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=English A1 Year 1 = =Mr. Masoni =

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 *  Welcome to the first year of IB English A1. Below you will find a course outline and a basic sketch of what will be expected of you in this course, and when. All of the major assignments for the first semester have already been submitted to PowerTeacher, and you will be able to sync those with your iCal shortly. Below the documents I will give you daily reminders as to what is due. Assignments are posted in blue , below, and holidays in red . **




 * I have also attached the following document, which outlines the **//formal writing requirements**// for this course. Every paper you submit for this class must follow these guidelines.

Day 1/2 (23/24 August): Introduction and course requirements. Welcome to the IB.

Day 3/4 (25/26 August): Come to class prepared to write an in-class commentary on a poem. I will provide (and eventually post) the rubric by which it will be graded.

 Day 5/6 (27/30 August): Today we will begin our discussion of Antigone, by Sophocles.

Day 7/8 (31 August/1 September): We'll go over the general notes that I have made on your diagnostic commentary (see Day 3/4), and you will get to see these essays. My notes for the class will be posted under the "Notes and Corrections" tab on this website. We will continue our discussion of Antigone.

DAY 8 (1 September): NO SCHOOL! TYPHOON ALERT!

Day 9/10 (2/3 September): Identify and discuss rhetorical strategies in the first two scenes of Antigone. Continue reading aloud.

(A,C) Class: For Day 11, look over Creon's speech (pp. 67-68, ln. 179-235) and identify as many rhetorical strategies as you can. Post the results of your finding on this site under the journals tab (this assignment is called "Journal 1").

Day 11/12 (6/7 September): Continue reading //Antigone//, and specifically of the rhetorical strategies used therein.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">(B,D) Class: For Day 11, look over Creon's speech (pp. 67-68, ln. 179-235) and identify as many rhetorical strategies as you can. Post the results of your finding on this site under the journals tab (this assignment is called "Journal 1").

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Day 13/14 (8/9 September): Continue reading //Antigone//, discuss upcoming presentations and creative assignments. I am assigning the creative piece today, which is due in approximately two weeks. I'm posting it under the tab on this site marked "Antigone." It will be greaded according to the World Literature rubric, which you will find on this site under the tab "IB Docs, Rubrics and Resources." More on the presentations to come.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Day 15/16 (10/13 September): //Antigone//. I'll also be going over the presentation assignments today, which is also posted on the wikispace. The creative piece will be due before the October Break (which is soon!) and we will begin the presentations when we get back.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Day 17/18 (14/15 September): //Antigone//. We should get through the Haemon sequence today. Students need to give me both a general idea as to what will be the nature of their creative pieces, and tell me what they will be presenting on.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Day 19/20 (16/17 September): //Antigone//. Students who have not yet given me topics for their presentations and/or proposals for their creative pieces MUST do so today.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Day 21/22 (20/21 September): FINISH ANTIGONE, finalize presentation topics and (if you haven't done so yet) the topics of your creative pieces. Here's my (semi-) finalized list:

DAY 23 (22 SEPTEMBER): National Holiday. Eat your moon cakes!

Day 24/25 (23/24 September): //Antigone// wrap-up, review of the Formal Writing Requirements.

Day 26/27 (27/28 September): //Antigone// World Lit 2 questions/workshop. Introduction to //The Handmaid's Tale//. For next class: 1. Read ch. 1-8 of The Handmaid's Tale. 2. // ANTIGONE // CREATIVE PIECE DUE NEXT TIME!!! Do not forget to use the SCIS Formal Writing Requirements, available above.

Day 28/29 (29/30 September): Peer assessment AND SUBMISSION of //Antigone// creative pieces. Continued discussion of //The Handmaid's Tale//. Over the holiday read Atwood through page 156.

OCTOBER 1-5: NATIONAL HOLIDAY -- NO SCHOOL.

Day 30/31 (6/7 October): Discussion of dystopian literature, and of //The Handmaid's Tale//. Go over corrections of //Antigone// creative assignments.

Day 32/33 (8/11 October): ANTIGONE PRESENTATIONS (assignment posted above). These will be assessed according to the English A1SL Oral rubric, which can be found on this site under the heading "IB Docs, Rubrics and Resources." The schedule (determined randomly last class by drawing names out of a hat) will be as follows:

1(A,C) -- Friday, 8 October:
 * 1) Jackline
 * 2) Agnes
 * 3) Irene
 * 4) Brian
 * 5) Yun Soo
 * 6) Carla
 * 7) Christina

1(B,D) -- Monday, 11 October
 * 1) Sandra
 * 2) Allen
 * 3) Anant and Erik J.
 * 4) Ji-Won
 * 5) Michael
 * 6) Erik L.
 * 7) Justin and Jake
 * 8) Bo Min
 * 9) David
 * 10) Paolo

I won't be accepting excuses for lateness: come prepared! I will have adaptors for both old and new Mac Books for your visual aids.

Day 34-37 (12-15 October): Continue discussion of //The Handmaid's Tale// -- you should have basically finished the book at this point.

Day 37 (15 October): LAST DAY OF THE QUARTER -- GRADES AND COMMENTS DUE.

Excuse my lack of presence on this site over the course of the last quarter. For now, here are some practice questions for the semester exam. I will have your grades figured by the end of the week. If I don't get the chance to update again, have a great holiday! Masoni