1. American OIB section meeting
10th grade class
October 6, 2016.
Lycée International Nelson Mandela, Nantes.

2. History and Geography – Mr Tabary
Many IT-enhanced projects and tasks (Google Maps, Google Earth, My Place, …),
Numerous guest speakers discussing engaging topics such as urbanization in China, cross- cultural exchanges, death penalty, Protestantism…,
Seattle musical talents project with the music section of our school,

3. History and Geography – Mr Tabary
Outings (cinema, for instance: Free State of Jones, Oct, 17.),
Indigenize exhibition at “ Le Jardin des Plantes”,
And various projects depending on future opportunities!

4. OIB Language and Literature
International option
L/L syllabus:13 works
6 hours and a half per week
Includes:
Traditional study of literature (close reading, essay writing, commentary practice, debates, discussions, group/pair work, project-based pedagogy, oral practice, presentations,…)
Guest speakers, webinars, online creative competitions, projects involving American and French-speaking authors,…), New Zealand and American teaching assistants, British trainee…
But also flipped learning (when most appropriate),
And IT-enhanced classes.

5. Objective:
Combining ambitious lessons with 4 essential motivation factors
ICT:
collaboration,
content creation,
online publishing,
Engaging activities,
Authentic communication,
Learning with one’s peers AND experts.

6. 2019 OIB Exam
Oral Exam (30 minutes, coef. 4) Commentary on a passage from 1 of the in-depth works
In-depth works:
1. Shakespeare (either The Tempest or Othello)
The Great
Gatsby
3. Core
Poetry (Langston Hughes and Rita Dove)
Candidate leads (15 minutes)
Introduction:
-Situation + Thesis (2 min)
-Commentary (8 min)
-Links (5 min)
Examiner leads (15 minutes)
Questions on the theme and style on 4 to 6 works.
Written Exam (4 hours, coef. 5 ES & S, 6 L)
(One among the 3 following)
-2 essays (each essay contrasts at least 2 different works)
--> You need to know 6 works in great detail (aim of the author, major topics, ideas, structure, recurring motifs, stylistic devices, quotes...).
-1 essay +
-1 commentary (Mention at least 2 works in the essay)
-1 essay (Mention at least 2 works) + -creative writing task

7. 2 components: language….
Language: Mr Joigne
Grammar,
syntax,
wider range of vocabulary…
Developing the students’ writing
reading
And speaking skills,…

8. 2 components: language….
American Culture and
Citizenship,
American Show: March 2017.

9. … and literature Creative writing competition
Paper Planes Creative Writing Competition (Animal Circus by Alix et Mathieu (3rd 2015 Prize) and
Devour the pages by Charlotte (2nd 2016 Prize).

10. Cyane
Reading Cyane’s novel, Les Enfants de Calliope, about the environment,
Writing a summary of one chapter (group work),
Sharing it with a researcher, James McKay, University of Leeds, in order to help him work with Cyane (English version). Excerpts.
In short, being part of a research project at university level!

11. eTwinning project
eTwinning project involving 4 schools (British and American International Sections) with Chris Segond, Debra and Heather Bainbridge.
Building Bridges: From 3e Inter to 2nde OIB
In this project, four international sections will come together to build links. This project focuses on the difficult steps of transitioning from a 3e International Section (British, in our case) to a 2nde OIB section (one American, one British in this project). We will ask our students to talk about their fears and expectations, to give each other good advice for preparing for the 'next step', and discussing reading and the reading process, an essential part of the work we do in the section.

12. Literature in the making
Author partnership (8 so far)
Skype interviews and analysis of today’s literature!
All the links and slides 

13. Thank you very much for your attention and participation!
To learn more, you can visit the American section blog on elyco.
Or the school’s Facebook Page