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2021 Paper 1: Sample Response 1 (Housewives)
This sample response comes from the November 2021 examination session. It was the first examination session in the revamped IB English A: Language and Literature course for November exam schools. Unfortunately,...
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November 2021 Paper 1 Sample Response 1 (Housewives) Free
This week, we’ve been working on adding to our Paper 1 samples. A call came out for exemplars from the November 2021 session. This is the first one we are publishing and you’ll find another by the end...
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November 2021 Paper 1s
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Individual Oral: Exemplar 5 (Salome and Pulp Fiction Revisited)
In August 2019, we published an Individual Oral (IO) exemplar in which a student discussed the film Pulp Fiction and Carol Ann Duffy's poem 'Salome'. Subscribers can find this here. Almost two years later...
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2021 Individual Oral: Exemplar 6 (Masters of War and Requiem for the American Dream)
This is our 6th Individual Oral (IO) from the 2021 examination session. We are grateful to KWC Culemborg in the Netherlands for providing this IO. It received full (moderated) marks. On this page, you have...
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Individual Oral Transcripts Free
This week’s update includes the addition of an Individual Oral (IO) transcript to a previously published page (available here to subscribers). You – or enough of you – have been getting in touch to suggest...
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WW1 Recruitment Posters (a body of work) Free
In this week’s update, we’ve added 5 more lessons to the materials and resources from the WW1 military recruitment posters from the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee in Great Britain. Lesson 6 Lesson...
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Some Updates: May 2022 Free
Dear colleagues, At the time of writing, it's May 12th 2022. Pretty soon, our students in northern hemisphere schools will be opening their Paper 1 examinations. Whatever they find on opening the examination...
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Then and Now: Conflict and War Free
Today, and on May 19th, you'll find pages and content that look a bit different from previous posts. There are materials and resources from a body of work - WW1 military recruitment posters from the...
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Preparing for Paper 1: Annotating a Response
On the site, we endeavour to publish a range of student sample work to help both teachers (you) and students better prepare for their examinations. For the Paper 1 examination, for example, we have published...