GROUP 1: LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

FOUR-YEAR COURSE OF STUDY

9th grade: World Literature

10th grade: American Literature

11th Grade: IB1 World Literature
11th Grade Semester 1:  The Art of Adaptation
11th Grade Semester 2:  Works in Translation

12th Grade: IB2 World Literature
12th Grade Semester 1:  Detailed Thematic Study
12th Grade Semester 2:  Genre Focus

The study of literature can be seen as an exploration of the way stories represent the complex pursuits, anxieties, joys, and fears to which human beings are exposed.  It enables an exploration of human creativity, and encourages independent, original, and critical thinking.


GOALS:
  • develop an ability to engage in independent textual commentary on both familiar and unfamiliar pieces of writing.

  • structure ideas and arguments, both orally and in writing, in a logical, sustained and persuasive way, and to support them with precise and relevant examples.

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