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May 2024 Paper 2: Sample Response 5 (Q4)
May 2024 Paper 2: Sample Response 5 (Q4)

This week, we are publishing our 5th Paper 2 sample response from the May 2024 exams.  This is the first exemplar we have on the site the tackles question #4: Referring to two works you have studied,...

17 April 2025
May 2024 Paper 1: Sample Response 3 (Infographic)
May 2024 Paper 1: Sample Response 3 (Infographic)

This is the third Paper 1 exemplar we are adding from the May 2024 Paper 1 exam in response to an infographic from the Africa Digital Media Foundation.  The infographic is aimed at developing the film...

04 April 2025
May 2024 Paper 1: Sample Response 3 (ChatGPT)
May 2024 Paper 1: Sample Response 3 (ChatGPT)

This is the third Paper 1 exemplar we are adding from the May 2024 Paper 1 exam in response to an “opinion article” that “was published in UX Collective, an online newsletter and blog” titled "A radical...

20 March 2025
May 2024 Paper 2: Sample Response 4 and a Lesson Plan
May 2024 Paper 2: Sample Response 4 and a Lesson Plan

This week, we are publishing two new pages.  The first page is our 4th exemplar from the May 2024 Paper 2 examinations.  You can find it here.  The second page is a lesson plan that asks students to re-write...

06 March 2025
May 2024 Paper 2: Sample Response 3 (Q2)
May 2024 Paper 2: Sample Response 3 (Q2)

This week, we are publishing our 3rd exemplar from the May 2024 Paper 2 examination cycle.  The student responds to question #2 on the Timezone 2 Paper 2 exam: Relationships are often central to literary...

20 February 2025
Changes to the Extended Essay Guide (First Assessment 2027)
Changes to the Extended Essay Guide (First Assessment 2027)

The former Swedish prime minister, Olof Palme wrote (in Swedish) something to the effect that politics is a 'desire for change, and in change there is the promise of improvement'. Palme wrote this in...

13 February 2025
New Paper 2 Examplar and a Compare and Contrast Lesson Plan
New Paper 2 Examplar and a Compare and Contrast Lesson Plan

This week, we are publishing another exemplar from the May 2024 exams.  We are also publishing a lesson plan using this exemplar in conjunction with the first exemplar we've published.  The goal of that...

06 February 2025
May 2024 Paper 2: Sample Response 1 (Question 1)
May 2024 Paper 2: Sample Response 1 (Question 1)

This week we are publishing our first of several Paper 2 exemplars from the May 2024 examination session.  You can find the exemplar here.    It is a sophisticated and original essay.  The student understands,...

23 January 2025
May 2024 Paper 1 (Infographic) - New Exemplar and a Lesson Plan
May 2024 Paper 1 (Infographic) - New Exemplar and a Lesson Plan

This week, we are publishing another Paper 1 from the May 2024 time zone 2 exam.  You can find the newest exemplar here. We are also publishing a lesson plan that uses this exemplar and the first model...

15 January 2025
Best Books - July to December 2024
Best Books - July to December 2024

I hope that if you read this post, you are currently on a break from the amazing work you do in the classroom, maybe even with a good book nearby!  But if you need a good book, below are five recommendations...

26 December 2024
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