DP 1 Blogs (February 10 to 20, 2020) Group 1 English language & literature The previous few classes in language and literature, were primarily spent nurturing our understanding of graphic novels and visual media, aided with the assistance of in-class deconstruction and analysis of strips illustrated by our peers. We addressed each one through the lens of …
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Subject Entries Week ending 7th February 2020 Language & Literature We analysed comic strips created by our peers as part of our formative assessment. We identified the various structural and stylistic conventions of a graphic novel used by the author, examined their effect on the reader and explained how they contribute to the development …
Blogs DP 1 A & B Week ending 9th November 2019 Group 1 Language & Literature We continued our discussion of Arthur Miller’s play, ‘The Crucible’, and the global issues highlighted in the text. We tried delineating extracts and pairing them up with relevant non-literary texts of various types for our Individual Oral Assessment. …
Subject Entries Week ending November 22’19 English Language & Literature- During the last week, we have been planning our Individual Oral Commentaries in which we compare and contrast the way a global issue has been highlighted in a literary and non-literary text, such as speeches, political cartoons and editorials. We have finalised our extracts and …
Subject Entries Week ending 4th October 2019 Group 1 Language & Literature This week in Language and Literature students were familiarized with the assessment criteria for their Individual Oral: an externally moderated assessment in which they will have to compare and contrast two extracts: one selected from a literary text and the other from a non literary …
Subject Entries Week ending (27.09.2019) Group 1 Language & Literature Aranyani Swami In order to prepare for our formative on textual analysis, we looked at blogs that conform to and deviate from the conventions of this text type. We discussed how relatable themes aid in strengthening the reader’s interest in the author and his …
Subject Entries (Week ending 13.09.19) Group 1 Language & Literature This week in Language and Literature we learnt to analyze two text types – advertisements and blogs. As a starter activity we reflected on the nature of beauty – particularly physical beauty concluding that beauty is a social construct. (There is no single objective definition of …
Subject Entries (Week ending 16.08.19) Group 1 Language & Literature: Students of Language and Literature watched a Ted talk by Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie titled ‘The Danger of a Single Story’. The author spoke about the danger of having a single perspective on a group of people or an issue which lead to harmful stereotypes that erode …
DP 1BAugust (Week ending 16.08.19) Subjects Group 1: Studies in Language and Literature English SL – We started the year with an overview of the Language and Literature SL curriculum and the new assessment pattern. With the help of a PPT, we gained an understanding of the areas of exploration, global issues and the concepts …
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