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Final Written Assignment, Part 1, Translations, Literary Analysis on One Work
DP Language A, Juniors Spring 2014
Homework and Deadlines
May 1-Homework
1. Read articles and critical reviews on the books and decide on possible analysis topics
2. Decide on the novel you will write about; review your supervised write topics.
3. List your narrowed choice of topic
a. Select your central idea (this takes the place of a prompt given by the teacher)
i. This needs to be an outgrowth of your Supervised Write
b. Begin to select the big method you will use to support your idea
c. Decide on a possible thematic purpose
4. DUE-May 5th (If you are absent, you must submit this to ManageBac by 5:00 pm)
a. Working thesis (idea method purpose) -10 points
LMC Day- May 5th -Daily Points 10
5. Bring your book and any articles that you have used
6. Begin MLA Outlinea. Full sentence thesis
b. Full sentence topic sentences
i. Chunks-2-3 ideas to support your topic and thesis
ii. Quotes (IB prefers a number of short quotes versus 2 or 3 long ones)
iii. Bulleted ideas of analysis and connection (CM’s)
7. DUE at the end of the period (this will be a teacher check point-20 points)
a. Working Thesis and topic sentences
b. Quotes for the first two paragraphs
Homework:
MLA outline (4 pages), thesis, topic sentences, quotes, analysis ideas etc.
Due Dates: All of the following must be typed!
Due May 7th - Formal Outline including Thesis Statement, full sentence topic sentences, and MLA
formatted quotes (20 points) I will check these for organization and support and return them on
Friday May 9th.
Vocab. Quiz 18-20 today!
LMC Work Day May 9th-Begin working on your rough draft
Bring in your books, (I will hand back your outline,) and rough draft if started
You will have work time, and I will consult with you as you work
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May 13th-Polished 1st Draft (this is the only paper I can give feedback on, so make it as good as
possible) Bring a hard copy to class and submit one to Turnitin. The final will be sent directly to IB
without further teacher guidance. (25 points)
May 19th - I will return your paper with comments and suggestions for improvement.
May 28-Final Paper due on your final exam day and will be worth 20 points on your final.
5 point deductions will be made for the following, if missing or incorrect:
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Title page
Works cited
Word count
Header
Minimum number of quotes and parenthetical citations
Stage Four: Production of the Written Assignment
Working from the supervised writing, the student must now produce an essay of 1200-1500 words.
There are TWO STEPS here:
STEP ONE - Optimally, the teacher should have a conference with each student about his/her ideas
for an essay which are shown to be derived from one of the pieces of supervised writing. There
should be some form of communication about these ideas.
STEP TWO - The teacher needs to be involved is in looking at a first draft and providing a written
response (oral if preferred), making some general comments on the potential of the draft to
eventuate in a final essay. However this step does not involve re-shaping the essay for the student, or
editing it.
The students have completed three pieces of supervised writing and their essay topic must be
generated by one of them. The link between the final choice of title and the supervised writing does
not have to be direct, but there must be a recognizable germ of an idea that can be tracked.
When students are deciding on which work to write (and hence which piece of supervised writing to
use as a starting point), it is not the quality of the supervised writing that counts, but the link with the
essay.
Teachers must play a key role in helping the student to develop from the supervised writing a tightly
focused title for the essay. The examples below demonstrate how prompts for the supervised writing
can lead to a precise title for the essay.
Supervised writing prompts and essay titles
Prompt: In what ways are the voices of history and tradition present in the work?
Work: God’s Bits of Wood by Sembène Ousmane
Essay title: Age and wisdom: The significance of Ramatoulaye in God’s Bits of Wood
Prompt: To what extent is the natural landscape important for the impact of the work?
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Work: The Sorrow of War by Bao Ninh
Essay title: How the landscape affects the outcome for Kien in The Sorrow of War
Prompt: How does the writer convey a sense of time passing in the work?
Work: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Essay title: The significance of time for Shukhov in One day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Prompt: How are different voices used to express thoughts and feelings? What effect do these have
on your responses to the poems?
Work: Selected poems of Derek Walcott
Essay title: Allegiance and identity in the poems of Derek Walcott
Prompt: In what ways is memory important in the work?
Work: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Essay title: The significance of memory for Jane in Jane Eyre
Prompt: How do external and internal structures work together?
Work: Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
Essay title: Conveying a sense of purpose in Waiting for Godot
Stage 4: Production of the essay: The teacher’s role
The teacher should assist the student to develop a suitably challenging topic that will allow him or her
to show insight into the work chosen for the assignment.
Teachers are encouraged to comment on the first draft, either orally or through notes on a separate
sheet of paper. However, they may not annotate the essay nor assist with subsequent drafts.
Presentation
The essay should be a formal piece of writing with a title and a developed argument. The main
references are likely to be to the literary work chosen for the essay. It is essential that a recognized
reference system is used consistently throughout and that the bibliography includes the full
provenance of the work used, including the edition. Secondary sources may be used, although they
are not essential, and they must also be referenced using the same system and included in the
bibliography.
1,200-1,500 words (Quotations are included in the word count, but footnotes and
bibliographies are not to be included.)
If the word limit is exceeded, the assessment of the reflective statement will be based on the first 400
words and the assessment of the essay on the first 1,500 words.
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(Sample Title Page)
Evaluating Biographies of Eleanor Roosevelt
Student Name
DYP Language A, English III
Written Assignment, Part I
Word Count
May 1, 2014
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Title Centered Not Bold or Underlined (3 inches down)
Indent first paragraph and begin your paper with a single double-space. You do not need
another heading since you have a cover page. Include your yellow checklist-with your final. Do
all the steps and check them off before you turn it in.
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IB English A1 Literary Analysis Papers
Final Checklist
Please check these off and turn in with your rough draft!
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 Reread the paper for obvious errors in language or organization. Check spelling and
punctuation in particular. Slowly read your paper aloud.
 Check to make sure you have used parenthetical notes for page references and have
punctuated these correctly using MLA format.
 Be sure you have a proper cover page and works cited page. If you have used other
sources, including the internet, you will need a Bibliography. (See attached)
 Be sure you have cited all sources consulted and/or used. Otherwise you are guilty of
plagiarism. Also, do not ask anyone else to correct your paper for you. This is illegal.
 Make sure you have a proper title. Don’t make it too long, but be specific.
 Make sure you mention the titles and authors of works in your opening.
 Remember to italicize titles of full-length texts and use quotation marks for short
works. Leave your own title alone.
 Check the work count. Papers must be between 1000 & 1500 words long. Quotations
from works are included in the word count but footnotes and bibliographies are not.
 Shorter or longer papers will be severely penalized. Please type the word
count at the end of the paper and on the cover page.
 Number all pages except the cover page. Your last name should appear in
the header on every page.
Good luck!
Adapted from PDVK (UNIS NY training 2005)
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Sample Outline
Ms. Gregory
DYP English III
16 April 2008
Prompt: ________________________________________________________________________
Part I Written Assignment Outline
I. Intro Paragraph
A. Introduction of Feodor Dostoevsky and Albert Camus, as well as the two novels, Crime
and Punishment and The Stranger.
B. Thesis: Whereas Dostoevsky perceives faith as the impetus in one's life, Camus perceives
human life as unaffected by faith, yet both authors utilize their novel's characters as a tool to
showcase their contrasting viewpoints on the theme of redemption and the quality of one's life
through faith.
II. Paragraph 1
Topic Sentence: Both authors utilize non-religious protagonists that are offered the chance to
accept religion, to exemplify their view on faith's role, or lack of faith, on the outcome of the
characters lives.
A. In Crime and Punishment, Raskolnikov accepts religion and is redeemed and reborn.
Supports Dostoevsky's viewpoint of redemption through faith.
1.
Quote: “[…] what unbearable sufferings […] those years would hold. But he was
restored to life and he knew it and felt it to the full [of] his renewed being”
(Dostoevsky 464)
2.
Analysis statement
B. In The Stranger, Meursault does not accept religion. Meursault believes it makes no
influence on the outcome of one's life.
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1. For example, the prisoners accept religion, yet this does not change the outcome of
their lives since they are still executed.
2. Quote: “[…] what did [the priest’s] God […] or the fate they think they elect matter to
me when we’re all elected by the same fate” (Camus 121).
III. Paragraph 2
Topic Sentence: Dostoevsky and Camus both employ mother characters to show how their
faith, or lack of, influences the lives of their sons.
A. In Crime and Punishment, Raskolnikov's mother is religious. She acts as a spiritual
encourager for Raskolnikov. Seeing as Raskolnikov later converts religiously, the mother has
a meaningful existence since she helped redeem someone.
1. Quote: “Do you pray to God, Rodya, as you used to do, and do you believe in the mercy
of our Creator and Redeemer? […] I will pray for you” (Dostoevsky 33).
2. Analysis of quote
B. In The Stranger, the mother shows no religious affiliation. Lack of religion has no affect
on Meursault's life. Meursault is still able to live a meaningful life in his abilities in work,
and is still able to be redeemed through acceptance of himself and his actions.
1. Quote: “[…] Maman had never given a thought to religion” (Camus 6).
2. Analysis of quote
(CONTINUE WITH EACH BODY PARAGRAPH)
V. Concluding Paragraph
Opening Sentence: In conclusion, both authors utilize their novel’s characters to showcase their
viewpoint on the redemption and quality of one's existence through faith.