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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 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:
 American Literature - 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.

 ELA-110