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May 2025 Paper 2: Sample Response 3 (Question 2) Free
This week, we are adding to our Paper 2 sample responses. It scores really well and is a great model example for you to use in your classroom. Is there room for improvement? Of course! More comparing...
Assessment
Revising Literary Works for Paper 2
Revision is crucial to learning and exam success. Students will enjoy and learn about their literary works in many ways, and learning will be supported by learner portfolios. Revision, however, is best...
Assessment
May 2025 Paper 2: Sample Response 3 (Question 2)
This is the third sample response we are publishing from the May 2025 Paper 2 examination. It scores really well and is a great model example for you to use in your classroom. Is there room for improvement?...
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Working With Photographs: Introductory Approaches
This is an introductory page that gives your students the opportunity to work with and extend their understanding of photographs. We will publish more pages on photographs and photography in the coming...
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May 2025 Paper 2: Sample Response 2 (Question 1) Free
This week, we are publishing our second exemplar from the May 2025 Paper 2 examination. You will find that it is a pretty standard response. So why publish an essay that is average? For some of our...
Assessment
May 2025 Paper 2: Sample Response 2 (Question 1)
This is the second exemplar we are publishing from the May 2025 Paper 2 examination. It is best used in conjunction with the first model example found here. Why? This comparative essay is pretty standard...
DP essentials
Extended Essay (2027)
This section of the site includes guidance for the writing and assessment of the Extended Essay (EE) for the first submission in May 2027. The EE is a 4,000-word research-based essay that addresses a...
DP essentials
Extended Essay (2027): Artificial Intelligence (AI)
We have written elsewhere on the site about Artificial Intelligence (AI). In fact, we have a whole section dedicated to AI. In the context of the Extended Essay (EE), you and your students are likely...
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May 2025 Paper 2: Sample Response 1 (Question 1) Free
This week, we are starting to publish exemplars from the May 2025 Paper 2 examination. It's important to remember that May and November 2025 Paper 2s were marked using what is now “old” criteria that...
Assessment
May 2025 Paper 2s
The Paper 2 exemplars on this page come from the May 2025 examination session....