Individual Oral Presentation
Part 4: Options
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Goal
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of at least
one Part 4 work
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Process
 Student chooses a topic and the IB has provided three
options
 Student undertakes self-chosen task
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Assessment
Oral presentation in front of class
Look at assessment criteria
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Part IV Overview:
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Freedom to choose texts
Work in translation optional
Three works SL/HL
Any combination of texts may be chosen
Focus:
 national/local requirements
 a particular genre, period, or region
 Literary merit should be chosen
 Three printed works (or their equivalent)? must be
studied
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Develop students’ ability to:
 Acquire knowledge and understanding
 Present an individual, independent response
 Develop presentation skills:
 powers of expression through oral presentation
 interact/hold attention of an audience
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Option 1:
Prose other than fiction:
 Examples of genres:
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Travel writing
Autobiography
Letters
Essays
Speeches
More contemporary experiments in “creative non-fiction”
examples?
 Various forms of student writing.
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Option 1: cont’d
Students will:
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Study form and content
Grasp literary techniques for personal writing
Explore these forms through personal writing
Understand conventions
Acquire detailed understanding of effective authorial
choices in these forms
 Ex. Use a critique of their own writing as the basis
for their oral presentation ??? (ask participants
how they think it means)
 Provide sample??
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Option 2: New Textualities
Rapidly Evolving Text Forms:
• Graphic novels (ex. Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi)
• Hypertext narratives (Shelly Jackson, Michael
Joyce, etc.)
• Fan fiction
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Option 2: cont’d
 Original texts, not adaptations of previous literary
texts
 Evidence of aesthetic/ intellectual merit
 Appreciation of new textualities within a critical
framework
 Explore their relation to conventional written texts
 Relevance of these forms to the larger context of
changing modes of literacy ??? (How is reading
changing? How do the kids read in your school)?
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Option 3: Literature and Film
 Three works at the centre of this study must be printed
works
 Adaptation, remediation,??? (rephrase in Option 3)
comparative narrative strategies, or the skills of reading
and viewing??? (write this in a way that works for me—
from option 3)
 This is NOT a media study unit
 Appreciation of how literature and film work in their
respective ways???
 Merges students’ often uncritical experience of film and
TV with a deeper reflection
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Option 3: cont’d
Students will develop the ability to:
• Compare films and their literary roots from a
literary perspective
• Analyse the reasons for the choices made when
adapting a film from a literary work
• Acquire an understanding of how characters evolve
in a specific time and space
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Option 3: cont’d
Students will develop the ability to:
• Understand the use of symbolism and how it can
be translated from one medium to another
• Understand and evaluate the importance of
elements such as music, sound, and inserts in
films
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Activity:
What works would you select for Part IV given the
three available options?
1. Your own option:
2. Option 1:
3. Option 2:
4. Option 3:
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Individual Oral Presentation (IOP):
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Oral presentation to the class
15 minutes with discussion: Be adamant!
Adapt register to the task and audience
Familiarize students with rubric beforehand
Internally assessed/IB moderated
Presentation recordings not sent to the IB.
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Creative IOP
 Students who do a creative piece must write / submit
a rationale for what they’ve done, and why. (p. 63,
Guide) (AV--the guide does not say “in writing”—
NEED TO ASK/EMAIL IB)
 Students encouraged to do comparative study
 Suggested activities p 63
 Suggested texts – shared area
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Individual Oral Presentation (IOP):
 Assessment:
 Criteria similar at SL and HL.
 3 criteria; 10 points each
 Compare/contrast SL/HL criteria (66-67; 75-76)
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Activity: Create Oral Presentation
Groups of four:
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Choose an Topic either from the options or from your own.
Write list of titles for Part IV
Proposal/outline for a Part IV presentation
Structure your presentation
Sample Outlines on pages 59-64 of the workbook
Share presentation ideas
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