New Individual Oral Exemplar (The Underground Railroad and Gattaca)
This week, I’ve published a third Individual Oral exemplar from the May 2021 examinations. You can find it here. The first one is here and the second one is here. While the first two exemplars we’ve...
Subject Reports: Read All About It
Subject reports for first examinations, May 2021, are now available to read on MyIB. There are in fact two subject reports, one for timezone 1, and the other for timezone 2. The content of both subject...
New Paper 1 Exemplar (May 2021 Exams)
This week, I’ve published an excellent Paper 1 from the May 2021 examination session. You can find it here. Over the course of the rest of the calendar year, I will be publishing more Paper 1s from...
New Individual Oral Exemplar
This week, I’ve published a 2nd Individual Oral exemplar from the May 2021 examinations. You can find it here (and the 1st one is linked here). While the first one was a clear 7, scoring in the highest...
Working with an Individual Oral Exemplar (Brave New World and Sara Rahbar)
Last week, we published an Individual Oral (IO) that received 36 (out of 40) possible marks. That’s not bad… You can find the oral here. This week, we are publishing a suggestion for activities that you...
Individual Oral Exemplar (Brave New World and Sara Rahbar)
This week, I’ve published a wonderful new Individual Oral exemplar. You can find it here. Over the course of the rest of the calendar year, I will be publishing more IOs to help you and your students...
Supporting Students with the Higher Level Essay
This week, I’ve finalized the Higher Level Essay pages in the “For Students” section of the site. The title of each page is written in the form of a question with the answer in the actual post itself. ...
For Students: Higher Level Essay
This week, I’ve been working on the “For Students” section of the site with a specific focus on the Higher Level Essay. I’ve created the following pages for this week’s update: Higher Level Essay By...
Best Books of 2021 (January - June)
As I end another school year – we go on summer break tomorrow – in what was another tumultuous semester, I find myself consistently and constantly returning to books. Reading brings me such solace. ...
Individual Oral Additions to the "For Students" Heading of the Site
This week’s update focuses on developing the resources for the Individual Oral in the “For Students” section of the website. You can find the updates here, here, here and here. Students have so many...