Term 1 Part 3: LITERATURE: TEXTS AND CONTEXTS; Part 1: LANGUAGE IN CULTURAL CONTEXT – REVISION; Part 2: LANGUAGE AND MASS COMMUNICATION REVISION Texts: The Great Gatsby and English Language and Literature textbook Weeks Focus Learning Activities Formative & Summative Assessment Term 1 (10 weeks) Introduction Finalising FOA 2 Internal Assessment: Further - Expectations FOA 2 presentations Oral Activity 2 Weeks 2 & 3 – 1 3 - STLLink (times organized in week 1 – - Context & out of class time) critical literacy Development of WT1.1 External Assessment: Written Submission of WT1.1 Part 1: Language and Task 1.1 (Part 1) draft due – Cultural context Monday 13 Feb (week 4) Context of composition Fitzgerald and his – 4 8 Part 3: Text and Visible Thinking Routines – life context The Great Gatsby study writing tasks Contextual lenses Historicism, Marxism, – (HL) Feminism, The American Dream and the Deconstructing model novel form paragraphs Close reading and discussion Writing perfect paragraphs Text extract analysis External Assessment: Written Identify and understand imagery, symbolism, Task 1.1 (Part 1) final due – extended motif, characterisation, narrative Monday 6 March (week 7) perspective, duality and mood Film viewing and comparison to text Part 3: Text and 9 & 10 Familiarisation with Paper 2 type questions Context Practice Paper 2 essays – Maus & The Great Gatsby Comparing and contrasting texts (HL) Maus & The Great Gatsby (HL) Drawing connections and understanding similarities & differences between themes, Maus (SL) contexts and literary styles of Maus and The Gatsby (HL) Analyzing Maus (SL) Holiday home learning Revision of Poe’s selected stories and A Streetcar Named Desire in preparation for the – Individual Oral Commentary.
Term 1 – Part 3: LITERATURE: TEXTS AND CONTEXTS; Part 1: LANGUAGE IN CULTURAL CONTEXT REVISION; Part 2: LANGUAGE AND MASS COMMUNICATION REVISION Texts: The Great Gatsby and English Language and Literature textbook Weeks Focus Learning Activities Formative & Summative Assessment Term 1 (10 weeks) 1 – 3 Introduction - Expectations - STLLink - Context & critical literacy Part 1: Language and Cultural context Finalising FOA 2 FOA 2 presentations Development of WT1.1 Submission of WT1.1 Internal Assessment: Further Oral Activity 2 – Weeks 2 & 3 (times organized in week 1 out of class time) External Assessment: Written Task 1.1 (Part 1) – draft due Monday 13 Feb (week 4) 4 – 8 Part 3: Text and context The Great Gatsby study (HL) Context of composition – Fitzgerald and his life Contextual lenses – Historicism, Marxism, Feminism, The American Dream and the novel form Close reading and discussion Text extract analysis Identify and understand imagery, symbolism, extended motif, characterisation, narrative perspective, duality and mood Film viewing and comparison to text Visible Thinking Routines writing tasks Deconstructing model paragraphs Writing perfect paragraphs External Assessment: Written Task 1.1 (Part 1) – final due Monday 6 March (week 7) 9 & 10 Part 3: Text and Context Maus & The Great Gatsby (HL) Maus (SL) Familiarisation with Paper 2 type questions Comparing and contrasting texts (HL) Drawing connections and understanding similarities & differences between themes, contexts and literary styles of Maus and The Gatsby (HL) Analyzing Maus (SL) Practice Paper 2 essays – Maus & The Great Gatsby Holiday home learning – Revision of Poe’s selected stories and A Streetcar Named Desire in preparation for the Individual Oral Commentary.
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