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Sequoia High SchoolA California Distinguished High School1201 BREWSTER AVENUEREDWOOD CITY, CA 96062-1378(650) 367-9780 Fax (650) 368-5180International Baccalaureate English Year 1 Summer ReadingDear English IBY1 Students:We are excited to start a challenging and fulfilling year of reading, writing, and thinking with you. In, we will be working within order to explore how concerns relevant to your lives connect to the literature that youread.We are going to have a, so it is essential that you come to class in Augusthaving thought about and considered the multiple types of texts that you will examine in Official IBAssignments.Below you will find the assignment,Your specificsummer reading assignment.will specify on which electronic platform you will turn in your.This assignment is designed to prepare you for the focuses of the IB English course as well asprepare you for the Individual Oral Exam, which will be your first official IB Assessment.1) Choose a book that you read this past school year, e.g. A Raisin in the Sunor When the Emperor was Divine.2) Think aboutthat connects to or is relevant tothe literary text that you chose. The broader topics are frameworks.Please, choose your choose yourfrom thethem. Here are the choices. You are not limited to these options:3)
4)3) After you decide which of the aboveapply to the text thatyou chose, then select ONE from the two different types of media (outlinedbelow) that explore the sameThis needs to be a non-literarytext that you have NOT yet studied or examined in class.a. You are going to decide between aor aChoose ONEWe have suggested some sources, but feel free to expand your search beyond the siteslisted below:A. Political Cartoon1 – visual media, use of color, shadows, size of objects andcharacters), words, if any.B. TEDtalk2 – visual/auditory media, use of speaking, watching, listening, andcomprehension.Watch a few videos here – https://www.ted.com/talks4) After you have your Literary Text (A Raisin in the Sun or When the Emperorwas Divine.) and your Non-Literary Text (TEDtalks/Speeches or PoliticalCartoons), fill out the worksheet below. The “product” of your assignment (to be turnedin) consists of your worksheet responses. The questions below are for your viewing ONLY.Please, make sure to simply create your OWN document and number the questions with theappropriate responses. DO NOT REWRITE QUESTIONS. WE ONLY WANT RESPONSES.1
:: TEDtalk or Political CartoonPlease answer the following questions as they relate to BOTH the literary and non-literary textsthat you’ve chosen.:or: Answer in a full, paragraph formSummarize the content of this literary text (1)).Answer in a full, paragraph formthat you have chosen?2)a.What is theHow?or:3.Answer in a full, paragraph formSummarize the context: What is it about? Who is the target audience? What is the goal ofyour text?4.a.b.5.a.b.6.orAnswer in a full, paragraph formSo, it is likely that this Global Issue has been debated/ discussed in the media. Whatare some of the main arguments regardingthat you have heard?What does this text add to the discussion about/conversation surrounding? Does it add a new opinion or angle? Reinforce an idea? Call somethinginto question?Answer in a full, paragraph formWhat are the main elements of rhetoric3, structure, and/or style that are mostsubstantially at work in this text?With what effect or result?Answer in a full, paragraph form(a) What is your personal response to the text, both in terms of its content and itseffectiveness? What did it make you think about or question? Did it reinforce orchallenge any of your opinions or beliefs?and3 Thisincludes aspects such as tone, diction, syntax, organization, metaphors, rhetorical questions,any visual, auditory imagery, audience appeals: pathos, logos, ethos
7.: Answer in a full, paragraph formWhat are differences and similarities between how both non-literary text and theliterary text examine the Global Issue?8.9.a.b.a.Answer in a full, paragraph formWhat are the authors’ goals forandIn what ways are these goals similar; in what ways are they different?Answer in a full, paragraph formWhat is your personal response to both texts, with respect to their content andeffectiveness? What did they make you think about or question? Did they reinforceor challenge any of your opinions or beliefs?
Section Two: A Text You Have NOT Readchapter from Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club)(aWrite some exampleshere:1)Either the short story Kate Chopin’s “Desiree’s Baby” or “Two Kinds” (achapter from Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club)2) Think about Think aboutthat connects to or is relevantto the literary text that you chose. The broader topics are frameworks. Please,choose yourfrom thethem.Here are the choices. You are not limited to these options:3) Search athatdeals with the same Global Issue, which you selected for your ShortStory. Here are some examples:Newsmagazines/ Newspapers – written, journalism. Choose at least one editorial column oropinion piece (not a generic news article).4) After you have your Literary Text, either Kate Chopin’s “Desiree’s Baby” or“Two Kinds” and your Non-Literary Text (News Article), fill out the worksheetbelow. The questions below are for your viewing ONLY. Please, make sure to simplycreate your OWN document and number the questions with the appropriate responses.DO NOT REWRITE QUESTIONS. WE ONLY WANT RESPONSES.
Your Name:Text title:LINK TO YOUR PRECISE TEXT:Text type/genre: TEDtalk or Political CartoonText author:Text date (of publication):Please answer the following questions as they relate to BOTH the literary and non-literary textsthat you’ve chosen.Literary Text: Kate Chopin’s “Desiree’s Baby” or “Two1): Answer in a full, paragraph formSummarize the content of this literary text (Kinds”).c.What is theAnswer in a full, paragraph formthat you have chosen?How?orNon-literary Text:3.Answer in a full, paragraph formSummarize the context: What is it about? Who is the target audience? What is the goal ofyour text?4.a.b.5.a.b.6.a.Answer in a full, paragraph formSo, it is likely that this Global Issue has been debated/ discussed in the media. Whatare some of the main arguments regardingthat you have heard?What does this text add to the discussion about/conversation surrounding? Does it add a new opinion or angle? Reinforce an idea? Call somethinginto question?: Answer in a full, paragraph formWhat are the main elementssubstantially at work in this text?To what end?, and/or style that are mostAnswer in a full, paragraph formWhat is your personal response to the text, both in terms of its content and itseffectiveness? What did it make you think about or question? Did it reinforce orchallenge any of your opinions or beliefs?Literary and Non-literary Text TOGETHER:7.: Answer in a full, paragraph formWhat are differences and similarities between how both non-literary text and theThis includes aspects such as tone, diction, syntax, organization, metaphors, rhetorical questions,any visual, auditory imagery, audience appeals: pathos, logos, ethos4
literary text examine the Global Issue?a.b.b.Answer in a full, paragraph formWhat are the authors’ goals forandIn what ways are these goals similar; in what ways are they different?Answer in a full, paragraph formWhat is your personal response to both texts, with respect to their content andeffectiveness? What did they make you think about or question? Did they reinforceor challenge any of your opinions or beliefs?. Feel free to email any of theteachers below with questions, but please do so by or before.
chapter from Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club) Write some examples here: 1) Either the short story Kate Chopin’s “Desiree’s Baby” or “Two Kinds” (a chapter from Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club) 2) Think about Think about that connects to or is relevant to the literary text t
