High Level Essay
a 1200-1500 word formal, academic essay; 20 % of the assessment
1. The HLE is a processed essay and will take time to develop.
2. The HLE is based on a non-literary text, a collection of non-literary texts by one same author, or a literary text  studied during the course.
3. Students select their own topic, title, line of inquiry and thesis although the teacher is there to guide and support them.
4. Students cannot base their essay on any work or text that was used for the Individual Oral or that will be used for Paper 2.

Global Issue: Reality control
Content: Fake News versus Real News 
                 global_issue_-_reality_control.pdf

Aristotelian Triad:
Logos (fact/ statistics/ logic/ reason/ interview/ survey)
Ethos (writer's character and expertise/ reliable use of secondary source)
Pathos (emotional affect language and literature create) 

Primary source: a document produced during the event
Secondary source: any document produced about the event

Primary authority: the author 
Secondary authority: outside source the author cites

IB Foundational Tools

The Big 5 IB Analytical Tools:
the_big_5.docx

Determining the Global Issue:
narrowing_down_to_a_global_issue_and_topic.docx

How to Develop a Meaningful Global Issue:
appropriate_global_issues___line_of_inquiry.docx

IB English III Semester Exam:
​ib_english_iii_semester_exam.pdf

IOC Grading Rubric:
ioc_hl_and_sl.pdf

SAT Analytical Essay Samples

"Let There Be Dark":
let_there_be_dark_pdf.pdf

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Sample response and score analysis:
www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/sat/new-sat-tips-planning/about-the-sat-essay/a/sat-essay-high-scoring-student-example

Jimmy Carter's Foreword to Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Seasons of Life and Land:
​jimmy_carters_essay.pdf

Sample response:
sample_sat_essay.docx

"Why Literature Matters":
why_literature_matters.pdf

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Sample response:
sample_sat_essay_2.docx

"A Modest Proposal"
1729, Jonathan Swift
a Juvenalian satire
a_modest_proposal.pdf

Barbara Kruger (1945-):
American conceptual artist and collagist
 Journal 17: journal_17.docx

Barbara Kruger
Body of Work: barbara_kruger_body_of_work.docx

William Hogarth (1697-1764):
Marriage a la mode 
Journal 18: journal_18.docx

Hogarth and GBS: class notes 
hogarth_and_gbs.docx

Introduction to Hogarth: www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/hogarth

​Introduction to "Marriage A-La-Mode": 
www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/hogarth/hogarth-hogarths-modern-moral-series/hogarth-hogarths-2

​William Hogarth
body of work: 
​www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/william-hogarth-marriage-a-la-mode-1-the-marriage-settlement
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Resources 

Glossary of Literary Terms: 
​glossary_of_literary_terms.docx

Naruto Chapter 1: naruto_ch._1.pdf

Graphic Novel Terminologies:
graphic_novel.pdf

Film Terminologies: film_terminology.docx

Journal 7: journal_7.docx

Journal 8: global_concepts.docx
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Comic Strip Project:
comic_strip_project.pdf

Logical Fallacies:
​logical_fallacies_fall_2019.docx

MLA Citation and Documentation: South Texas College Library: libguides.southtexascollege.edu/mla
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Mind Map: How to Meld Left and Right Hemispheres

MLA Paper Formatting Example: model-mla-paper.jpg
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   Logical, Ethical, and Emotional Fallacies

Common Logical Fallacies
              1. Ad Hominem
              2. Strawman Argument
              3. Appeal to Ignorance
              4. False Dilemma
              5. Slippery Slope Fallacy
              6. Circular Argument
              7. Hasty Generalization
              8. Red Herring Fallacy
              9. Tu Quoque
              10. Causal Fallacy
              11. Fallacy of Sunk Costs
              12. Appeal to Authority
              13. Equivocation
              14. Appeal to Pity
              15. Bandwagon Fallacy

thebestschools.org/magazine/15-logical-fallacies-know/