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Comparative Commentaries to Go: Death at the Ball Game
Writing this, in March 2018, exams are again approaching for students in northern hemisphere IB schools, and students will need to practice for their final exams, and practice some more. Here is an addition...
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Poetry and Film
At the 2018 Academy Awards, Kobe Bryant and Glen Keane won the Oscar for the Best Animated Short Film. It is a gorgeously animated movie, and one that students are bound to love too. There’s something...
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Why is the World so Peaceful?
Here is a question: Why is there so much peace in the world? You may think that the question is an unusual one, and you may even be mildly (or not so mildly) offended by it. After all, you may counter,...
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2016 P2 HL (The Bluest Eye and Ghosts - Exemplar 1)
Paper 2 sets high expectations for students. They must not only answer a specific question and demonstrate their knowledge of the texts through their answer, but they must also connect their response...
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#MeToo - Gender and Power (Part 3)
This is the third post dealing specifically with the #MeToo Movement. The first post, here, focuses on the words of the victims, giving them a voice. Salma Hayek and Rose McGowan, in an opinion editorial...
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Writing for a Reader: A Rewriting Activity
Here is a simple activity that can help your students write with greater brevity, and with sensitivity for genre and the intended reader. As teachers, we certainly want students, most frequently, to write...
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#MeToo - Gender and Power (Part 2)
#MeToo has been splashed over front page headlines, taken center stage at the Golden Globes, and been endlessly discussed and debated on Twitter. In 2017, Time magazine even named “The Silence Breakers”...
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#MeToo - Gender and Power
In October of 2017, the New York Times and the New Yorker published damning reports about the atrocious behavior of Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein. Multiple women accused him of sexual assault and...
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Media and Race - #OscarsSoWhite
If you like movies, there is a chance you also follow the Oscars. In 2016 in particular, there was significant controversy at the ceremony. In the four acting categories, all twenty nominees were white,...
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2017 Paper 1 (HL) - Wealth and Happiness (Part 3)
This exemplar is the third in the series based on the May 2017 Paper 1 examination. All three students compare and contrast Text C and D, based on a Japan Times editorial about happiness and a nonfiction...