IBDP Lang & Lit A Intertextuality (Agbabi & Chapman)

This is a full scheme of work (22 lessons) for the IBDP Language and Literature English A Intertextuality Unit. The Literary texts are British-Nigerian poet Patience Agbabi’s 2008 collection “Bloodshot Monochrome” and US songwriter Tracy Chapman’s eponymous 1988 debut. Thus, it covers two centuries, two genres and two continents.

Non-literary texts include:
-Magazine covers
-John Berger’s 1974 documentary “Ways of Seeing”
-Portraiture by Charles White and Abbie Trayler-Smith
-Kathleen Hanna’s Riot Grrrl manifesto
-The Pride Train Takeover
-Marriage Equality campaign posters
-Stand up comedy routines by Gina Yashere and Sindhu Vee

The unit also guides students through introductions to Paper 1, Paper 2 and the Individual Oral with example respones and mark schemes.

All lessons come with a Google Slides presentation plus hand outs where required. Critical reading on Agbabi is also provided. An overview document gives a lesson by lesson description, allowing teachers to see how they connect.

I’m making this available for free, partly because it is so niche, but it does represent HOURS of work. Therefore, please leave a review if you end up using it.

Happy teaching!