Getting Started with English A

Scavenger Hunt
Getting to know the English A: Language and Literature class begins with a discovery of each
component. Please complete the chart as your first task in the course in order to become
familiar with this course basic guidelines, aims, assessments, expectations, etc. The information
to complete this scavenger hunt can be found in:
 Your course syllabus
 Language A: language and literature guide
 Online with the help of search engine

When you have found and recorded all the information in this document, upload it in the
Week 1 “Getting Started,” 1.1 Scavenger Hunt folder.

Group participant: here please write the names of all group members: Gabriela Carrasco,
MAnue

Sections Record Information Here

Spy with your little eye

What does the first image in your syllabus

show? What can you find out about it? Why
do you think it was included in the syllabus?

Teacher Information

Read the “About your course facilitator”

portion of the presentation.

What did you learn?

What are 3 questions you’d like to know
about your teacher?

Reading the Syllabus

What are the aims of all subjects in language

in literature? (mention all)

Which aim seems like the most relevant to

you? Why?

Literary Works

How many literary works are you expected to

read this year? Which one are you most

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Which one are you less thrilled about? Why?

Help

Where can you find help when you need it?

IB Assessments

Which portion of the assessment has the

highest percentage value? Why do you think
this is?

HL Essay

What can you write you HL essay about?

Learner Portfolios

What are learner portfolios? What should

you put in them? Where will they be located?

Global issue

For what part of your assessment do you

need to consider ‘Global Issues”? Explain
the role they have in it.
And give one example of a global issue?
Concepts

What re the 7 concepts which structure the

teaching and learning of this courses?

Which 3 are we focusing on our first area of

exploration?
Academic Honesty

What happens if you don’t cite the sources

you include in an assignment or
assessment?
Self-Management Skills

List 3 examples of self-management skills

that can be developed in language and
literature studies.
More skills

“Developing an active listening ability that

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perspectives and to engage in collaborative
negotiation of meaning with the students
who hold such perspectives” is an example
of what type of learning skills?
Course Reading

What’s the name and author od the text

written in 1606 that we’ll be reading?
List 3 facts about this author/text.