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Updates! Free
This week, I've been working on updating the March for Our Lives materials we have on InThinking. In updating the materials, I've added two bodies of work: five speeches from Emma Gonzalez and four public...
Assessment
HL Essay: Exemplar 2 (White Noise)
Ask a teacher whether we should teach critical theory to IB Language and Literature students and the answers you receive are as wide ranging and diverse as the theories that exist. It is worth reflecting,...
Resources
2019 Paper 1 (HL) - Taxis
The May 2019 exam was the penultimate exam for the first iteration of the IB Language A: Language and Literature course. With that in mind, and still wanting to make sure these students have what they...
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Fake News Free
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Fake News, Bodies of Work, and Oh So Many Questions Free
This week, I’ve been focusing on updating our resources and lessons around “fake news.” I’ve broken it up into a four-part unit. Don’t feel the need to use all four parts though. As always, use what...
Assessment
HL Essay: Exemplar 1 (Women's Health)
Here is our first HL Essay exemplar. In the coming weeks and months, we will publish more. This one derives from the study of 'Women's Health', a non-literary body of work. The text type is 'front covers'...
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#MeToo Body of Work Update Free
This week, I’ve been working on updating some of the #MeToo resources on the site to make them applicable to the new course. There’s a first set, second set, and third set of materials that could take...
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August Updates - New Individual Oral on the Site Free
The InThinking English A: Language and Literature website is now fully functional for the new course with first exams in May of 2021. We spent a considerable amount of time over the summer to get InThinking...
Assessment
Connecting, Comparing and Contrasting in Paper 2
Teachers familiar with the IB Language and Literature course for last examinations in 2020 will know that the Paper 2 examination does not require students to compare and contrast their literary works....
Assessment
The Individual Oral, Global Issues, The Great Gatsby, and Generation Wealth (with Bodies of Work)
A social media post written by a language and literature teacher suggested that teaching global issues is a waste of time and not something to be concerned about. There is, arguably, some merit in this...