Blog
US Army TV Commercials – A Body of Work Free
Today, on August 25th, and on September 8th, you will find pages and content that add to the work previously published about WW1 military recruitment posters from the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee...
Assessment
HL Essay: Exemplar 6 (Poverty Safari)
When we publish sample work on the InThinking site, we do so with a sense that what we publish is instructive; teachers and students, we hope, have the opportunity to learn something. That's no different on...
Assessment
HL Essay: Exemplar 5 (Small Axe)
Students, increasingly, write Higher Level Essays and Extended Essays on film and television. They also discuss these things in their Individual Orals. Presumably, in part, this is because teachers are...
Resources
Figurative language
Language can be used to stretch our imagination, to make the impossible sound possible, and to bring abstract ideas to life. What kind of language use are we talking about? Figurative language is a broad...
Review/revision
Do you have a step-by-step process for what to do in the actual exam?
On this page, you will find a step-by-step process for what to do in your Paper 2 exam. This guide works under the assumption that you are sitting the exam and that you do not have extra time or use...
Review/revision
How do I organize my Paper 2?
There is no formula for writing a Paper 2. Instead, there are many right ways to write it. It’s also important to note that different English-speaking cultures may have slightly different approaches...
Blog
For Students: More Paper 2 Resources Free
We’ve already published some work in the “For Students” section of the site concerning Paper 2. This week, we’ve finalized that work. You'll find the following, in addition to what is already published:...
Review/revision
What is it?
If you want more information about Paper 2, click on the PowerPoint presentation below. The goal of the PowerPoint is to introduce you to Paper 2 in as friendly a manner as possible. It takes the format...
Review/revision
Paper 2
The Paper 2 exam consists of four essay questions, only one of which must be answered in the exam. You will need to use two of the literary works not used in other assessments in the course for this...
Review/revision
How am I graded?
Before you sit the final Paper 2 exam, you will want to have practiced writing and assessing essays in class, using the IB assessment criteria. Self assessment, peer assessment and teacher assessment...