2. Think Globally; Act Locally; Expand Personally

3. Page 2 Mission The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect. To this end the organization works with schools, governments and international organizations to develop challenging programmes of international education and rigorous assessment. These programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right. The IB is a non-profit making Swiss Foundation registered in 1968. The activities of the organization are determined by an Act of Foundation approved by the Swiss authorities. Motivated by a mission We aim to create a better world through education Partnerships We achieve our goals by working together Quality We value our reputation for high standards Participation We actively involve our stakeholders International mindedness We embrace diversity Legal status Core values

4. Page 3 The attributes of the learner profile express the values inherent to the IB continuum of international education: these are values that should infuse all elements of the three programmes and, therefore, the culture and ethos of all IB World Schools. IB programmes promote the education of the whole person, emphasizing intellectual, personal, emotional and social growth through all domains of knowledge. IB learners strive to be: Inquirers Knowledgeable Thinkers Communicators Principled Open-minded Caring Risk-takers Balanced Reflective

5. Page 4 IB mission statement MYPDP Introduced in 1997 For ages 3-12 Schools must offer the PYP as an inclusive programme for all students Introduced in 1994 for ages 11-16 Schools are strongly encouraged to implement the MYP as an inclusive programme for all students Introduced in 1969 for ages 16-19 Schools may implement the DP as an inclusive programme for all students or identified students The IB continuum inception PYP MYPDP Programme standards and practices IB learner profile

6. The MYP is:  for students aged 11 to 16  a framework of academic challenge  8 subject groups, plus personal project in the final year  taught in any language The MYP encourages students to:  understand the connections between subjects through interdisciplinary learning  understand the connections between subjects and the real world  become critical and reflective thinkers DP Diploma Program The IB Diploma Programme is designed as an academically challenging and balanced programme of education with final examinations that prepares students, normally aged 16 – 19, for success at university and life beyond Students will take courses in each of the 6 subject areas and Theory of Knowledge Service to the community Extended Essay

8. Individual ClassesDiploma Program  Classes from 6 subjects at-will +/or TOK  Students who pass earn a certificate and minimal college credit (usually) All of the following requirements must be met:  All 6 subjects pursued with coordinating assessments (internal and external)  2 year program @ ACHS  TOK (1 st block only!)  EE (4000 words)  CAS (Creativity Action Service)

9. “One of the most effective an humanizing ways that people of different cultures can have access to each other’s experiences and concerns is through works of literary merit” (Salma Jayyusi).

10. Students will develop:  an ability to engage in independent literary criticism in a manner which reveals a personal response to literature  an ability to express ideas with clarity, coherence, conciseness, precision and fluency in both written and oral communication  a command of the language appropriate for the study of literature and a discriminating appreciation of the need for an effective choice of register and style in both written and oral communication  a sound approach to literature through consideration of the works studied  a thorough knowledge both of the individual works studied and of the relationships between groups of works studied  an appreciation of the similarities and differences between literary works from different ages and/or cultures  an ability to engage in independent textual commentary on both familiar and unfamiliar pieces of writing  a wide-ranging appreciation of structure, technique and style as employed by authors, and of their effects on the reader  an ability to structure ideas and arguments, both orally and in writing, in a logical, sustained and persuasive way, and to support them with precise and relevant examples.

11. Year 1 TextsYear 2 Texts  Albert Camus The Stranger  Yann Martel Life of Pi  Tim O’Brien The Things They Carried  Lisa See Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Kitchen Banana Yoshimoto  Like Water for Chocolate Laura Esquivel  Women of Sand and Myrrh Hanan Al-Shaykh  2.1 Drama -- Hamlet by William Shakespeare  2.2 Poetry -- Selected poems by Walt Whitman and Langston Hughes  2.3 Prose (The Novel and Short Story) -- The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood  2.4 Prose (Other than the Novel and Short Story) –Essays by: King and Orwell  Lysistrata Aristophanes (PWL)  The Imporance of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde (PBL)  Heidi Chronicles Wendy Wasserstein  Master Harold and the Boys Athol Fugard

12. External Assessment (70%) Internal Assessment (30%) External Paper Component 50%  2 papers  Written in exam mode World Literature Assignments 20%  2 papers  Written through course Oral Component 30%  Individual Oral Presentation  Individual Oral Commentary

13. Year 1Year 2  IOP (ongoing throughout semester 1)  World Lit Paper 2 assigned beginning of Spring 2010 semester  World Lit Paper 1 assigned end of Spring 2010 semester, with revisions over summer, completed paper due early Fall 2010 semester  Individual Oral Commentary to be administered end of Fall 2010/beginning of Spring 2011  External paper 1 (commentary) and 2 (essay)

14.  Always turn in only your best work. And make sure you review and edit everything beforehand.  Do your best and stay on top of you work  Always do your best and ask for help.  Stay caught up with the reading and always try to participate in class conversations.  DO YOUR HOMEWORK (otherwise you’ll fall behind)  Be creative.  If you are overwhelmed, don’t be afraid to ask for help.  Always work your hardest, and stay caught up in class.  If you happen to face a really hard situation during the school year and feel like it’s the end, don’t let it get to you because deep inside you know that you can overcome any obstacle and succeed just like you had in mind. So don’t let anything stop you from getting to where you want to go and believe in yourself because if you don’t who will.  Once you get to a point where you feel comfortable with your knowledge and work HELP OTHERS!! PAY IT FORWARD!:)

15.  The best advices is simply live, listen, learn and progress.  That’s not really the best advice, good advice is to just try your hardest no matter what. DO NOT GIVE UP!!!!  That wasn’t that great either, just live and know that just DOING the work will get you an A in any class.