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- Paper 1
- Tips
- Criteria
- Skills
- 8 writing tips
- Doing Textual Analysis: Representing People
- Doing Textual Analysis: Quoting Verbs
- Analyzing tone
- Compare and Contrast Paper 1s - Decide Which One is Better!
- 2024 ChatGPT – Which Guided Textual Analysis is Better and Why (Two Lessons)
- 2024 Infographic – Which Guided Textual Analysis is Better and Why (Two Lessons)
- 2023 Cycling – Which Guided Textual Analysis is Better and Why (Two Lessons)
- 2023 No Diet, No Detox – Which Guided Textual Analysis is Better and Why (Two Lessons)
- Guided Textual analysis: Why not be a writer?
- Preparing for Paper 1: Annotating a Response
- Preparing for Paper 1: Denotation and Connotation in Paper 1
- Preparing for Paper 1: More Sportswriting
- Preparing for Paper 1: Rewriting
- Preparing for Paper 1: Sportswriting
- Preparing for Paper 1: The Commutation Game
- Preparing for Paper 1: The Orator - 21 Questions
- When Paper 1 Meets Applied Ethics
- Guiding Questions
- P1 sample work
- May 2025 Paper 1s
- May 2025 Paper 1: Sample Response 1 (Digital Divide)
- May 2025 Paper 1: Sample Response 2 (Digital Divide)
- May 2025 Paper 1: Sample Response 3 (Digital Divide)
- May 2025 Paper 1: Sample Response 1 (Real Estate)
- May 2025 Paper 1: Sample Response 2 (Real Estate)
- May 2025 Paper 1: Sample Response 3 (Real Estate)
- May 2024 Paper 1s
- 2024 Paper 1: Sample Response 1 (ChatGPT)
- 2024 Paper 1: Sample Response 2 (ChatGPT)
- 2024 Paper 1: Sample Response 3 (ChatGPT)
- 2024 Paper 1: Sample Response 4 (ChatGPT)
- 2024 Paper 1: Sample Response 5 (ChatGPT)
- 2024 Paper 1: Sample Response 1 (Infographic)
- 2024 Paper 1: Sample Response 2 (Infographic)
- 2024 Paper 1: Sample Response 3 (Infographic)
- 2024 Paper 1: Sample Response 4 (Infographic)
- 2024 Paper 1: Sample Response 5 (Infographic)
- May 2023 Paper 1s
- 2023 Paper 1: Sample Response 1 (Cycling)
- 2023 Paper 1: Sample Response 2 (Cycling)
- 2023 Paper 1: Sample Response 3 (Cycling)
- 2023 Paper 1: Sample Response 4 (Cycling)
- 2023 Paper 1: Sample Response 1 (No Diet, No Detox)
- 2023 Paper 1: Sample Response 2 (No Diet, No Detox)
- 2023 Paper 1: Sample Response 3 (No Diet, No Detox)
- 2023 Paper 1: Sample Response 4 (No Diet, No Detox)
- 2023 Paper 1: Sample Response 5 (No Diet, No Detox)
- May 2022 Paper 1s
- 2022 Paper 1: Sample Response 1 (Climate Change)
- 2022 Paper 1: Sample Response 2 (Climate Change)
- 2022 Paper 1: Sample Response 3 (Climate Change)
- 2022 Paper 1: Sample Response 1 (Travel Blog)
- 2022 Paper 1: Sample Response 2 (Travel Blog)
- 2022 Paper 1: Sample Response 3 (Travel Blog)
- May 2021 Paper 1s
- 2021 Paper 1: Sample Response 1 (Infographic)
- 2021 Paper 1: Sample Response 2 (Infographic)
- 2021 Paper 1: Sample Response 3 (Infographic)
- 2021 Paper 1: Sample Response 4 (Infographic)
- 2021 Paper 1: Sample Response 5 (Infographic)
- 2021 Paper 1: Sample Response 1 (Tandoori Food)
- 2021 Paper 1: Sample Response 2 (Tandoori Food)
- 2021 Paper 1: Sample Response 3 (Tandoori Food)
- 2021 Paper 1: Sample Response 4 (Tandoori Food)
- 2021 Paper 1: Sample Response 5 (Tandoori Food)
- 2021 Paper 1: Sample Response 1 (Yoruba Twins)
- 2021 Paper 1: Sample Response 2 (Yoruba Twins)
- 2021 Paper 1: Sample Response 1 (Jake Likes Onions)
- 2021 Paper 1: Sample Response 2 (Jake Likes Onions)
- November 2022 Paper 1s
- 2022 Paper 1: Sample Response 1 (First Dog on the Moon)
- 2022 Paper 1: Sample Response 1 (Ode to Cauliflower)
- November 2021 Paper 1s
- Pre-2021 Paper 1s
- Paper 1: Sample Response 1 (How to Attract Women Without Even Trying)
- Paper 1: Sample Response 2 (George Monbiot, The Unlearning)
- Paper 1: Sample Response 3 (George Monbiot, Embarrassment of Riches)
- Paper 1: Sample Response 4 (Four-Letter TV Poem Fury)
- Paper 1: Sample Response 5 (Wine)
- Paper 1: Sample Response 6 (Men's Health i)
- Paper 1: Sample Response 7 (Men's Health ii)
- Paper 1: Sample Response 8 (Men's Health iii)
- Paper 1: Sample Response 9 (Justin Gatlin)
- Paper 1: Sample Response 10 (Justin Gatlin)
- Paper 1: Sample Response 11 (Justin Gatlin)
- Paper 1: Sample Response 12 (Justin Gatlin)
- Paper 1: Sample Response 13 (Watches)
- Paper 1: Sample Response 14 (Aspen Trees)
- Paper 1: Specimen Paper (Slavery Today)
- Paper 2
- Tips
- Criteria
- Skills
- Compare and Contrast Paper 2s - Decide Which One is Better!
- 2024 Paper 2 (Q1) – Which Essay is Better and Why (Two Lessons)
- 2023 Paper 2 (Q4) – Which Essay is Better and Why (Two Lessons)
- Revising Literary Works for Paper 2
- Rewriting Paper 2 Sentences - A Lesson Plan
- Connecting, Comparing and Contrasting in Paper 2
- Paper 2: Writing Effective Introductory Paragraphs
- Unpacking questions
- Paper 2 Revision With Twitterature
- Resources for Students
- Comparing and Contrasting in Paper 2
- Comparing and Contrasting in Paper 2 - Extension
- Organizing and Structuring Paper 2
- Graphic Organizer
- Paper 2: Writing About Literature
- Using Supporting Quotations in Paper 2
- Preparing for Paper 2
- Step-by-Step Paper 2 Process
- P2 sample work
- May 2026 Paper 2s
- May 2025 Paper 2s
- May 2025 Paper 2: Sample Response 1 (Question 1)
- May 2025 Paper 2: Sample Response 2 (Question 1)
- May 2025 Paper 2: Sample Response 5 (Question 1)
- May 2025 Paper 2: Sample Response 3 (Question 2)
- May 2025 Paper 2: Sample Response 4 (Question 2)
- May 2024 Paper 2s
- May 2024 Paper 2: Sample Response 1 (Question 1)
- May 2024 Paper 2: Sample Response 2 (Question 1)
- May 2024 Paper 2: Sample Response 9 (Question 1)
- May 2024 Paper 2: Sample Response 3 (Question 2)
- May 2024 Paper 2: Sample Response 4 (Question 2)
- May 2024 Paper 2: Sample Response 10 (Question 2)
- May 2024 Paper 2: Sample Response 5 (Question 4)
- May 2024 Paper 2: Sample Response 6 (Question 4)
- May 2024 Paper 2: Sample Response 7 (Question 3)
- May 2024 Paper 2: Sample Response 8 (Question 3)
- May 2023 Paper 2s
- May 2023 Paper 2: Sample Response 1 (Question 3)
- May 2023 Paper 2: Sample Response 2 (Question 4)
- May 2023 Paper 2: Sample Response 3 (Question 4)
- May 2023 Paper 2: Sample Response 4 (Question 1)
- May 2023 Paper 2: Sample Response 5 (Question 1)
- May 2023 Paper 2: Sample Response 6 (Question 2)
- Pre-2023 Paper 2s
- Paper 2: Sample Response 1 (Never Let Me Go and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close)
- Paper 2: Sample Response 2 (The Reader and The God of Small Things)
- Paper 2: Sample Response 3 (Ghosts and The Bluest Eye)
- Paper 2: Sample Response 4 (A Doll’s House and The Crucible)
- Paper 2: Sample Response 5 (The Road and The Awakening)
- Paper 2: Sample Response 6 (The Road and The World's Wife)
- Paper 2: Sample Response 7 (The Awakening and The World's Wife)
- Paper 2: Sample Response 8 (Harvest and No Exit)
- Paper 2: Sample Response 9 (Paradise of the Blind and Hedda Gabler)
- Paper 2: Sample Response 10 (The House of Bernarda Alba and Hedda Gabler)
- Paper 2: Sample Response 11 (A View from the Bridge and Persepolis)
- Higher level essay
- Tips
- Criteria
- Skills
- HLE sample work
- HL Essay: Exemplar 1 (Women's Health)
- HL Essay: Exemplar 2 (White Noise)
- HL Essay: Exemplar 3 (George Monbiot)
- HL Essay: Exemplar 4 (Szymborska Poetry)
- HL Essay: Exemplar 5 (Small Axe)
- HL Essay: Exemplar 6 (Poverty Safari)
- HL Essay: Exemplar 7: The Awakening
- HL Essay: Exemplar 8 (Graphic Novel - Hostage)
- HL Essay: Exemplar 9 (The World's Wife)
- HL Essay: Exemplar 10 (The Bell Jar)
- HL Essay: Exemplar 11 (The Remains of the Day)
- HL Essay: Exemplar 12 (George Orwell's Essays)
- Individual oral
- Resources
- Introducing the Individual Oral to Students (a PowerPoint)
- Stages of Support
- Possible Outlines
- How to Prepare for Your Individual Oral
- Global issues
- Global Issues: A Further Introductory Activity
- Global Issues: An Introductory Activity
- The Individual Oral, Global Issues, The Great Gatsby, and Generation Wealth (with Bodies of Work)
- Why Does the World Seem So Peaceful?
- Criteria
- Skills
- Just Speak (and Have Fun!)
- Practicing the Individual Oral: Working with Lauren Greenfield's Photographs
- Zones of Proximity: Discussing Tone
- IO sample work
- 2021 Individual Orals
- 2021 Individual Oral: Exemplar 6 (Masters of War and Requiem for the American Dream)
- 2021 Individual Oral: Exemplar 5 (Brave New World and Liza Donnelly Cartoons)
- 2021 Individual Oral: Exemplar 4 (The Underground Railroad and Liza Donnelly Cartoons)
- 2021 Individual Oral: Exemplar 3 (The Underground Railroad and Gattaca)
- 2021 Individual Oral: Exemplar 2 (Barbara Kruger and Brave New World)
- 2021 Individual Oral: Exemplar 1 (Brave New World and Sara Rahbar)
- Annotating an Individual Oral (Brave New World and Sara Rahbar)
- Working with an Individual Oral (Brave New World and Sara Rahbar)
- Pre-2021 Individual Orals
- Individual Oral: Exemplar 1 (Mrs. Faust and "Money can buy you love")
- Individual Oral: Exemplar 2 (Salome and Pulp Fiction)
- Individual Oral: Exemplar 3 (The Great Gatsby and Generation Wealth)
- Individual Oral: Exemplar 4 (Macbeth and WW1 Propaganda Poster)
- Individual Oral: Exemplar 5 (Salome and Pulp Fiction Revisited)