Course outline
The following course outline has been created both as an example of how one can navigate the Language and Literature course and as a guide for Mr. Philpot's Language and Literature students. You can find out more about the units of inquiry and featured text types by clicking on the links and exploring the corresponding pages on this Support Site. Note: Units with an asterisk (*) include a collection of non-literary bodies of work (BOWs), short stories, poems and song lyrics.
Year 1
Dates | Unit of inquiry | Literary works, non-literary bodies of work (BOWs) and curated collections | Assessment |
---|---|---|---|
12 Aug. - 25 Sep. | Intro to 'lang and lit' Identity, privilege and race |
13th (documentary) Lynchings (misc) Langston Hughes (poetry) Gordon Parks (photography) Key and Peele (comedy sketches) |
HL Essay |
28 Sep. - 16 Nov. | Beauty and perspective | The Bluest Eye (novel) Grace Nichols (poems) Dove Campaign (advertisements) Funmi Fetto (opinion columns) Aunt Jemima (advertisements) |
Individual oral |
23 Nov. - 18 Jan. | Conflict and transformation | Waltz with Bashir (animation) Persepolis (graphic novel) Understanding comics |
Paper 2 |
27 Jan. - 8 Mar. | Oppression and culture | The Land of Green Plums | Paper 2 |
15 Mar. - 3 May | Gender and representation | Killing Us Softly (speech) Liza Donnelly (cartoons) The Mask You Live In (documentary) Muscle car ads (advertisements) Carol Ann Duffy (poems) | Paper 1 |
10 May - 14 Jun. | Sharing the planet | Ben & Jerry's (advertisements) Misc. speeches Ugur Gallenkus (art) Kate Tempest (poetry) Inconvenient Truth (documentary) |
Paper 1 |
Year 2
Month | Units of inquiry | Literary works, non-literary bodies of work (BOWs) and curated collections | Assessment |
---|---|---|---|
12 Aug. - 25 Sep. | Equality and transformation | White Tiger (novel) Parasite (feature film) Bob Dylan (song lyrics) Banksy (street art) Ugur Gallenkus (photographs) |
HL Essay |
27 Sep. - 16 Nov. | Power and Justice | Othello (Play) Hamilton (Musical) |
Paper 2 |
23 Nov. - 18 Jan. | Human ingenuity and creativity | Black Mirror (TV Series) Friday Black (short stories) American Meme (Documentary) |
Paper 1 |
27 Jan. - 8 Mar. | Immigration and experience | Unwanted (graphic journalism) Amnesty International (advertisements) Various cartoons Immigration nation (documentary) |
HL Essay Individual oral |
15 Mar. - 3 May | Exam preparation | ||
May | Exams |
Last modified: Wednesday, 2 December 2020, 10:39 AM