ABOUT THE CLASS
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."
- Will Durant For this course, the approach we had was a global and historical. We've reviewed the various themes prescribed by the IB by looking at historical events such as apartheid |
IB Score
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Alejandra Aiza |
MY WOKR
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DIARY ENTRYIB CHARACTERISTIC: BALANCED
In this assigemt I did a series of diary entries, in which we had the option to asnwer a leading question or just reflect upon our sleves. This work was related to the book "1984" by George Orwell, in which we were asing this technique as self expresion. I chose this piece of work as it was something new to me, even though I've writen diary entries before, self expression isn't one of my strengths. This helped me reflect upon myself and the situations happening around me. Wealthbeing i s somehting I used to take for granted, yet, by doing this activity I was able to get a nosions of it. One challening aspect of this piece of work was aknowledging that it's difficult for me to express and expressing myself. Even though, in this specific example I talk about the given promt, it still felt overwelmed as I was still writing for myself. Yet, at the end of it I felt proud as I was able to pull through and communicate everything I wanted to. This specific work made me feel proud, as I did my best and even went over the scope by doing the drawing. I felt proud of myself as I don't usually do this as I don't like to draw, however, I did an exseption and tried my best. The result of trusting my self. |
IOA PRACTICEIB CHARACTERISTIC: COMMUNICATOR
As part of the IB, one of the internal evaluations is the Individual Oral Assessment (IOA), in which we analyze a fragment from a book and we relate it to the themes seen in class. In this assignment, we did a practice in which we were needed to follow the MAP structure. The goal of this practice was to familiarize ourselves with the overall structure and practice our thesis formulations and argument formation. This assignment reflects the characteristic of a communicator as I needed to express myself about the ideas I had regarding the fragment. Not only the oral component such as pronunciation and fluency is important. But also having clear, understandable ideas which also fit the communicator characteristic. I felt challenged by this assignment as it was our first approach to the IOA. Even though it seemed easy, I remember how that thought vanished when we did it. Yet, I’m grateful for this practice as it made me realize my mistakes and how to solve them. By doing this, I was able to better express myself and improve my communication. This specific piece of work reflects the oral component of English B, which I will use in the future for job interviews, presentations, etc. As not only fluency is good, being able to communicate is better. Which this assignment demonstrates. |
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1984 BLOGIB CHARACTERISTIC CARING
In this assignment, we did a blog inspired by the book "1984" by George Orwell. I wrote as I was Winston living under the big brother regimen. The one I chose is the first entry where I express how it's living under the regimen and how I cope with it. I chose this work with the IB characteristic of caring, as along the activity and the reading, we did various discussions about privacy and the impact nowadays with technology. By doing this I acknowledged how privacy is becoming a big concern and how we should fight for it. We have the right to privacy and for the future generation, I reflected upon the effect it would have not having privacy. By doing this work I felt immersed in the story itself, however, I was also able to feel the oppression we now have with technology. For example, I was able to reflect on my digital footprint and how that violates my privacy. I felt overwhelmed as we now base our lives on technology without asking what they do with our information, yet, this activity made me realize this. This piece of work taunted me that we should learn about the past, so in the future, we don't do the same mistakes. Hopefully, by having privacy concerns in mind, I will eventually change this by at least rising awareness. |
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