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The Remains of the Day: Before Reading – 2. Preparing to Read the Novel
The following tasks and activities are intended for studying Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel, The Remains of the Day. It is not required that you study all of the available materials. However, the materials are...
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The Remains of the Day: Introduction Free
Welcome to this unit of study on Kazuo Ishiguro’s 1989 novel, The Remains of the Day. Ishiguro is on the Prescribed Reading List (PRL). These pages have been written specifically with IB students in mind,...
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Poetic Devices
This page focuses on poetry and much of the terminology associated with it. You will find there is a repeat of many of the essential terms from a previous page. Also note that not everything that could...
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Learning Identities: The Politics of Learning and Living with English
As individuals, we grow up speaking a language or languages. It is generally agreed that we are hardwired to speak. Simultaneously, the language we learn is the outcome of complex and ongoing negotiations...
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George Orwell’s Essays: Working with the HL Essay
Are you thinking of writing your HL Essay of George Orwell's essays? The materials on this page will help you as you develop your ideas. To further support your students in their study of George Orwell’s...
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George Orwell’s Essays: The HL Essay and Global Issues
Having read several of George Orwell's essays, you are likely to have identified a number of possible global issues that help to shape ideas for your Individual Oral (IO). Alternatively, if you are studying...
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George Orwell's Essays: Why I Write
Why write? We write for many reasons, sometimes mundane, sometimes lofty and sublime. Probably, we don't stop to think about it too often, but writing is one of humanity's greatest inventions. There are...
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George Orwell's Essays: Connecting A Hanging, Shooting an Elephant, and The Spike Free
This page will help you consolidate your understanding of three of George Orwell's essays: ‘A Hanging’, ‘Shooting an Elephant’, and ‘The Spike’. The page includes activities that encourage you to compare...
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Drama Specific Vocabulary
There is a very good chance that at some point, you will study drama in your Language and Literature course. In addition to broader authorial choices found in fiction such characterization, setting,...
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George Orwell's Essays: Such, Such Were the Joys
‘Such, Such Were the Joys’ is a long autobiographical essay chronicling George Orwell's days as a boarding school student at St Cyprian's (1911-1916) in the English town of Eastbourne. It's a polemical...