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ENGLISH IN ENGLISH E 2008/9 JIM BUSHBY
AIMS:
By the end of this 2 year course in the IGCSE syllabus, we hope students will be writing and speaking fluently confidently and fluently about a range of issues, being able to express themselves coherently and vibrantly in preparation for further education in the International Baccalaureate system or gymnasium and the outside world. We encourage our students to challenge and question the world about them and have the confidence to express their own opinions and accept others. They will do this by:
- reading a variety of texts from fiction, non-fiction, poetry and media.
- discussing, reviewing media texts
- producing a variety of writing for different purposes and to different audiences eg. to discuss, to argue, to inform and to persuade.
- writing summaries, letters, reports, diaries, newspaper articles as well as essays, poems and speeches.
- focusing on planning, drafting and proof reading of texts.
- carrying out a variety of grammar reviews according to need.
- performing a variety of oral tasks from speeches, debates and discussions. Throughout the year, each student will present a speech on Monday for 5 minutes on a topic of their choosing, to stimulate and provoke discussion within the class. We will have a couple of class debates throughout the year.
AUGUST TO DECEMBER
Class Reader: To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Students will:
- read independently and in class.
- analyse the development of characters of Jem, Scout, Atticus and others.
- place the novel in context of America in 1930´s and black civil rights movement.
- learn about the life and times of the author.
- discuss the various themes within the novel; prejudice, childhood, courage, social class and stereotyping, and hope.
- discuss the arguments for and against capital punishment.
- carry out a variety of tasks from summaries, essays, comprehension questions and role play.
AUGUST/SEPTEMBER
In conjunction with the Olympic Games in Beijing this year we will be discussing sports as a theme through various tasks but also discussing the world through themes such as money, multi-culturism and politics in sport. We will read articles from Time magazine through which students will practise summary writing, discussion and carry out their own research. Students will write an article expressing their own views, knowledge and possible ideas for the future .This will be rounded off with a debate .Students are free to take any standpoint so long as they construct an argument individually and within a group.
SEPTEMBER
Discursive essay, where the students can write an essay on a topic of their own choosing arising from th debate and based on their own research.
OCTOBER TO NOVEMBER
In preparation for the exams in November in week 46, students will practise letter and summary writing: Letter writing for both formal and informal purposes.
DECEMBER
A trip to Louisiana to see MANGA exhibition will be followed by an imaginative essay of 1000 words in response to a stimulus of their choosing from the exhibition.
Final tasks on To Kill A Mockingbird.
JANUARY
Newspaper project.
Students will read the weekly editions of the Copenhagen post to practise skimming and scanning; summaries will be written on various articles; replies made to letters; articles will be reproduced in different styles- in/formal, humour and slang.
FEBRUARY
English-Art Project
Based on the exhibition on in Copenhagen, students will chose an artist and write a biography on him/her; will choose a work of art and write a review of it placing it in context and finally draw a timeline of artist´s life.
MARCH
Exams Week 10
In preparation for the exams, which are the final mock exams for 9th graders, students will revise and practise exam questions.
APRIL
SCHOOL CAMP Week 18
We will be spending 3 days in Odense on Fyn.
Practice orals and revise and prepare for the exams in May
MAY
Final year exams
JUNE
2 final tasks for the year:
Class assembly; in conjunction with Dansk E the class will work on and produce an assembly on a theme of their choosing.
A yearbook; the class will write, edit and produce a yearbook for the class for which they will be presented with a Diploma if completed on time.
ASSESSMENT
The main assessment will be in the form of exams in November, February and May.
Students taking the CORE English as a second language exam can only achieve the highest grade of C whereas candidates for the Extended can get up to A*.
MATERIALS
The IGCSE English Study book by Barr and Reynolds (Murray)
IGCSE English as a second Language by Lucantoni (Cambridge)
A Practical Approach to Reading Skills (Nelson Thornes)
A Practical Approach to Writing skills (Nelson Thornes)
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