IB ENGLISH HIGHER LEVEL, SENIORS
Explication Central: think • ponder • ruminate
The Shockey Files...
Please look below for pertinent files for IB HL English 12 IB. It's a great day to be a Charger!!
Textual Assignments
Jane Eyre
a) Written Materials
b) Vocabulary: Below are the vocabulary study card files for Jane Eyre.
c) Socratic Seminar & Projects
d) Links to Turnitin.com for assignments
Summer Work A: Time Period Issues
Summer Work B: SQUIDS/Journal Jane Eyre Essay: here Essential Jane Eyre: here Video: "In Search of the Brontë's" (BBC/Greece joint biography)
"In Search of the Brontes" is a two-part documentary, broken up on YouTube into 12 videos. I did not put all the links on this page. Once you click the link above, you can see the other subsequent links on the page. Please do not just watch the video above, but continue with the rest of the series. Click here.
The Brontës Early Writing
Video: "Brontë Country" (The Great British Channel)
Hamlet
a) Written Materials
b) Vocabulary
c) Socratic Seminar & Projects
John Keats
a) Instructions
Website with Keats Letters and Poetry: HERE
Shockey's Brain on Keats
You can find my notes on the IB commentary poems here. Remember to use your OWN brain first, then you can use mine! Do you need my handouts on Literary Terms, Sonnets or Reading Literature. Look here:
Sonnets & Poetic Literary Terms Overall Literary Term Packet :Shockey's Brain: Poetry Handout Shockey's Brain Commentary Handout
Below are some helpful documents as you study "Ode on a Grecian Urn."
University-NY/Cuny/Melani: excellent analysis here
British Library: article on "Ode on a Grecian Urn" here
Romantic Circles: Hypercanonicity & Pedagogy here
Keatsian.co.uk commentary and annotations here
Barry Lopez:
About This Life Here is the handout with instructions regarding "reading" Barry Lopez. It emphasizes the following: 1) Observing the small things; 2) Observe the obvious; 3) Look wider; 4) Look globally.
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Discussions & Commentaries
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
a) Written Materials
b) Vocabulary
c) Socratic Seminar & Projects
The Book Thief
a) Instructions
The Hobbit
a) Instructions
The Oral Presentation (IOP)
The link to the IOP Internal Assessment Topic Proposal form is here:
TYPEFORM
The Oral Commentary (IOC)
The Written Commentary (External A)
Poetic Commentary
Here is a past commentary on John Keats's "When I Have Fears...." and "Bright Star." Commentary Slideshow
This slideshow (http://www.slideshare.net/mtalspaugh/ib-english-written-commentary) is particularly helpful for new commentary writers.
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