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Getting Started: Teachers

  • Getting Started: Teachers

Welcome to InThinking’s IBDP English A: Language and Literature website! 

We are so happy to have you join us.  We’ve worked hard as site authors to make this place a welcoming and inclusive community of teachers and we hope you feel that warmth as you navigate your way around the various pages. 

You’ll also notice that this website is designed as a one-stop shop for all of your Language and Literature needs!  You’ll find everything you can think of for teaching the course: teaching resources, materials, and lessons; assessment information and exemplars; course design explanations and examples; and much, much more! 

A paid subscription to the site includes not only teachers, but also students.  Just sign up for “Student Access” to provide your classes with the same materials you get.  The rest of the pages under this heading are designed to help you find your way around our site.

Finally, we know English teachers are crunched for time.  We genuinely hope this website will save you time, ease your cognitive load, and be a pleasure for you to use!

Best,

Tim and David

An Unofficial List of "Hit" Pages

In our experience, we have found the following pages to be popular and of great use to teachers.  Of course, this is just a very small sampling of what we have on the site! 

Bodies of Work - A Curated List

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 alphabetical...

Course Outlines

How you design your course is so open and flexible that it becomes simultaneously freeing and constraining. The key is to find an approach that works for you and the people you collaborate with on a...

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...

Asking Questions of George Monbiot (A Body of Work)

This page provides lesson activities that introduce the writing of English journalist and writer, George Monbiot. More pages will follow. Monbiot's essays are engaging and polemical. They are accessible...

"I, too, sing America": 5 Significant Michelle Obama Speeches

When the Obama era came to a close in the United States, much was made - and rightly so - about his abilities as an orator. Websites and newspapers were ranking his top speeches, comparing them to J.F.K.,...

Explaining the Learner Portfolio to Students

Some students struggle with IB requirements - and having a learner portfolio is a must for all students. Those struggles can sometimes be alleviated when students understand the purpose behind the concept.

What's under the "Getting Started: Teachers" Heading

The following pages - see the index below - are located in the getting started section (you can also access them using the heading on the left hand side of the page).

Navigating the Site

This page is designed to help you navigate the site and give you information the information you need so you can make the most of your subscription. The main headings on the top menu bar divide the site...

Student Access

Student access is a wonderful feature of your subscription! You can make a whole bunch of this site available to your students. While the website began – and in so many ways still is – for teachers...

Creating student accounts

Allowing students to access to InThinking Many of the pages on this site are accessible to students. The information below explains how to provide your students with the means to use the site; if there...

Introduction to the course

This course can seem like an enormous beast. And tackling this beast can feel intimidating! This is true for teachers completely new to the IB and veteran teachers (who may even be examiners) who have...

Asking Questions

One of the best features of your subscription to the InThinking English A: Language and Literature website is your ability to ask questions of the site authors!We love your questions! We really, really...

Selected Pages

All materials on this website are for the exclusive use of teachers and students at subscribing schools for the period of their subscription. Any unauthorised copying or posting of materials on other websites is an infringement of our copyright and could result in your account being blocked and legal action being taken against you.