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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m an IB English teacher. I love the program and placed my own children in it.

IB English is rigorous and extremely writing focused. There’s a curriculum change on the horizon, but currently students: 
- read 13 texts over 2 years (Many units end with essays to prep for the course-end assessments)
- complete the Higher Level essay, which is literary analysis assessed by IB 
- complete the Individual Oral, which is a 15 minute oral assessment. (This is a tricky task. Students are only allowed ten bullet points and they must speak for a sustained ten minutes.) 
- sit for the Paper 1 and Paper 2 exams at the end of senior year

The course develops strong writers and critical thinkers. I highly recommend it. [/quote]

I'm also an IB English teacher, and must note that you are describing English A: Literature.  English A: Lang & Lit is the other (and more common) option, with fewer literary texts, but "non-literary" works included.  OP needs to establish if her kid has the option of DP Lit or DP Lang & Lit, and make a decision according to her child's interests and abilities.

(There's also MYP Lang & Lit for middle school, which I hate but don't think is an option at most schools anyway).[/quote]

DP. How many books (fiction and nonfiction) do they read in language & lit? I think that is the one they offer at my school. TIA.[/quote]

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