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English HL1 IB 1,2 (HP) (1735, 1736) - SITE ADOPTED COURSE - | |||
| Approved Site(s): | |
| Approved for Mission Bay and San Diego International Studies High Schools. This course is specific to the schools’ International Baccalaureate magnet programs and is not available to other sites. | |
| Grade Range: | |
| 11 | |
| Prerequisites: | |
| None | |
| Course duration: | |
| Two semesters | |
| Subject area in which graduation credit will be given: | |
| English Language Arts; weighted | |
| UC subject area satisfied: | |
| b - English | |
| Notes: | |
| This course fulfills the Group 1 (Language A) requirement for the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma. | |
| Course Description: | |
| This course comprises the first year of a two-year course in written and oral language that has literature as its focus of study. It prepares students for the International Baccalaureate (IB) Higher Level (HL) Language A: Literature exam.
In this first year of study, students concentrate on literary works in translation. They consider the role of culture and context in making sense of a work and through close reading of a variety of texts come to understand the extent to which literary works are a product of time and place. | |
| State Course Code(s): | |
| 9116 - International Baccalaureate (IB) Language A: Language and Literature (English) | |
| Basic Texts and Teaching Guides: | |
| Texts for this course are prescribed by the International Baccalaureate Organization and site-selected from an IBO list of specified works and authors. | |