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[|IB English A1 Syllabus 20112013.docx] IBDP Language A: Literature Guide

Welcome! This course is fast-paced, challenging and interesting. Before studying each text up close in parts, it is important to read each text as a whole for general thematic understanding and overall literary appreciation. Therefore, I highly recommend reading the first semester novels during leisure time for personal enjoyment/appreciation. I highly highly recommend reading the first novel, //The Things They Carried// by Tim O’Brien, in its entirety over the summer holidays.
 * Language A English: Literature – Summer Assignment**

**The ISBN and publisher information is given so you may purchase the texts for annotation.**
= = 1. //The Things They Carried// by Tim O’Brien (ISBN: 978-076790289 2 Broadway Books 1998)

2. //1984// by George Orwell (ISBN: 978-8170262022 Heritage Classics 2006)

3. //The Thief and the Dogs// by Naguib Mafouz (ISBN: 978-0385264624 Anchor Books 2008)

= Relax, read and enjoy! =

__Supplies__
3-ring binder loose-leaf paper (clean edge) plastic cover sheets to go into the binder many highlighters pens and pencils post-its (a variety of sizes and colours will be helpful)