#MeToo Body of Work Update
This week, I’ve been working on updating some of the #MeToo resources on the site to make them applicable to the new course. There’s a first set, second set, and third set of materials that could take...
August Updates - New Individual Oral on the Site
The InThinking English A: Language and Literature website is now fully functional for the new course with first exams in May of 2021. We spent a considerable amount of time over the summer to get InThinking...
July 4th Update
David and I know you need "bodies of work" and it is something that we hear loud and clear. I've published one today (from Barbara Kruger) and we are working on publishing more as quick as we can. You'll...
Summer Reading 2019
We all have a lot going on in our lives. Compound that with a new IB curriculum starting in August (or January for others), and it can get pretty exhausting trying to keep up with it all. I find that...
Bodies of Work
I can’t lie. I’ve been putting off this blog post because I know I don’t have all the answers to your detailed, specific, precise and sometimes hard-hitting questions about the idea of “bodies of work.” ...
Individual Oral Exemplar Now on the Site!
David has been extremely busy the last 10 days or so. He’s posted a bunch of exemplars for the new course. You will find the Paper 1 exemplars and the Paper 2 exemplars under the “Assessment (2021...
All About the Learner Portfolio
This week, I've put my time and energy into thinking about how to help you with the learner portfolio. I’ve posted a bunch of different resources to help you get your head around it and I hope you find...
Creating Student Accounts
Dear Fellow IB Language A: Language and Literature Teachers, Firstly, a big thank you to you and your schools for subscribing to the English A: Language and literature website. We really hope you are...
8 Total Course Outlines!
InThinking has now published eight course outlines on the site. You can find the final two Standard Level course outlines here. Whether you take an area of exploration approach, a conceptual approach,...
Standard Level Course Outlines - May 2021 Exams and Beyond
I’ve posted two Standard Level course outlines to compliment the Higher Level course outlines on the site. Next week, I’ll post two more. At that point, there will be 8 different course outlines to...