William Holman Hunt
Showing posts with label International Baccalaureate Yr 1. Show all posts
Showing posts with label International Baccalaureate Yr 1. Show all posts
Thursday, 27 November 2014
Thursday, 23 October 2014
IB ENGLISH - PRESENTATIONS
FORMAL PRESENTATIONS
THE BASICS
Preparation
Identify a clear topic area for your research
Construct a thesis and a title
Do relevant research
Create a list of bullet points
Put the points in a relevant order
Create a set of speaking notes – not a script
Rehearse the presentation a few times – don’t learn the presentation by heart
The most important person in your presentation is your listener. Everything you say and do should enable your listener to have a positive, engaging and enjoyable experience. There are many ways you can make this experience enjoyable for the listener. For example
chose a topic that you know well and a topic you are interested in.
DO NOT consider this a tick box exercise. Treat it seriously.
Communicate your enthusiasm and interest in the topic chosen.
Present a thesis that comes out of your own reading and reflection to the text.
Give a clear, well ordered and logically structured presentation.
Don’t assume your listener knows the text or extract in detail.
When you make complex points break these down into shorter and simpler points – build up to complex points.
Right volume – don’t shout don’t whisper
Right pace – when people are nervous they speak too quickly, slow your delivery down
Full intonation – clear and fully articulated words
Appropriate register – natural, conversational, formal side of informal
Be passionate and enthusiastic in your tone of voice
Your body
Don’t fidget
Stand up throughout the presentation
Don’t move around the room
Use body language to enhance the presentation - using hand and arm gestures can do this
Make eye contact with as many people as you can
Your body should support your enthusiasm for the subject
Key Points to Remember
Make relevant, detailed and consistent arguments / observations based on evidence from the text
Make sure the presentation is structured
Use language accurately
Speak using an appropriate register
THE BASICS
Preparation
Be clear
about the requirements of the task
Familiarise
yourself with the marking criteriaIdentify a clear topic area for your research
Construct a thesis and a title
Do relevant research
Create a list of bullet points
Put the points in a relevant order
Create a set of speaking notes – not a script
Rehearse the presentation a few times – don’t learn the presentation by heart
The presentation
The most important person in your presentation is your listener. Everything you say and do should enable your listener to have a positive, engaging and enjoyable experience. There are many ways you can make this experience enjoyable for the listener. For example
chose a topic that you know well and a topic you are interested in.
DO NOT consider this a tick box exercise. Treat it seriously.
Communicate your enthusiasm and interest in the topic chosen.
Present a thesis that comes out of your own reading and reflection to the text.
Give a clear, well ordered and logically structured presentation.
Don’t assume your listener knows the text or extract in detail.
When you make complex points break these down into shorter and simpler points – build up to complex points.
Your voice
Right volume – don’t shout don’t whisper
Right pace – when people are nervous they speak too quickly, slow your delivery down
Full intonation – clear and fully articulated words
Appropriate register – natural, conversational, formal side of informal
Be passionate and enthusiastic in your tone of voice
Your body
Don’t fidget
Stand up throughout the presentation
Don’t move around the room
Use body language to enhance the presentation - using hand and arm gestures can do this
Make eye contact with as many people as you can
Your body should support your enthusiasm for the subject
Key Points to Remember
Make relevant, detailed and consistent arguments / observations based on evidence from the text
Make sure the presentation is structured
Use language accurately
Speak using an appropriate register
IB ENGLISH - HALF TERM HOMEWORK
You should spend some time over the holiday preparing for the formal presentation.
TASK
Give a five minute presentation on your chosen poem from Tales from Ovid
DEADLINE
Thursday 6 November and Friday 7 November
Click here for a link to a post on guidelines for giving a formal presentation
Click here for a link to the time table of the formal presentations
TASK
Give a five minute presentation on your chosen poem from Tales from Ovid
DEADLINE
Thursday 6 November and Friday 7 November
Click here for a link to a post on guidelines for giving a formal presentation
Click here for a link to the time table of the formal presentations
Friday, 17 October 2014
IB ENGLISH - HALF TERM HOMEWORK - TALES FROM OVID
TASK
Write 3 analytical paragraphs on three features of the poem The Rape of Proserpina or the poem you helped introduce to the class during the first half term of teaching.
DEADLINE Monday 3 November
TASK
Give a five minute presentation on a poem from Tales from Ovid. The poem must be one we have not discussed or studied in class.
We will discuss and finalize these poems on Thursday 23 October.
DEALINE The presentations will take place on Thursday 6 November & Friday 7 November.
I expect that everyone will have read all the poems that students will be giving a presentation on by Thursday 6 November
A timetable for these presentations will be posted to the blog shortly.
Use the analytical paragraph structure discussed elsewhere on this blog.
Write 3 analytical paragraphs on three features of the poem The Rape of Proserpina or the poem you helped introduce to the class during the first half term of teaching.
DEADLINE Monday 3 November
TASK
Give a five minute presentation on a poem from Tales from Ovid. The poem must be one we have not discussed or studied in class.
We will discuss and finalize these poems on Thursday 23 October.
DEALINE The presentations will take place on Thursday 6 November & Friday 7 November.
I expect that everyone will have read all the poems that students will be giving a presentation on by Thursday 6 November
A timetable for these presentations will be posted to the blog shortly.
Use the analytical paragraph structure discussed elsewhere on this blog.
Monday, 22 September 2014
IB ENGLISH SL - TALES FROM OVID - PYRAMUS & THISBIE HOMEWORK
TASK
Write one or two analytical paragraphs. Draw on one idea in the extract from Pyramus and Thisbie to analyse in detail.
DEADLINE
Monday 29 September
Paragraph stucture
Make one simple statement based on the extract you were studying in detail in class
You could expand on this simple statement - explaining it in more detail
Introduce a quotation you are going to use as evidence to prove the statement you have just made
Write down the quotation. The quotation should be a word, phrase or one line only
Finally make a comment or comments on the quotation by identifying language / literary feature[s] and state what kind of effect this feature or features have on us as readers.
Please hand write your answers.
I'm expecting about half a page of writing on A4 paper
I expect your paragraph to be no shorter that 80 words and no more than 250 words long.
Be concise in your writing.
Here is an example paragraph:
As you read the paragraph below try and identify the different structural sections of the paragraph listed above.
Thisbie is presented as an attractive girl. She is probably young and just becoming a woman. This is clearly stated to us at the beginning of the poem where Thisbie is described as
'.....A girl who has suddenly bloomed
In Babylon,'
The verb 'bloomed' is used metaphorically here. It makes a comparison between a woman and a flower which is a traditional way of describing women in literature. And this helps the reader understand how to read and how we should view Thisbie. The alliterative ' bloomed' and 'Babylon' is a way of creating emphasis on Thisbie's development as a woman.
103 words including quotations
Write one or two analytical paragraphs. Draw on one idea in the extract from Pyramus and Thisbie to analyse in detail.
DEADLINE
Monday 29 September
Paragraph stucture
Make one simple statement based on the extract you were studying in detail in class
You could expand on this simple statement - explaining it in more detail
Introduce a quotation you are going to use as evidence to prove the statement you have just made
Write down the quotation. The quotation should be a word, phrase or one line only
Finally make a comment or comments on the quotation by identifying language / literary feature[s] and state what kind of effect this feature or features have on us as readers.
Please hand write your answers.
I'm expecting about half a page of writing on A4 paper
I expect your paragraph to be no shorter that 80 words and no more than 250 words long.
Be concise in your writing.
Here is an example paragraph:
As you read the paragraph below try and identify the different structural sections of the paragraph listed above.
Thisbie is presented as an attractive girl. She is probably young and just becoming a woman. This is clearly stated to us at the beginning of the poem where Thisbie is described as
'.....A girl who has suddenly bloomed
In Babylon,'
The verb 'bloomed' is used metaphorically here. It makes a comparison between a woman and a flower which is a traditional way of describing women in literature. And this helps the reader understand how to read and how we should view Thisbie. The alliterative ' bloomed' and 'Babylon' is a way of creating emphasis on Thisbie's development as a woman.
103 words including quotations
Monday, 17 June 2013
IB ENG SL YR 1 - ORAL COMMENTARY - LAST WORDS
If you are doing a commentary on Othello don't forget to talk about the genre;
- Refer to drama and specifically Renaissance tragedy
- Refer to the use of poetry within the drama - blank verse, iambic pentameters
- refer to soliloquy, monologue, dialogue
- refer to elements of courtly love
- look out for patterns or structure within the extract you are talking about.
- Refer to a modern novel
- refer to the key elements of Fitzgerald's prose style - descriptive language, very concise and economic dialogue. Highly evocative - story informed by abstract ideas of the American dream and a love story - a romance
- Refer to the third person narrator - Nick's subjective perceptive. His contempt for the kind of man Gatsby is contrasted with the strong attraction he has towards him. the one man striving for an ideal. Gatsby has a vision beyond the purely materialistic
- refer to elements of courtly love
- Refer to patterns or structures within the extract you are talking about.
Friday, 14 June 2013
IB ENG SL YR 1 - ORAL COMMENTARY TIMES AND ROOMS
17 – 21
JUNE- PREP ROOM IS 1E3 THE COMMENTARY ROOM WILL BE 1D7
NAME
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DATE/TIME
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ARRIVE
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PREP
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COMM
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END
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26 JUNE -
PREP ROOM IS 1A9a AND THE COMMENTARY ROOM IS 1A13
NAME
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DATE/TIME
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ARRIVE
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PREP
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COMM
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END
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27 JUNE -
PREP ROOM IS 1A9a AND THE COMMENTARY ROOM IS 1A13
NAME
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DATE/TIME
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ARRIVE
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PREP
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COMM
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END
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