

  1. Objectives and aims
  2. Ideas
  3. Literary works
  4. Parts (1-4)
  5. Holistic (preferred: topical issues taken into account)

Part 1: Language in cultural context

Possible topics (p.18 guide)

f.e. The climate change controversies example (environment)

http://royalsociety.org/Climate-change-controversies-a-simple-guide/

How is the message getting across? Focus on language.

Part 1: topics, materials

To study topic: language and power

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_889oBKkNU

(Obama’s speech Cairo)

To study topic: language and gender: ‘Can’t buy my love’ / advertisement DOVE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omBfg3UwkYM (evolution commercial)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfAKSpj_96M&feature=fvst (beauty pressure)

Hammer & Coop (mini cooper ad)

BMW ad- Clive Owen (rule of thirds)

(see blog)

Session 5: Patrick Holmes

Part 2: Language and Mass Communication

Newspapers and Advertisements

Useful sites:

www.filestube.com : Newswipe, Gameswipe, How TV ruined your life

www.teachertube.com

www.tedtalks.com

www.keepvid.com

www.youtube.com : Men’s brains, women’s brains

Merchants of Cool : paradox of Cool: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/cool/

Session 6: Patrick Holmes

Part 3: Literature Texts and Contexts

2 genres

  • Drama
  • Poetry
  • Prose: Novel/ Short Story
  • Prose: other than Novel / Short story

2 periods

Example Video: (hook) to introduce the concept of film / Screenplay

Michael Clayton (Clooney)

  • Opening
  • Use of Language

(see blog)

Session 7: Patrick Holmes

Part 4: Literature Critical study

Menu for textual analysis:

v

2 works PLA, in service of the oral commentary/ internal assessment

(oral commentary: 20 minutes)

Session 8: Patrick Holmes

Assessment Details

Important info on WT

HL Written task 2 (essay, not creative, response question)

Part 3 q 1-4 SUBMIT 1

Part 4 q5-6

HL Written task 1 (text types possible are on p20 syllabus handbook)

Part 1 SUBMIT 1

Part 2

Session 9: Patrick Holmes

Today’s programme

Part 1 revisited

1 Oral

Further Orals

Assessment details

1. Part One (20-25 texts, Dossier?)

Assessment: creative WT 1, Paper 1, Internal further Orals

SL 2-3 contexts (fe gender, power and environment)

HL 4-5 contexts

* Two key academic texts about language taken from Journals (fe power and language, gender, sociolinguistics, p18 syllabus, p9 workbook)

- Project Muse, free 1 month http://muse.jhu.edu/

* Mass Media x5 (1 context) film review, editorial, political cartoons (www.cartoonmovement.com) , advertisement

* Literary x5 (1 context)

* Textbook x5 (1 context)

* Other x4 (1 context)

-The Triumph of English

-The economist

-the New York Times

Key question is: How does the language influence the audience?

2. Part Two

Assessment: Creative WT 1, Paper 1, Internal further Orals

-A modest Proposal (example text)

* Newspapers

* Advertising

- www.vjmovement.com (videos on global issues, back-up materials)

Resources: p 82 workbook

3. Further Orals:

Introduction to using ppt: Guy Kawasaki: Presentation Rule http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liQLdRk0Ziw

2 further orals: one on part 1, one on part 2 ( 20 minutes each), 1 is submitted

Students have to write a reflection on the presentations.

Example further orals: p 62 syllabus

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