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G8 Tutor Overview
1 – “On the Right Foot” Getting Organised
2 – “Getting Out of My Comfort Zone”
3 – “Positive Mindsets”
4 – “Making Good Decisions”
5 – “Human Growth and Development”
6 – Getting Ready for PTSCs and SLCs
Grade 8 English
Unit 1 – Personal Stories (Curious Incident)
Unit 2 – Changing Minds, Changing Worlds (Persuasive texts)
Unit 3 – Prejudice and Perspective (The Outsiders)
Unit 4 – Communication and Conflict (A Midsummer Night’s Dream)
DP Language and Literature (2020)
DP L&L – General
“Factfulness” Media bias
“Prizing Poetry” Elements of poetry
“Tough Guys” and “Sexy Gals” – Beauty and gender representation
“Innovation and Insight” Science, technology and society
“Healthy, Wealthy and Wise” Advisory Texts for a Better Life
DP Language and Literature (pre 2020)
DP LangLit (SL) Overview
Part 1 – Language and Cultural Contexts
Part 2 – Language and Mass Communication
Part 3 – Literature: Texts and Contexts
Nineteen Eighty Four
The Handmaid’s Tale
A Doll’s House
Medea
Part 4 – Literature: Critical Study
Seamus Heaney’s poetry
Sylvia Plath’s poetry
The Great Gatsby
Macbeth
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DOE International Award
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Grade 6 English
G6 English Overview
Unit 1 – “Tuning in to Texts” (Films, introduction to English)
Unit 2 – “Wonderful Characters, Wonderful Readers!”
Unit 3 – “Mythology and Meaning” Myths, Legends and Folktales
Unit 4 – “A Way With Words” (Roald Dahl)
Unit 5 – “Problems with the Press” Truth and Bias in News Reporting
Unit 6 – “Film Criticism” Visual language and symbolism
Grade 7 English
G7 Overview
Unit 1 – “That’s Not Fair!” Texts to create a fairer world
Unit 2 – “Who Decides?” Censorship
Unit 3 – “Coming of Age” Bildungsroman and vignettes
Unit 4 – “Innovations and Insight” Writing about technology and society
Grade 8 English
G8 English Overview
Unit 1 – “Illusions and Insights” Fantasy and symbolism
Unit 2 – “The Power of A Personal Story” Perspectives on autism
Unit 3 – “Changing Minds, Changing Worlds” Pathos and persuasion
Unit 4 – “Prejudice and Perspective” (The Outsiders)
Unit 5 – “Conflict and Communication” Exploring relationships and conflict resolution (A Midsummer Night’s Dream)
Grade 9 English
G9 English Overview
Unit 1 – “Speculative Storytelling” Context and creativity in short stories
Unit 2 – “Growing Up with Graphic Novels!” Visual language (Anya’s Ghost)
Unit 3 – “Gender, Culture and Identity” Gender representation in texts (Romeo and Juliet)
Unit 4 – TBD
Grade 10 English
G10 English Overview
Unit 1 – “The Magazine Brand” Exploring Global Issues through Magazines
Unit 2 – “Vivid Voices” Finding a personal voice through poetry
Unit 3 – “Fairness Beyond Ourselves” Language and Advocacy
Grade 8 Individuals and Societies
G8 I&S Overview
Unit 1 – World Religions
Unit 2 – Data for Development
Unit 3 – Globalisation
Unit 4 – Perspectives on the Past
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DOE International Award
Introductory orienteering
Posted on
September 16, 2015
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Andrew Hutton
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