High School Online Program of Studies
English Department
PHILOSOPHY
The Cairo American College English Language Arts Program is designed to support and challenge students in developing a high degree of conscientiousness and informed understanding of their appreciation and intentional use of the English language and literary arts.
The curriculum emphasizes the development of the skills of reading comprehension, analysis, and critical thinking. All courses are designed in a manner that challenge students to develop unity, coherence, and clarity, as well as fluency in the communication of ideas through oral and written composition for both native and non-native speakers. The English program aids in the development of advanced language skills by offering regular opportunities for critical thinking, listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
A wide variety of literary works spanning global cultures and time periods is presented to learners across grade levels as a way of inculcating a globally-conscientious and empathetic mindset. Each course offered by CAC offers students opportunities to read, study, and discuss thought-provoking texts and ideas. An essential element of a CAC student's literacy education is grounded in the critical analysis of literature as a means of shaping and developing young learners’ abilities to look at the world critically, curiously, thoughtfully, compassionately and honestly.
English Courses Offered 2023-2024
ENGLISH 11 – AMERICAN LITERATURE
IB LANGUAGE A: LITERATURE - SL I
IB LANGUAGE A: LITERATURE - HL I
ENGLISH 12 – WORLD LITERATURE “Literature and Life”
IB LANGUAGE A: LITERATURE - SL II
IB LANGUAGE A: LITERATURE - HL II
IB LANGUAGE A: LITERATURE - HL II |
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Course Description: |
This 12th grade course is the second year of the IB Higher Level English program, concluding with the IB exams in May. The first semester will focus on detailed literary analysis of three works, at least one of which must be poetry, culminating with the internally recorded and moderated oral commentary on a poem and discussion of the other literature studied. Students should expect reading assignments over holidays and breaks (including summer and winter breaks). As part of the course, each student has to finalize the Written Assignment from the first year of the program for external assessment. The second semester will concentrate on the study of four works from a specific genre, which will be chosen by the teacher. The final IB exams, in May, will include a written commentary on an unseen passage or poem and an essay using the second semester texts as evidence to answer a question about the literature with a focus on the writer’s choices. |
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Prerequisites: |
IB Language A: Literature-HL I and teacher approval |
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Credit: |
1.0 credit |
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Length of Course: |
1 year |
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Texts: |
Final selection of individual texts is at the discretion of the teacher of each section within the parameters of the IB guidelines for text selection.
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