IB ENG SL YR 1 - ASSESSMENT SUMMARY AND YEAR 2 COURSE OUTLINE AND ASSESSMENT SUMMARY

IB ENGLISH STANDARD YR 2
YEAR 2 COURSES AND TEXTS

Below are two tables outlinning the assessment for year 1 and a summary of the year 2 course, titles of texts for the standard English course.

YEAR 1 ASSESSMENT SUMMARY

IOP – Presentation - 15% of the final English grade

IOC – Commentary - 15% of the final English grade

30% of the final English grade is covered in the first year of the course

YEAR 2 COURSE AND ASSESSMENT SUMMARY

	GENRE – DRAMA	WORKS IN TRANSLATION	GUIDED LITERARY ANALYSIS
Texts	Translations – Brian Friel – Faber Streetcar Named Desire – Tennessee Williams The Love of the Nightingale – Timberlake Wertenbaker	If This is a Man – Primo Levi Selected Poems – Ana Akhmatova	Unseen extract of prose or poetry
Assessment	Paper 2 Exam	Coursework	Paper 1 Exam
Assessment details	Answer 1 from 3 questions on DRAMA. Compare and contrast the ways in which at least two texts address a key theme or dramatic technique. 1 and a half hour exam. 25% of the final English grade	·         Interactive oral discussion ·         Reflective statement ·         Supervised writing ·         1500 word essay 25% of the final English grade	Answer 2 questions on one unseen text 1 and a half hour exam 20% of the final grade
Timing	Runs all year to exam in May	Runs to coursework deadline in March	Runs from coursework deadline in March to the exam in May