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A quick reference guide to the 5 main literary lenses with a short actuvity that encourages students to record their thoughts in repsonse to each lens as it related to both a literary and non-literary text. This was designed for an IB Eng Lang and Lit course as a way to help students identify original global issues.

This short lesson sets the stage for a larger unit on based on the text by providing vocabulary and context. Please combine it with the free slide deck titled Intro to Anthony Bourdain slide deck. This is ideal for a class in which multiple international texts requiring context are being taught or and IB Eng Lang and Lit course in which Parts Unknown is being used as a body of work.

This viewing guide is designed to work as a stand alone activity when the film is being used to provide context for a book such as Ceremony or the Lone ranger and Tonto Fist Fight in Heaven, but can also be combined with other resources to create an IB Eng Lang and Lit body of work.

This viewing guide is designed to work as a stand alone activity when the film is being used to provide context for a book such as Perspolis, but can also be combined with other resources to create an IB Eng Lang and Lit body of work. This includes a bonus activity in which students are asked to apply common film analysis vocabulary such as foreground and camera angle in sentences about the text.

This was designed as a stand alone activity to provide context for a novel such as The Things They Carried or as part of a larger unit in which Parts Unknown is studied as a Body of Work in IB Eng Lang and Lit.

This is designed for use as a stand alone activity when Parts Unknown South Africa is used to provide context before reading a novel such as Born A Crime or can be used as part of an IB English Lang and Lit Body of Work study focused on Parts Unknown.

This was designed for use in IB English Language and Literature classes for students in preparation of their paper 1 exams. It includes vocabulary adn a short activity which asks students to apply their vocabulary. The practice activities relies on students having access to college brochures.

This is designed to give students key vocabulary for talking about photography, as part of an IB English Language and Literature class. It is for use in preparation for Paper 1 and includes vocabulary with definitions and a short practice activity using the words as applied to a well known image that is in the public domain.

Designed for IB English Language and Literature, this handout includes language used to discuss the textual features of art and can serve as an introduction to all visual media that might be relevant to Paper 1. It includes vocabulary and a short activity for helping students to learn and apply the vocabulary to a well known artwork within the public domain.

This was designed for IB English Language and Literature students in preperation for their Paper 1 exams. It includes vocabulary for discussing infographics. It also includes one page of BONUS materials that ask students to apply their vocabulary as they analyze an online infographic about Languages in South Africa. This is an excellent companion activity for students reading Born a Crime but can also be a stand alone activity appropriate for globally minded students.

This was designed for IB English Language and Literature students who are preparing for the Paper 1 exam. It includes vocabulary and a short practice activity to help students apply their vocabulary. The practice activity references Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown, but it is not necessary to have viewed any episodes.

This handout is designed for students in IB English Language and Literature in preparation for their Paper 1 exam. It includes vocabulary for discussing maps as well as a short activity that encourages them to use their vocabulary. It also includes a BONUS page of map related activities that could be used when reading Persepolis in order to help students learn about the context and history of the region. The bonus activities depend on access to online maps. If using the bonus material, you m

This is designed for use with IB English Language and Literature in preperation for Paper 1. It includes vocabulary for talking about website layout and features as well as a short activity that applies the words to this website about women who served in the gulf wars. It could be easily adapted to another website. Note: It works well with my textual features: interviews, which uses the same site.

This handout is designed to support students in IB English language and literature in preparation for Paper 1. It includes vocabulary for talking about interviews and includes a short practice activity used in conjunction with this website about women who served in the gulf wars but could easily be modified to suit another set of interviews that thematically align with the text you are teaching. Note: My textual features Websites uses the same website and they work together well if you want t

Designed for IB English Language and Literature students in preparation for Paper 1. This list of vocabulary is a resource for students when talking about a wide range of non-literary articles.