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Pre-2023 Paper 2s
The Paper 2s on this page were created before the first official examinations of the IB Language and Literature course in May 2023. However, the exemplars are still very useful! Please use the exemplars...
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May 2023 Paper 2: Sample Response 6 (Question 2) Free
How do you support your students in choosing the “right” question for Paper 2? With four questions to choose from, and with four questions that may all “work” in the exam, which one is best? This particular...
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Approaching Exams: An Open Letter to Students Free
Dear Students, Rites of passage, including coming of age, often involve elaborate and sometimes painful rituals. From around the world, some of these transition to adulthood ceremonies involve wearing...
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May 2023 Paper 1: Sample Response 5 (No Diet, No Detox) Free
This is the 5th Paper 1 we are publishing from the May 2023 Paper 1 examination based on an extract from The Guardian about dieting and detoxing. You can find the response here. When students read this...
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2023 Paper 1: Sample Response 5 (No Diet, No Detox)
This is the fifth sample response from the May 2023 Paper 1 examination (time zone 2) based on an extract from The Guardian. While we cannot put the exam on the site, you can find the article linked here. ...
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George Orwell's Essays: Such, Such Were the Joys Free
In the first episode of the BBC documentary series, Radley College (1980), there is a telling scene. It comes in at about 11 minutes 15 seconds. The new boys are being dropped off for their first day...
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What types of questions will be asked?
Paper 2 asks you to respond to one question out of four. But what types of questions will be asked on the exam? The IB has stated that "Paper 2 contains four questions of a general nature which require...
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Practice Texts – James Baldwin Novel Extract and US Supreme Court Ruling
The following texts share a common topic – love. However, students will need to create a specific global issue from these “extracts.” Love is not a global issue as it is just too broad. Students will...
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May 2023 Paper 1: Sample Response 4 (No Diet, No Detox) Free
On the site, we aim to provide a variety of Paper 1 samples that range in marks. With that aim mind, we are publishing our fourth sample response to the May 2023 Paper 1 (No Diet, No Detox). You can...
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2023 Paper 1: Sample Response 4 (No Diet, No Detox)
This is the fourth sample response from the May 2023 Paper 1 examination (time zone 2) based on an extract from The Guardian. While we cannot put the exam on the site, you can find the article linked here. ...