New rules concerning Written Tasks

New rules concerning Written Tasks, based on IB guidelines.

1. A student's portfolio must contain at least one written task from each of the four parts of the course. 
2. Rationales and outlines must be written using Arial or Calibri 12 font (Helvetica 12 on Apple), and double-spaced.
3. Type 2 written tasks must be written using Arial or Calibri 12 font (Helvetica 12 on Apple), and double-spaced.
4. If a Type 1 written task is not formatted to resemble a specific text type, then it must be written using Arial or Calibri 12 font (Helvetica 12 on Apple), and double-spaced.
5. A Type 1 written task should be a single file, starting with the rationale, followed by the task, followed by the source list, if applicable, and then, if necessary, any attachments. 
6. A Type 2 written task should be a single file, starting with the outline, followed by the task, followed by the source list, if applicable, and then, if necessary, any attachments. 
7. The student's name must not appear anywhere on the written task.  

Shakespeare's Othello

On Monday, April 11, we will be starting our third and final work in Part 4, Critical Study, "Othello".  This will be one of the three works that you will have to prepare for your IOC on.  Remember, the IOC counts for 15% of your IB mark and 5% of your SE grade; it is an oral exam and there is no resit.

Click here to download the PDF file of the 6!!! (where are the other 2?) posters from the Shakespeare review.

Schedule to end of year

Below is the schedule to the end of the year:

Wk	Date	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
12	21-3-2016	SE Week
13	28-3-2016	Gender and Media	cont'd	cont'd	cont'd
14	4-4-2016	Barcelona
15	11-4-2016	Othello Act 1 Sc1-2	Act 1 Sc 3	Act 2 Sc1-2	Act 2 Sc3
16	18-4-2016	Project Week
17	25-4-2016	Vacation
18	2-5-2016
19	9-5-2016	Act 3 all	Act 4 Sc1	Act 4 Sc2	Act4 Sc3
20	16-5-2016	Whitsun	Act 5 Sc1	Act 5 Sc2	Followup
21	23-5-2016	Followup	Film Anal	Film Anal	Film Anal
22	30-5-2016	FOA A, B, C	FOA G, H	FOA J	FOA K
23	6-6-2016	FOA D, E, F	Infograph	Infograph	Infograph
24	13-6-2016	Infograph	IOC	IOC	IOC
25	20-6-2016	IOC	IOC	IOC	IOC
26	27-6-2016	SE Week

Win a prize for writing!

Are you thinking of studying law?  Would you like to see your article published in a University magazine?  Would you like to win a wireless speaker worth 219 Euro?  If your answer to any of these questions is "yes", then you should enter the writing contest of the University of Amsterdam with an essay written in Dutch or English.    For more information, visit their website here.

If you decide to enter and you would like advice or assistance, see me (or your Dutch teacher, of course).

FOA Planning

Below is the planning for the FOAs.  Check whether your group is complete and let me know if I have made a mistake.  Check your calendar now.  If you have any conflicts, see me immediately.  After the 31st of March, this planning is frozen, and if you have any scheduling conflicts, you will have to solve them by switching with another group of the same size.

If you are absent on the day your group is scheduled, then your group will have to go without you, and you will get a 1 for your report grade.  For the IB, you will still have to do two FOAs, so you will have to do an individual FOA at the start of year 6.

Keep within the margins of the time allowed for your FOA.  This time includes all video and discussion time.  No more than 5 minutes of video where your voice is not present is allowed per person.  

30 May 2016 
A Celine, Yasmin E (20 minutes) 
B: Karola, Margot, Tim (30 minutes) 
C: Ben F, Wessel, Jelmer (30 minutes)

31 May 2016
G: Simarjeet  (10-15 minutes)
H: Yasmin D, Sofie (20 minutes)

1 June 2016
J : Rick, Santosh, Ben J, Maxim (40 minutes)

2 June 2016
K : Lisanne, Lisa, Toloue, Femke (40 minutes):

6 June 2016
D: Daffa, Deena  (20 minutes)
E: Daphne, Rico, Alex (30 minutes)
F: Romée, Robin, Megan (30 minutes)

No watches or pencil cases in the exam rooms

Not everyone reads their mail carefully:

Help the school win a prize!

Jelmer Roorda of BV5a  has  made the short list for the GNE Awards Writing Contest.  You can help him win by voting for his piece at this link.