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Individual OralsPractice!
Guidelines:◦ 15 minutes to look at the photo and to take notes◦ 3-4 minutes speaking (one person)◦ 5-6 minutes questions /conversation time
◦ Repeat:◦ 3-4 minutes speaking (one person)◦ 5-6 minutes questions/conversation time
Time to Practice!
The Extended EssayWhat is it?
And why should I care?
IB Requirements
Extended essay◦The extended essay, with a prescribed limit of 4,000 words
Supervisor Your Supervisor must be a teacher at WFLMS
Try to select a teacher that you know or have worked with before
Teachers are not required to supervise an extended essay
Teachers normally only supervise 4 to 5 students -- ask early
Your Supervisor DOES NOT need to be your CURRENT teacher (or have ever taught you)
Don’t Freak Out!
An English B EE provides students with the opportunity to develop their awareness and knowledge of the language studied, and their understanding of the culture.
Mediums used: ◦ Texts (article, book, play poem)◦ Specific cultural artifacts (works of art or
architecture, films, radio, TV, or music)
English B Extended Essay
Category 1 – Language
Category 2 – Culture and society
Category 3 - Literature
3 Categories for an English B EE
This essay should be a specific analysis of the language (its use, structure and so on) normally related to its cultural context or a specific text.
Examples:◦ Do young people use more words of foreign origin
than older people?◦ How does Western (American) culture correlate
colors with thoughts, feelings and emotions?
Category 1 - language
A: essays of a sociocultural nature with an impact on the language
The essay should be an analysis of a cultural nature that describes the impact of a particular issue on the form or use of the language.◦ Example: To what extent does the language used
by groups of young students from a secondary school in Los Angeles reflect racial discrimination?
Category 2 – culture and society
B: essays of a general cultural nature based on specific cultural artifacts
Examples: ◦ Social criticism in the songs of Rage Against the
Machine◦ Adverts in the British media◦ Representation of women in hip hop◦ Graffiti in NYC in the 1960s compared with today
Category 2 – culture and society
This essay should be an analysis of a literary type. All texts must originally have been written in the target language
◦ Examples: Comparison of George Orwell’s 1984 and Aldous
Huxley’s A Brave New World concept of “future” The American Dream as depicted in The Great
Gatsby and Death of a Salesman What was Edith Wharton's attitude towards women’s
empowerment as depicted in five of her novels?
Category 3 - Literature
The Research and Writing Process
The iceberg analogy illustrates clearly the importance of the analysis / research / experimentation that underpins the completed essay.
The Research and Writing Process
Chinese A (Group 1) English B (Group 2)
Physics History
Visual Arts Economics
Biology Chemistry
Mathematics
EE Subjects
What subjects might you be interested in writing your EE in? Make a list!
Task:◦ Create brainstorming webs for the EE subjects you
are interested in◦ Possible brainstorm “bubbles” –
Why do you like the subject? Topic ideas Supervisors? The possibilities are endless
You have the remainder of today’s class to work on this.
I will email all of you the EE guidebook after today’s class
Brainstorming Web
POLL Report – Due Friday November 30th
HOMEWORK
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