The document summarizes the Years 8-13 English curriculum at an international school. The curriculum is informed by five areas of interaction: approaches to learning, community and service, health and social education, environments, and human ingenuity. Each year focuses on a central literary idea or genre. Students develop skills in reading, writing, speaking, listening, and viewing through activities like discussions, presentations, and creative writing assignments. Assessment is based on three criteria and provides written feedback and an overall grade. The program aims to prepare students for the IB Diploma English courses.

1. Years 8-13 English Open House Presentation October 2010

2. MYP English Curriculum 7-11: skills based reading writing speaking listening viewing

3. MYP English Curriculum 7-11: informed by the five areas of interaction approaches to learning what are the techniques and tools we use to communicate effectively? How do others’ ideas influence our own? How does English influence our understanding of other cultures?

4. These questions require: learning to learn clear thinking imaginative responses structuring ideas problem solving collaboration IT skills - writing, research

5. MYP English Curriculum 7-11: informed by the five areas of interaction community and service What role does literature play in a community? What would the world be like without literature? How do English skills enable debate on ethical, spiritual, moral and social issues?

6. MYP English Curriculum 7-11: informed by the five areas of interaction health and social education what does literature have to say about human emotions and issues? How does our maturity influence our perception of language and literature? How do language and literature facilitate our understanding of ourselves and others?

7. MYP English Curriculum 7-11: informed by the five areas of interaction environments How does setting influence characterisation? Which descriptive techniques do writers use to communicate a sense of place? How do writers depict the inner landscape?

8. MYP English Curriculum 7-11: informed by the five areas of interaction human ingenuity How do writers create a sense of what Gerard Manley Hopkins calls ‘thisness’? How do texts make us think differently? How does literature challenge us with its ‘infinite variety’ of styles and genres? Which writers and ideas inspire me?

9. Curriculum Continuum cyclical curriculum focus on literature and language preparation for IB diploma and beyond

10. Focus on Literature novels short stories poetry plays media

11. Language grammar syntax punctuation vocabulary spelling dictionary/thesaurus editing

12. Outline of Study in MYP Years Each year is organised around a central idea or literary focus: Year 7: Growing up Year 8: Journeys Year 9: Ways of Seeing Year 10: Literary genres and media Year 11: Literary genres: novels, short stories, plays, poetry, non-fiction, autobiography

13. Activities reading and discussion writing in response to literature persuasive writing creative writing dramatisations, debates oral presentations prepared and impromptu talks interviews individual and group research

14. Developing skills Dramatic Recital of The Odyssey

15. Assessment students are assessed on oral and written work three criteria: A: content B: organisation C: style and language use

16. Reporting: criteria  mark  grade written comments outline the student’s strengths and suggest ways of improving a mark for each criterion an overall grade which indicates the level at which the student consistently performs

17. Library and Reading Programme library period listening to taped books independent reading

18. Homework CIS policy quality, not quantity – time not task communication

19. Years 7-11 curiosity engagement imagination critical thinking reflection assurance sound foundations for diploma programme

20. IB Diploma Programme English A1 Higher and Standard Level English A2 Higher and Standard Level

21. English A1 programmes enable students to understand and appreciate literature develop clear and effective written and oral expression broaden their perspectives enjoy and take a lifelong interest in literature

22. English A1 content 15 texts at higher level, 11 at standard level a range of poetry, novels, short stories, plays, non-fiction, works in translation selected from a number of periods, writers and places.

23. Four parts for both HL and SL part 1: world literature part 2: detailed study part 3: groups of works – drama texts part 4: school’s free choice of texts

24. Assessment External paper 1: commentary 25% paper 2: essay on drama texts 25% world literature assignment 20% (2 assignments at higher level) Internal individual oral commentary 15% individual oral presentation 15%

25. English A2 programmes enable students to: develop clear and effective written and oral expression explore a wide range of literary and non-literary texts understand writers’ techniques appreciate different cultures

26. English A2 content Analysis of wide range of literary and cultural texts, including biography, drama, essay, short story, poetry, travel writing, advertisements, editorials, magazine articles, news reports, letters and texts related to various issues and topics.

27. A2 Assessment External paper 1: comparative literary commentary 25% paper 2: an essay on language and culture or media and culture 25% written tasks: 1) literary, 2) cultural 20%

28. A2 Assessment cont. Internal individual oral based on a cultural or literary option 15% interactive oral activity based on either a cultural or literary option 15%

29. Developing skills Preparing for an IB Individual Oral Presentation

30. Journey’s End click icon

31. ‘ The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.’ Marcel Proust