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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.

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,”

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