As you begin to register for your courses for next year, please talk with your teacher, guidance counselor and parents about the right choice for you next year. Please share this with your parents and watch the attached power Point for more information if you need it: English Course Offerings Feb2010
HS English Course Offerings for Incoming Juniors - Feb 2010
The HS English goal is for students to choose the English course that best suits their academic ability and their academic potential. We believe this can only happen if students choose courses which challenge them to grow and develop as learners.
Areas to consider while making course selections for Grade 11:
- Your current Grade 10 teacher’s recommendation.
- Your academic ability in relation to English Class (ex. level of enjoyment in reading and analyzing literature; competence with reading, writing and listening and speaking skills; your current grade in Grade 10 English).
- The requirements for enrollment in the Universities you wish to attend after Grade 12.
- Whether or not you plan to take the full IB Diploma Program.
English A1 IB Higher Level
(15 texts - 2 yr. course - 6 IB Assessments - .5 Weighting - IB Group)
The most rigorous of Grade 11 English offerings focuses on skills of literary criticism across a wide range of critically renowned literature. It also develops student’s oral and written skills. This course presumes an excellent level of oral and written proficiency.
English A1 IB Standard Level
(11 texts - 2 yr. course - 56 IB Assessments - .5 Weighting - IB Group 1)
The IBA1 SL course builds upon your Grade 10 English class with the main focus being on the analysis of literature (drama, prose and poetry). It is recommended for many current Grade 10 students. The course presumes a competent level of oral and written proficiency.
English A2 IB Higher and Standard Level
(6 texts/1 or 2 Options - 2 yr. course - 5 IB Assessments - .5 Weighting - IB Group 2)
The English A2 course is engaging and unique in that it couples traditional literary analysis (poetry, prose and drama) with the study of how language is used for different effects in a range of situations including media and advertising, and how language is related to the development of culture. The course presumes a competent level of oral and written proficiency.
English 11
(Non-IB course - 6 texts/1 option over 2 years - no weighting)
ISB’s English 11 course is modeled after the IB A2 SL course in that it looks to study both traditional texts (poetry, prose and drama) as well as looking at the effect language has in a variety of situations and purposes like advertising, editorials and song lyrics. However, since it is not an IB course, more attention can be given to developing students oral and written skills. This course presumes at least a basic level of oral and written proficiency.
Next week “The Odyssey Club” will be promoting its annual short story contest. Details will be outlined during Tuesday’s assembly and on the various posters that will adorn our hallways and bulletin boards mid to late next week. For now, here are the details:
1. 600 word maximum!
2. Must have the prompt (“….and a silent scream split my brain…”)and the theme (“Dreams and Hopes”)
3. All stories must be submitted to Mr. Krocker, room 306, by April 2, 2010
4. Prize Money: 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place … (1500, 1000, 500 baht gift certificates for Kinukoniya)
Come on out this Thursday night and join your fellow writers at 6:30 pm for the HS Annual Coffee House.
Part of the High School English program involves students doing reading during the summer months. The attachments below detail the summer reading assignments for the different English courses.
Students should download the file that applies to the class that they will begin in August 2009 and follow the instructions.
If you are in Bangkok, copies of text books are available in the HS Counseling Centre, and the HS English Office.
Happy reading!
English 9: Heroes, Gods, and Monsters of Greek Myths
English 10 and ITLA: Lord of the Flies
English 11: The Good Earth
English 12: Mother Tongue
IB A2 Year 1: Poetry by Carol Ann Duffy
IB A2 HL/SL Year 2: Mother Tongue
IB A1 SL Year 1: Poetry by Carol Ann Duffy
IB A1 SL Year 2: The Metamorphosis and Other Stories
IB HL Year 1: Man’s Search for Meaning
IB A1 HL Year 2: Handmaid’s Tale or Pride and Prejudice
Welcome to ISB Blogs. Check out the Ed Tech blog to get tips, tricks, and videos on getting started with your new site!.
This site will be designed to showcase the different courses being offered at ISB. Each teacher will have a link to their personal blog and to their students’ blogs to enable students to keep an ongoing portfolio of their learning throughout their experience at ISB. Good luck and here we go! Keep posted for a great thing to come your way . . .
