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No Moderation for the May 2021 Individual Oral Free
For the May 2021 examination session, the Individual Oral will not go through the normal moderation process by the IB. Instead, it will be externally marked by an examiner. You will need to send the...
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Preparing for Paper 1: Rewriting
A creative way to encourage students to become interested in the choices writers make is to ask them to rewrite a text or text extract. This could be done by substituting one genre for another. However,...
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Individual Oral: Exemplar 4 (Macbeth and WW1 Propaganda Poster) Free
This latest post is for subscribers only. You can access the newest Individual Oral exemplar here or you can go through the top level headings and find it under "Assessment (2021 exams)" then "Individual...
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Guided Textual analysis: Why not be a writer?
A few years ago – I cannot say exactly when – I remember reading about a meeting between two writers. One of those writers was a young Jonathan Franzen. Or maybe it wasn’t. Maybe it was a young Jonathan...
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Preparing for Paper 1: More Sportswriting
This page provides straightforward extension opportunities for students who have already completed the lesson on Preparing for Paper 1: Sportswriting. After the earlier lesson, teachers may like to use...
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How to Prepare for Your Individual Oral
This page is directed at students. The aim is to help them prepare for their Individual Oral. We've listed six stages with various steps for students to do in order to succeed on their IO. This isn't...
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Resources
The Individual Oral is a difficult assessment. The resources under this page are designed to help you and your students tackle this assessment. You will find everything from a PowerPoint introducing...
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Preparing for Paper 1: Sportswriting
In Richard Ford’s excellent 1986 novel The Sportswriter readers were introduced for the first time to the fictional character of Frank Bascombe. Frank would reappear, to date, in three subsequent novels,...
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A Language for Discussing Film
The content for this post comes from my colleague Joe Jasina. He put together the definitions, the clips, the screenshots, the exemplar and more. As a Language and Literature teacher as well as a teacher...
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May 2021 Examination - Weightings Free
The IB has released the final weightings for the May 2021 exams. You can find the official document here. Because Paper 2 has been canceled, they had to revise the worth of the remaining assessment...