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=IB English Language A YEAR 2= Our focus this year will be on analyzing literary technique in Parts 3 and 4 of the course (Literature: Texts and Contexts, and Literature: Critical Study)

If you have any questions, please contact me at jgillette@aisv.lt Sincerely/Pagarbiai, Ms. Jamie Gillette

=Shakespeare - Othello=

Complete On-line Original Text of Othello with side-by-side modern interpretation
[|No Fear Shakespeare]

For next class (August 29 HL or September 1 SL)
1. Choose a passage not to exceed 40 lines from Chapters 1-24 of Things Fall Apart. 2. Prepare notes analyzing the literary technique present in this passage. 3. Set one guiding question on what is happening or being discussed in the text, and one question on the language used. The questions should: • offer a possible starting point for the commentary • relate to one of the most significant aspects of the text • refer to general details only, not to specific details in a particular line of the text • allow the student to explore all significant issues dealt with in the text • encourage the student to focus on interpretation of the text.

4. Practice giving a 10-15 oral commentary that responds to your questions and explores significant aspects of the text.

September 10, 2013
Below is the in-class presentation covering the College Application personal essay writing, including the Common Application prompts.

See the .pdf of the Lenses of Analysis presentation below for assistance in the "Gatsby: Three Ways of Looking at Page" essay.


==Watch both video clips linked below. Write a well-developed paragraph connecting how facts from the video biography make you anticipate what settings, conflicts, and characters Fitzgerald would include in his writing. For Thursday March 27.==

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=Shakespeare - Much Ado About Nothing= Use the following link to read Act 4, Scene 1 and answer the final question on the worksheet. [|No Fear Shakespeare Much Ado About Nothing]

October 8, 2013 - for Thursday Oct. 10
Write a eulogy for Santiago Nasar

September 10, 2013
Below is the in-class presentation covering writing analysis essays.