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P2 HL (Things Fall Apart, Death of a Salesman, A Doll's House)
In response to Paper 2 questions, students at Higher Level may illustrate their answers with reference to two or three literary works. The IB does not prescribe whether the two text or three text approach...
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P2 HL (The Reader and The God of Small Things - Example 1)
The following post is the first in a series of three that will address the May 2014 Paper 2 exam using The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy and The Reader by Bernhard Schlink. Each exemplar answers...
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P2 HL (The Bell Jar and A Doll’s House)
A few weeks ago, the Language and Literature website published a strong essay response to question 5 in the May 2013 examination. Here, is another response to question 5:Context – ‘historical, cultural,...
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P2 HL (1984; The Things They Carried; One Day in the Life)
In this essay, the student responds to question 5 - Context – ‘historical, cultural, or social – can have an influence on the way literary works are written or received. Discuss with reference to at least...
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Approaching Texts: Line by Line
Here’s a tricky one: Students – I know this from experience – are often a little slapdash in their approach to textual analysis. Seriously. Writing with a flamboyant flourish, they will make sweeping...
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Comparative Commentaries to Go: In Mourning Free
This Comparative Commentary to Go takes mourning as its focus. Whilst almost all of us experience mourning the death of loved ones in our lives, this topic clearly needs to be introduced to a class with...
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Super crunching Free
The term 'super crunchers' is the title of a book by Ian Ayres (picture). It refers to the phenomenon of how large databases are helping us make decisions everyday, especially on the Internet. For example,...
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Constructing Readers and Writers
Whilst hardly new, it seems obvious that the current period in human history is marked by a tension between a desire to express views freely and the tendency on the part of some to declare opinion in...
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The Myth of the Scottish Cringe Free
I get out of bed – on working days at least – at 5.20. By most estimates, it’s early to rise. I put on the coffee pot, call my sleep dazed canine to order, and walk for 30 minutes. It’s dark. I aim as...
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WT1 SL (Language and Identity)
This written task is based on Part 1 of the course, Language in Cultural Context. The task explores the relationship between language(s) and identity. The task also, apparently, builds on the study of...