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Paper 1 Practice Exams
Under this heading, you will find Paper 1 practice exam texts. These practice exams have been created and curated for you to save you time. Instead of making your own Paper 1 for an in-class exam, a...
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Paper 1
Paper 1 includes two unseen non-literary texts or text extracts. SL students write a guided textual analysis about one of the texts. HL students write a guided textual analysis about both of the texts....
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P1 sample work
One of the best ways to learn is by example. In order to become familiar with the expectations of Paper 1, you will want to look at how student work has been assessed in the past. Both poor and good samples...
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Non-literary bodies of work
In the Language A: Language and Literature guide (first assessment 2021) published in February of 2019 and updated in August of 2019, the IB defines a body of work as “an extended, full-length non-literary...
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Paper 2 Sample Examination Papers
This page provides teachers with a range of sample Paper 2 examination papers. Feel free to use them for everyday classroom use or for summative purposes such as mock examinations. ...
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Non-literary bodies of work - a curated list
Non-literary bodies of work can be a tricky beast to figure out. To help you in all of this, we’ve created a working list of all of the bodies of work you can find on the site. They are organized in...
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Paper 1: Practice Texts to Go
The Paper 1 examination is an unseen written examination. Unlike the Individual Oral and the Higher Level Essay there is no need for students to connect their response to wider reading or a wider body...
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May 2025 Paper 1: Sample Response 1 (Digital Divide)
This May 2025 Paper 1 examination – one of three different Paper 1 exams in different time zones – included an infographic from the Good Things Foundation, a charity focused on “fixing the digital divide...
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May 2025 Paper 1s
The Paper 1 exemplars on this page come from the May 2025 examination session....
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Paper 2
The Paper 2 exam consists of four essay questions, only one of which must be answered during the timed period. Students will need to use two of the literary works not used in other assessments in the...