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The Big Quiz Free
If you have ever worked with a polymath – and assuming you are not one yourself – you’ll know how very intimidating it can be. I recall sharing an office with one man. He knew his English literature,...
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Individual Oral Commentary (SL) The Great Gatsby (2)
This sample Individual Oral Commentary comes from a student preparing for his final IOC. It is a mock examination, conducted under the same conditions as the real exam: 20 minutes of preparation, 10-12...
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Brexit: The Language of Politics
In 1989, when Francis Fukuyama wrote his (now famous) essay ‘The End of History’, he surely did so with at least part of his tongue lodged in his cheek. At any rate, Fukuyama could not have foreseen how...
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Paper 2 HL (The Reader and The God of Small Things - Example 3)
This is the final installment of Paper 2 posts on The Reader and The God of Small Things. You can find the first post here and the second post here. For ease in comparison, remember that all three exemplars...
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Comparative Commentaries to Go: Rebellion Free
The Language and Literature website is large. That’s not a boast; that’s a point of fact. At InThinking, we are delighted, and fortunate, to have subscribing schools in just about every continent. We...
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P2 HL (The Reader and The God of Small Things - Example 2)
This is the second in a series of three posts inspired to help your students understand what it takes to succeed on a Paper 2. You can find the first post here. All three exemplars use the same question...
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P2 SL S1 (Fiela's Child)
The sample essays below are based on the following question, which is one of six essay questions that appears on the specimen Paper 2 (on the OCC): "Analyze how justice is represented and understood in...
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P2 SL S2 (Persepolis) Free
The following sample Paper 2 is based on the graphic novel Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi, and Black Boy, by Richard Wright. The sample essays answers the following question: “Do works of literary merit...
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P2 SL (The Kite Runner and A Hero of Our Time)
The following Standard Level (SL) essay responds to the most popular question from the May 2013 examination, a question that explicitly and openly asks students to address context – either the context...
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P2 HL S1 (Disgrace)
The following essays were written on the following exam question: “How do the conflicts between characters in two or three of your Part 3 literary works reflect the kinds of conflicts from the time and...