2 – Research skills.
Secondly, I place research skills. The student’s ability to critically analyze and extract relevant information and apply it to their own learning in crucial to success. Differentiating between a sound, well-grounded and well-researched interpretation of a text and one that is not, and the ability to evaluate the validity of the claims of different critical perspectives on texts is an obvious part of learning literature. This skill should be developed as much as possible.

3 – Self-Management Skills
In third place I rank self-management skills. As students in the DP program are on their way to become young adults, strong self-management skills are important to succeed in life. In regards to school, time management is the most key feature.  Goal setting and managing deadlines along with juggling other subjects and jobs will help any student ion the DP program.

4 – Communication Skills.
Communication skills comes in at forth place. Developing well thought out personal responses to a text and the interpretations of texts plays an obvious role in learning language and literature. Working with peers and of course the teacher and discussing and debating ideas helps with high end thinking skills. 

5 – Social Skills.
Lastly, I place Social Skills. The ability to react to and identify with a literary piece can help create a more valid response to the text. With that, the ability to understand their peers response to a text may strengthen their own understanding and prior knowledge.

The ideological assumes that through intercultural understanding and respect, the students will become more caring and peaceful individuals. The organisation believes that through challenging education that students will become lifelong learners that understand and respect others values and ideas.

As a reader I know this because of the optimistic and progressive word choices used within the mission statement.

The IB Learner Profile hopes to create students that have a thirst for learning. Students that have an open mind and wide range of ideas. To be respectful and aware of others needs. The students have strong prior knowledge that they can draw from to overcome obstacles. An oppositional Reading of the Learner Profile would be to create a close minded, intolerant individual that have no desire to learn and educate themselves.

The tone created by the author seems to be a direct and absolute idea about the goals achievable to the learner. However, underpinning all the goals is that learning should be fun and the hope to build a lifelong interest in language and literature seems to be the goal of the course.

I believe that “celebrates” suggests a positive and respected achievement for the students. Also “Lifelong learners” sets the tone that the IB course develops skills to be used long after the students leave school. The effect It has on the reader I believe is an optimistic sense of curiosity about partaking in the teaching and learning of the course.

This section proves that not all learning has to be a traditional classroom-based experience. Thinking outside of the box and becoming an active learner can lead to new and creative ways of education. The word “creative” is used often in the CAS and underpins the entire point of the text. Get creative and active in new ways of learning and education.

First text – Thirteen Reasons Why text.

Second text - Poem: “Salome” by Carol Ann Duffy

Global issue - The portrayal of female promiscuity.

Notes – Justin shows a picture of Hannah from a night the spent together to his friends. Justin shows no shame while showing the picture.

Puts value on male sexuality, his friends admire him.

In contrast, the girls are all judgemental of the image.

Through dialogue, diminishes the act as just sex. Takes away the emotional connection of the night together.

Hannah’s body language is showing shame in contrast to Justin who is clearly proud.

In the poem, the character Salome is portrayed as proud and unforgiving, is also open about her feelings and views in contrast to Hannah. Salome is portrayed as a powerful woman.

Duel meaning to the word lamb. Both religious and lambs being a symbol of weak and powerless.

The poem reverses the typical perceptions of gender roles, females are powerful and males are less so.

Thirteen reasons portrays the cultural normality that women should be shameful and should hide their promiscuity. The poem Salome portrays the opposite.

Thirteen reason also addresses other issues such as drug abuse and suicide.

Both authors are attempting to change the perception of gender representations.