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Y11 IB English Language and Literature

 

On the 15th of May the students of 11 IB English A Language and Literature, were involved in a group activity, exploring slavery and racism. The students created a short act-out to demonstrate the importance of stage directions when organising actors and the story line. The act outs were made up by the students, they were given 20 minutes to create the material and set the task up. Students were highly collaborative and the final presentation of the task was very engaging and of high quality. Well done to all members of the class.

 

Exploring concepts such as slavery 

Students were asked to think about racism and research the definition of slavery. When was slavery abolished? And when was the entire legislation reviewed and amended. Jim Crow laws that enforce racial segregation, loan sharks and slavery, criminal slavery, adoptive slavery.

  • Students split up in groups and brainstormed, 'How does slavery still occur? 
  • Students were asked to turn those ideas into a sketch with stage directions.
  • Students acted it out in front of the class.
  • Students realised how important stage directions and the significant role they play in the organisation of a play.

 

 

 

 

Theory of Knowledge Exhibitions

 

On the 12th of June the year 11 IB class presented their mini Theory of Knowledge exhibitions to a variety of audiences including the acting principal Mr Noble, Mrs Whiteman, Mr De Kretser, Ms Trinh, Ms Cueva, Mr Henderson and Ms Eeckhoudt. Ms Flessa had set up the task and we arranged the room to accommodate the exhibition. Each student chose an item of personal significance to present and link to a knowledge question. This was a new and insightful experience for all students and everyone gained confidence in public speaking. It was interesting to see how the audience perceived and interpreted our items and knowledge questions.

 

Some questions posed by the audience were “How does the development of knowledge affect its rejection or acceptance by certain cultures?”

 

Warm regards,

Ulyana, Thaya and Ms Flessa