Most people are almost up to date with work. If you think you've fallen behind or forgotten to submit pieces, there is a list of overdue work below. Any pieces you still have to submit, must be submitted on the first day back after midterm.
Two articles from the list of seven below (you must do the 'looking back on your years in education' one, and then choose any other one).
The list:
1. Write a feature article for a newspaper or magazine on the role played by memory and the past in our lives. (2012)
2. Write a light-hearted and entertaining article, intended for publication in a magazine aimed at
young people, in response to the phrase, “… all the time in the world”. (2012)
3. Write an article for a popular magazine in which you outline your views about the impact of technology on the lives of young people. (2011)
4. Write an article for a popular magazine (serious and/or light-hearted) on being a good neighbour. (2010)
5. Write an article for a school magazine (serious and/or light-hearted) about your experience of education over the last number of years. (2009)
6. Write an article for a popular magazine (serious and/or light-hearted) in which you give advice to adults on how to help teenagers cope with the ‘storm and stress’ of adolescence. (2008)
7. Write an article for a school magazine in which you explore aspects of life that make you happy. (2008)
2 Comparative Questions:
1 on Cultural Context
“A reader can feel uncomfortable with the values and attitudes presented intexts.”
(a) Show how this statement might apply to one text on your comparative course.
(b) Compare the extent to which the values and attitudes that you encountered in two other texts made you feel uncomfortable.
1 on Theme
HL: 2011
"The study of a theme or issue can offer a reader valuable lessons and insights."
(a) Identify and discuss at least one valuable lesson or insight that you gained through the study of a theme or issue in one text on your comparative course. (30)
(b) Compare at least one valuable lesson or insight that you gained, from studying the same theme or issue (as discussed in (a) above), in two other texts on your comparative course.
The valuable lesson or insight may be the same, or different, to the one discussed in (a) above. (40)
Two articles from the list of seven below (you must do the 'looking back on your years in education' one, and then choose any other one).
The list:
1. Write a feature article for a newspaper or magazine on the role played by memory and the past in our lives. (2012)
2. Write a light-hearted and entertaining article, intended for publication in a magazine aimed at
young people, in response to the phrase, “… all the time in the world”. (2012)
3. Write an article for a popular magazine in which you outline your views about the impact of technology on the lives of young people. (2011)
4. Write an article for a popular magazine (serious and/or light-hearted) on being a good neighbour. (2010)
5. Write an article for a school magazine (serious and/or light-hearted) about your experience of education over the last number of years. (2009)
6. Write an article for a popular magazine (serious and/or light-hearted) in which you give advice to adults on how to help teenagers cope with the ‘storm and stress’ of adolescence. (2008)
7. Write an article for a school magazine in which you explore aspects of life that make you happy. (2008)
2 Comparative Questions:
1 on Cultural Context
“A reader can feel uncomfortable with the values and attitudes presented intexts.”
(a) Show how this statement might apply to one text on your comparative course.
(b) Compare the extent to which the values and attitudes that you encountered in two other texts made you feel uncomfortable.
1 on Theme
HL: 2011
"The study of a theme or issue can offer a reader valuable lessons and insights."
(a) Identify and discuss at least one valuable lesson or insight that you gained through the study of a theme or issue in one text on your comparative course. (30)
(b) Compare at least one valuable lesson or insight that you gained, from studying the same theme or issue (as discussed in (a) above), in two other texts on your comparative course.
The valuable lesson or insight may be the same, or different, to the one discussed in (a) above. (40)