https://padlet.com/23tjoyn/dopjsk91e3228puf Geert is here en-us 2022-10-13 06:07:31 UTC 2023-04-06 15:41:10 UTC hello@padlet.com 23tjoyn https://padlet.com/23tjoyn/dopjsk91e3228puf/wish/2338238999 First month back, main event of the month is preparing for the Internal Oral, and to complete our next HL literary work, The Winters Tale, by Shakespeare. Listening to the play to get a greater comprehension was done throughout the entire month of August.

- The Winter's Tale - Background and Analysis - Summative Assignment: A simple background check marked as a summative, working in small groups to create a presentation in order to present and give a questionnaire quiz about the topic presented 5/7 (August 22nd - 25th)


]]> 2022-10-13 06:36:58 UTC https://padlet.com/23tjoyn/dopjsk91e3228puf/wish/2338238999 23tjoyn https://padlet.com/23tjoyn/dopjsk91e3228puf/wish/2338248246 - The Winter's Tale - Summative Assessment: After the play, we were designated to read the play's script to analyze quotes and their meaning for context throughout the book. As well as this, we created our bold statements on the play, connected prominent global issues to The Winters Tale for future IO or HLE or Exam use, connections to literary theories, and connections to other literary works 5/7 (Sep 2nd - 12th)

- Individual Oral - Samples 1 & 2: To prepare for the IO, all students were asked to individually analyze two IO sample notes (outline). After analyzing, we would then listen to each IO while color ranking different segments of the IO (Introduction, body 1, conclusion). "Does the student introduce the global issue by firstly explaining which field of inquiry they are discussing", "Does the student consider who the intended audience", "correct length", etc. We would then grade them and then see their actual grades. On average, we graded the people much harsher than what they would have been graded as, knocking down 2 IB score points for both (IB score of 2 for the first sample, IB score of 5 for the second). In reality, the first outline received a 5, and the second was a perfect teacher-presented IO that would receive a 7.

- Draft Outline - Formative Assessment: A collection of two draft outlines. One is supposed to narrow down your topic and global issue into a usable statement for the main IO, the other is to draft a full conversation from beginning to end on the IO. I used the outline in particular to create a clear sense of how I will phrase and talk about my global issue 7/7 (Sep 12th - 18th)

- Practice IO: In groups of two, we were assigned to draft our own IO and present it to the class. This was to gain insights as to how the IO would flow in the actual interview 5/7 (Sep 22nd)

- IO - Official Outline and Extract Submission: The final step towards the IO, finalizing my 10 notes I will use during the IO, and choosing my literary and non-literary body of work to analyze through the text (Sep 26th - Oct 2nd)

- Homework - Record your Individual Oral before Wednesday's class: An actual rough draft of the IO, prepared before class to be given to separate people in order for them to give feedback on my IO, including potential improvements.

- Peer Feedback: My feedback on my Peer's IO's. One was slightly corrupted, but I managed to rate it carefully. I think (Sep 28th)]]> 2022-10-13 06:44:57 UTC https://padlet.com/23tjoyn/dopjsk91e3228puf/wish/2338248246 23tjoyn https://padlet.com/23tjoyn/dopjsk91e3228puf/wish/2341764953 Independent Study - Checklist: A collection of tasks, including to fill up the IO form until... October 2022. Includes beginning to read "The Thing Around Your Neck", and a summative Paper 1 Practice (Oct 4th - 17th)

Poster Exhibition - with a partner, we created a poster representing the non-literary body of work Banksy and the West Bank. Aspects included:
1. Title 
2. Main themes & ideas 
3. Notable characters (for lit), notable stylistic features (for non-lit bow)
4. Literary theory links 
5. Interesting questions to explore further (19th oct)

IO Scores - Not Good, a 3/7 due to not focusing on the topic, a trend with my other enlgish work please fix (21st oct)

]]> 2022-10-16 10:28:24 UTC https://padlet.com/23tjoyn/dopjsk91e3228puf/wish/2341764953 23tjoyn https://padlet.com/23tjoyn/dopjsk91e3228puf/wish/2342615589 https://padlet.com/23tjoyn/385pztfjmopos6u0]]> 2022-10-17 05:58:10 UTC https://padlet.com/23tjoyn/dopjsk91e3228puf/wish/2342615589 23tjoyn https://padlet.com/23tjoyn/dopjsk91e3228puf/wish/2541841214 HL Notes on the Exhibition Posters - For other people's exhibition photos, analysis of the content and a reflextion on the text. This included aspects such as Main Themes and Ideas, Key Questions, Literary Theory Links, and Further notes. A note that I should review over the course of the review period for final exams (Nov 1st - 3rd)

Small Presentations of Contextual Knowledge for The Thing Around Your Neck - As the title suggests, before we got into a deep analysis for The Thing Around Your Neck, we researched background information and previous works of Chimamanda Ngozi. I personally researched her work "The address President Buhari should have given"
- Title page with images and your names
- Key quotes from the article
- Big ideas expressed in the article
- Links to the collection of short stories 
- Links to literary theory 
This would progress into a deeper analysis of The Thing Around Your Neck supported by evidence (Nov 7th)

HL Only - The Thing Around Your Neck - Formative Assessment - A simple formative based off of the entire book; an analysis of the top 5 quotes laid throughout the book that resonate with the reader and can be used in the final exam (Nov 15th - 23rd).

The Thing Around Your Neck - Chapter Analysis - Formative Assessment - An analysis on the titular chapter, we analyzed quotations and the overall chapter to properly assess the direction Chimamanda Ngozi took this chapter in order to convey the issue of the difference in culture between Nigeria and America, and the differing perspectives of each culture (Nov 17th - 24th).

The Headstrong Historian - Formative Assessment - Three questions with a paragraph each, relating to the chapter The Headstrong Historian, the final chapter in The Thing Around Your Neck. Afterwhich, I responded to other people's question responses in order to gain a more comprehensive view on the chapter as a whole in preparation for the final exam (Nov 23rd - 25th)

HL - Chapter Analysis - Formative Assessment - I did not have the chance to choose an unchosen slide, so as a result I just did a random chapter. In this case, The Arrangers of Marriage, where I reflected on the chapter and its meaning in a 100 word summary, key moments, and key quotes (Nov 23rd - 28th)]]> 2023-04-03 06:24:03 UTC https://padlet.com/23tjoyn/dopjsk91e3228puf/wish/2541841214 23tjoyn https://padlet.com/23tjoyn/dopjsk91e3228puf/wish/2544645346 HLE Planner - After video preparation and looking at examples, we chose 4 potential literary works to analyse and evaluate how well they could be analysed and showed onto an HLE. I ended up choosing The Worlds Wife due to its wide stories having similar themes that can be plucked and analized

HLE Detailed Plan - Formative Assessment - The creation of the Line of Inquiry that I would follow for the entire HLE process. The final LoI was "How and to what extent does Carol Anne Duffy insert elements of morphology in the collection of poems “The World's Wife” to criticize androcentric religions in her retelling of biblical stories?", susceptible to change.

Paper 2 Practice - Timed in class - Summative - an imperfect paper 2 summative that lacked critical analysis and use of quotations.

HLE Draft - over the Christmas holiday, I conducted a draft of the HLE based on the line of inquiry, which I refined due to a lack of examples that was present within the content of my HLE. This allowed for more freedom in demonstrating my thoughts on the HLE and how I could look to improve.]]> 2023-04-05 06:15:06 UTC https://padlet.com/23tjoyn/dopjsk91e3228puf/wish/2544645346 23tjoyn https://padlet.com/23tjoyn/dopjsk91e3228puf/wish/2546378214 Glossaries and Key Terms - A very necessary check before final exams, we were tested on our knowledge in important vocabulary useful during the final exams.

Paper One - Text Types - Terminology and Examples - Formative Assessment - Research on a specific text type, this would be placed in a public slideshow where we would all be able to peep each others work in a collaborative effort to prepare for the paper 1 exam.

HL Essay - Peer Feedback - A rubric was handed out to evaluate other HLEs, giving us a comparative perspective while evaluating others.

Higher Level Essay - Final - Summative - After refinements in the LoI and much time spent reviewing and taking inspiration from help granted from teacher and peer, the final HLE assignment scored a 7 in IB, potentially not a 7 after further evaluation, however I am still proud of the analysis that went into this project.]]> 2023-04-06 15:15:29 UTC https://padlet.com/23tjoyn/dopjsk91e3228puf/wish/2546378214 23tjoyn https://padlet.com/23tjoyn/dopjsk91e3228puf/wish/2546396696 Paper 1 Practice - Task 1 - An analysis of a paper 1 response in order to detail how effective it implements structure in its text. Introduction, first, second, and third paragraph and finally conclusion. This will be used to help me in my worst skill, creating a paper 1

Paper 1 Practice - Task 2 - An analysis of denotation vs connotation in order to help with both paper 1 and paper 2. In addition, this information was applied to objects and people to demonstrate our skills

Revision! - Formative Assessment - an expanding catalog of texts and terms for paper 1 and 2. Will be completed over time before the exams.]]> 2023-04-06 15:35:35 UTC https://padlet.com/23tjoyn/dopjsk91e3228puf/wish/2546396696 23tjoyn https://padlet.com/23tjoyn/dopjsk91e3228puf/wish/2546401747 Scores for Paper 1 and Paper 2 - Paper 1 was the significantly worse one, I could not wrap my head around what to analyze and what aspects I should use. However paper 2 was a 6/7, I could handily grab aspects from the literature in order to answer the question.

Improving My Essays Document - Formative Assessment - Simply put, we analyzed other peer's papers 1's and 2's while they analyzed and gave feedback on ours. This collaborative effort would mean I could dissect and properly assess what makes paper 1's work.

Quote Analysis - Formative Assessment - A quote from any literary work would be selected, and after a demonstration on how to formulate and analyze a quote, we were let loose and liable to create our own quotes

Quote Analysis - Top 10 and Why - Ungraded - evaluation of many other quotes in order to discover why they were more effective over others, and what we could borrow from them.]]> 2023-04-06 15:41:10 UTC https://padlet.com/23tjoyn/dopjsk91e3228puf/wish/2546401747