IB ENGLISH HIGHER LEVEL
-- ASSIGNMENTS/DISCUSSIONS.... FALL UNIT --
• Jane Eyre • Tess of the D'Urbervilles • Unseen Commentaries
On Your Bookshelf, In Your Brain.... Brontë's Jane Eyre
Shockey's IB English 12 HL is currently doing a close reading of Jane Eyre.
Text: Jane Eyre
Author: Charlotte Brontë ISBN: 978-1-59308-117-1
Setting: Urban & Pastoral- Victorian England
"I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will."
--- Jane Eyre
Text: Jane Eyre
Author: Charlotte Brontë ISBN: 978-1-59308-117-1
Setting: Urban & Pastoral- Victorian England
"I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will."
--- Jane Eyre
August 17: Summer work due.
August 17-21: Discussion of Summer Work journals.
August 19: Summer Work essay on time period issues due at turnitin.com..
August 24- October 1: Jane Eyre Discussion: Fall Unit on turnitin.com begins.
August 14-31: Jane Eyre Study Guide, which is below as a linked file. (Major Project: AKA Shockey's Review Sheet, part A)
September 16: Test on Jane Eyre (overall) Tess of the D'Urbervilles (reading).
September 14: Begin Jane Eyre/Tess of the D'Urbervilles Essay; Essay is due September 27 at turnitin.com.
September 1: The Essential Jane Eyre. (Major Project: AKA Shockey's Review Sheet, part B)
Working from your summer journal, and class discussion, choose one quote or passage that you believe to be essential for an understanding of Jane Eyre (character, philosophy, growth and self-actualization, relationships, etc.) for each chapter.
• Quotes/passages do not have to come from Jane. Any character can be represented.
• Ultimately, you will have 38 quotes/passages representing each chapter, but you may choose more than one per chapter if the mood strikes you. Complete a thorough analysis of each quote/passage.
• You may repeat discussions from your summer work in this document, but each re-inclusion should show maturity and growth now that we have completed the textual discussion.
• Refer to the IB Mind SQUIDS paper if you need assistance on writing a comprehensive analysis/commentary on the quotes.
NOTE FOR THE UNWARY TRAVELER IN SHOCKEY WORLD:
[√] Yes, you have the entire month to do this assignment.
[√] Yes, students have waited until the last minute to do this assignment.
[√] Yes, those students regretted their decisions when they watched their grade plummet before Parent Conferences
[√] Yes, you can contact last year's students to verify that this was one of their greatest mistakes last year and they regret it tremendously.
[√] No, you are not the exception to the rule. Do not test me on this.
August 17-21: Discussion of Summer Work journals.
August 19: Summer Work essay on time period issues due at turnitin.com..
August 24- October 1: Jane Eyre Discussion: Fall Unit on turnitin.com begins.
August 14-31: Jane Eyre Study Guide, which is below as a linked file. (Major Project: AKA Shockey's Review Sheet, part A)
September 16: Test on Jane Eyre (overall) Tess of the D'Urbervilles (reading).
September 14: Begin Jane Eyre/Tess of the D'Urbervilles Essay; Essay is due September 27 at turnitin.com.
September 1: The Essential Jane Eyre. (Major Project: AKA Shockey's Review Sheet, part B)
Working from your summer journal, and class discussion, choose one quote or passage that you believe to be essential for an understanding of Jane Eyre (character, philosophy, growth and self-actualization, relationships, etc.) for each chapter.
• Quotes/passages do not have to come from Jane. Any character can be represented.
• Ultimately, you will have 38 quotes/passages representing each chapter, but you may choose more than one per chapter if the mood strikes you. Complete a thorough analysis of each quote/passage.
• You may repeat discussions from your summer work in this document, but each re-inclusion should show maturity and growth now that we have completed the textual discussion.
• Refer to the IB Mind SQUIDS paper if you need assistance on writing a comprehensive analysis/commentary on the quotes.
NOTE FOR THE UNWARY TRAVELER IN SHOCKEY WORLD:
[√] Yes, you have the entire month to do this assignment.
[√] Yes, students have waited until the last minute to do this assignment.
[√] Yes, those students regretted their decisions when they watched their grade plummet before Parent Conferences
[√] Yes, you can contact last year's students to verify that this was one of their greatest mistakes last year and they regret it tremendously.
[√] No, you are not the exception to the rule. Do not test me on this.
What We Are Talking About:
Summer, 2015: Begin Jane Eyre; annotate.
School Begins: First Due Date-- August 17 • Reading & Annotation • Dialectical Journals/SQUIDS • Summer Essay: time period issues • Jane Eyre essay Presentation Schedule: Presentations will be set once school begins. First Presentation Topics: Character, Setting, Conflict, Theme, Powerful Words, Symbolism, Literary Significance, etc. Second Presentation Topics: Literary Filters & Theories, Close Readings |
Where You Should Be Talking:
Plugged In: The following assignments are 'active' at turnitin.com and require your attention:
1. Jane Eyre and Literary Filters 2. Jane Eyre through the Victorian Web 3. The Essential Jane Eyre Links of Interest:
I will put information here soon. Please check back.
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On Your Bookshelf, waiting until October ...... Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles
What We are Talking About:
Bookshelf: Tess of the D'Urbervilles Text: Tess of the D'Urbervilles Author: Thomas Hardy ISBN: 9781593082284 (Barnes & Noble edition) Setting: Rural, Pastoral- Victorian England "Beauty lay not in the thing, but in what the thing symbolized." — Thomas Hardy (Tess of the D'Urbervilles) "The beauty or ugliness of a character lay not only in its achievements, but in its aims and impulses; its true history lay, not among things done, but among things willed." — Thomas Hardy (Tess of the D'Urbervilles) October 16- November 1: Tess of the D'Urberville Discussion: Fall Unit on turnitin.com. October 14-31: Tess Study Guide, which is here as a linked file. October 16: Test on Tess (overall reading). November 1: The Essential Tess. (Major Project: AKA Shockey's Review Sheet, part B) Working from your small groups, study questions and class discussion, choose one quote or passage that you believe to be essential for an understanding of Tess, Alec or Angel (character, philosophy, growth and self-actualization, relationships, etc.) for each chapter. • Any character can be represented. • Ultimately, you will have quotes/passages representing each chapter, but you may choose more than one per chapter if the mood strikes you. Complete a thorough analysis of each quote/passage. • Your work should show maturity and growth now that we have completed the textual discussion. • Refer to the IB Mind SQUIDS paper if you need assistance on writing a comprehensive analysis/commentary on the quotes. |
Where You Should Be Talking:
Plugged In: The following assignments are 'active' at turnitin.com and require your attention:
LINK: Tess/Jane Turnitin Discussions 
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