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Best Books - July - December 2023 Free
Over the last six months, my nonfiction reading ended up being about either trying to live forever - I'm exaggerating of course - or coming to terms with the end of life. I don’t know why I was drawn...
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Time and Space: Thinking Pluralistically Free
As you are likely to know, time and space is one of three areas of exploration that guide the construction of the Language A: Language and Literature course. The areas of exploration are hardly discrete,...
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Higher level essay
The Higher Level Essay is a 1200-1500 word essay completed internally but externally assessed by an examiner. It is a processed piece of writing that is completed over time and with guidance from the...
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May 2023 Paper 1 (No Diet, No Detox) - Two Exemplars and a Lesson Plan Free
This week, we are publishing two Paper 1 exemplars from the May 2023 time zone 2 exam. One of the exemplars is quite strong. The other model example is a typical or average response. While we can’t...
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2023 Paper 1: Sample Response 3 (No Diet, No Detox)
This is the 3rd 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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2023 Paper 1: Sample Response 2 (No Diet, No Detox)
This is the 2nd 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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2021 Individual Oral: Exemplar 5 (Brave New World and Liza Donnelly Cartoons)
Sometimes, it happens where students choose the same global issue. In a big enough school with a big enough cohort, that is bound to happen. And sometimes, students choose the same non-literary “extract.” ...
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Subscribing teachers often tell us what they would like to see more of on the site. We like to receive those insights. As far as possible, we try to meet such requests. One thing we have been told that...
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Research questions
Much depends on a good research question, when writing an extended essay. One will want a question that gets good mileage and will carry through to 4,000 words. Good questions have a careful balance between...
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May 2023 Paper 1 (Cycling) - Two Exemplars and a Lesson Plan Free
This week, we are publishing two Paper 1 exemplars from the May 2023 time zone 2 exam. One is quite strong. The other is a typical or average response. While we can’t publish the exam paper, you can...