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IB Language & Literature Language and Literature Homework Blogroll Part 1 Language in Cultural Context Part 2 Language and Mass Communication Paper 1 Written Tasks Social Studies 9 Social Studies 9 Homework Blogroll Social Studies 9 Homework Identity Unit: Geography, Media, Development Introduction to Economics Time Zones WWI & Middle East Unit Apartheid in South Africa India and China Social Studies 10 Social Studies 10 Homework Blogroll Grade 10 Homework Page Rise of Hitler Holocaust Global Issues The Cold War ISP Blog Week RSS Part 1 Language in Cultural Context Part 1 Assessments Paper 1 (How to get a 7 by IB) Use PEE or PIE = Point, Example, Explanation/Point, Illustration, Explanation Further Oral Activity & WT FOA slides Assessment Dates Written Task 1 Nov. 18th (First draft for comments is due on Nov. 11th) Paper 1 In-Class Essay Exam Dec. 11th FOA on Part 1 (Language in Cultural Context topics: Social Relations, Individual, Power)  Jan 10th-next three classes FOA Task Sheet w rubric Part 1: The study of language in cultural context aims to enable students to meet the following learning outcomes. Analyse how audience and purpose affect the structure and content of texts.

Analyze the impact of language changes.

Demonstrate an awareness of how language and meaning are shaped by culture and context.

we were persuaded through sending out a one way communication where we talked, they acted.

They acted by ignoring or buying.

numbers, the ROI, the reach, frequency, impressions and the sales dollars

Zoe Whittall’s story “This Just Isn’t Working Out,” published in This Magazine and posted on this.org, uses one-way email communications to chronicle a set of strained relationships

Greg Kearney’s “Do You Want to Burn to Death and Look Like Steak with Hair” from his collection Pretty, and Jessica Westhead’s “And Also Sharks,”

resonates for readers immersed in the world of Tumblr and Blogger, mySpace and Pinterest

"1984" is fiction, Orwell possessed a deep understanding of influence processes from social psychology, and his depictions of mind control have been used systematically and effectively by cult leaders, Zimbardo says. Others agree with Zimbardo that such findings raise ethical questions for soci

"Big brother is watching you." Jones used this idea to gain the loyalty of his followers.

possibly learned his ability to persuade from a famous social thinker: George Orwell.

what does the dominance of the US entertainment industry say about its power to shape perceptions about society, culture and history? And does this economic and diplomatic might make Hollywood a chronicle of American power?

oshua Oppenheimer, the maker of the Oscar-nominated documentary  The Act of Killing, about Indonesian death squad leaders

Serhiy Zhadan

Zhadan’s beating has caused a great deal of protest among Russians, and referred me to a statement released by the Russian PEN Center, which reads, in part, “We are observing a severe noetic crisis, akin to what was described by Orwell: the meanings of the words ‘peace,’ ‘war,’ ‘fascism,’ and ’democracy,’ ‘defense,’ and ‘invasion’ are shamelessly warped.”)

No doubt Smith hopes to paint Glock as a monster once again, and the theatrical complaint pulls no punches. Glock’s actions, Smith writes, “resemble the senseless and self-destructive rage of Shakespeare’s King Lear, when he foolishly mistreats a loyal but candid daughter, Cordelia, in favor of cunning and ruthless flatterers. Perhaps neither pathology nor psychology can provide a satisfactory explanation for why an aging billionaire would spend his twilight years seeking to terrorize members of his own family.”

No one’s got it non-stop,for keeps.

childhood’s fears and raptures.

it prefers silence.