John Donne Poems

Here is a link to the Google Slide for John Donne poetry study: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1hhueWoYcvagaYKRWNkIFtWaSmjirc2uyoSqcZ6brUb0/edit?usp=sharing

John Donne Poems

Hey, here is the link to the John Donne poems we will be studying in Detailed Study.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1hhueWoYcvagaYKRWNkIFtWaSmjirc2uyoSqcZ6brUb0/edit?usp=sharing

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George Orwell Essays

Click here to get the George Orwell essays we will be studying. Make a copy of the file and use Google Drive to highlight and comment to annotate the essays. If you chose to print them out, that’s up to you but it won’t be on my printer.

IB Lit Discussion Terms

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From Supervised Writing to Written Assignment

This is a sample supervised writing and written assignment. Read both to see how the written assignment grows out of the supervised writing. Pay close attention to the color-coding and numbering of ideas in the supervised writing and how they are further developed in the written assignment. Also, note that there are new ideas and the sequencing of ideas changes.

Character Notes for Season of Migration to the North

I had trouble distinguishing the minor characters in the novel, so I made a list of characters in the beginning of the book, along with descriptive notes. I refer back to it when I need to remember who is who, or to add additional characters or descriptions.

Season of Migration to the North Fishbowl Assignment

Here is the Google Presentation detailing the fishbowl assignment.

Season of Migration to the North Response Journal 2

Choose from the prompts below for the second portion of the novel (pages 51-95):

Explore one of the following topics/motifs in this portion:

1. The difference between men and women
2. Tradition versus technology,
3. The author’s treatment of age (differing perspectives on what it means to be old or young).

Responses will be 300-400 words in length in MLA format. Incorporate quotes as textual evidence, not to exceed 25 percent on the Turnitin originality report. The response journals will be submitted to http://www.turnitin.com on March 30 by 11:59 PM. They will be evaluated with the IB Assessment Criteria A and C. In order to be considered at the highest level for criterion C, you must use two of the following punctuation in your journal entry: colon, dash, or parenthesis.

Formal Writing Assignment Non Negotiables

From now on, any writing assignment that is turned in, all of the following applies:

1. Format your paper according to MLA guidelines. All aspects of this have to be correct.
2. Write about literature in the present tense.
3. Write in third person. Exception: reflective statements.
4. Do not (not don’t) use contractions
5. Use formal language.

 

 

Season of Migration to the North Response Journal 1

You will write three response journals for Season of Migration to the North. Choose from the prompts below for the first section (Introduction to page 50):

Explore one of the following topics/motifs in this section:

1. The importance of setting
2. past versus present,
3. The value placed on education (or lack thereof),
4. how race shapes identity
5. Compare and contrast Mustafa Sa’eed and the narrator.

Responses will be 200-300 words in length in MLA format. Incorporate quotes as textual evidence, not to exceed 25 percent on the Turnitin originality report. The response journals will be submitted to http://www.turnitin.com on March 23 by 11:59 PM. They will be evaluated with the IB Assessment Criteria A and C. In order to be considered at the highest level for criterion C, you must use two of the following punctuation in your journal entry: colon, dash, or parenthesis.