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Can I listen to an example?
Under this page, you will find Individual Oral sample responses. Use them for a wide variety of purposes: to help you understand what the assessment task is asking you to do; to recognize the qualities...
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Paper 1
Paper 1 is an examination that requires students to write a guided textual analysis from an unseen non-literary text or extract. The exam will contain two unseen non-literary texts or extracts. Key...
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The Queen's Speech (A Body of Work): Identifying Functions
This is the second page in our non-literary body of work that considers the annual Christmas message of Queen Elizabeth II. It is not required that materials are completed sequentially, in their entirety,...
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Extended Essay (2027): Artificial Intelligence (AI)
We have written elsewhere on the site about Artificial Intelligence (AI). In fact, we have a whole section dedicated to AI. In the context of the Extended Essay (EE), you and your students are likely...
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Patterns in Literature - Parallelism and Deviation
In an earlier scheme of work – see Literature: Challenging Perspectives – the essence of language art was the central concern. The focus of the activities foregrounded a debate between those who claim...
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Representing the World: Understanding Modality
There is a story. George Orwell, the famous writer, shot an elephant whilst serving in the Indian Imperial Police in Burma. This event forms the basis for Orwell's essay 'Shooting an Elephant'. Not everyone,...
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SL and HL: Similarities and Differences
We have already published PowerPoint introductions to both the course as a whole and for assessment. At times, teachers will want to highlight the key similarities and differences that exist between SL...
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Global Issues: A Further Introductory Activity
This is our second introductory activity for introducing, understanding, and working with global issues. The materials on this page can be used in conjunction with (we suggest after) the first introductory...
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Individual oral
The individual oral is a 10-minute oral followed by five minutes of questions by your teacher. It is worth 20% of the your final IB grade if you are a Higher Level student and 30% of your final mark...
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2019 EE Category 1 (When Breath Becomes Air)
If you have not read When Breath Becomes Air, you should. It's an incredibly gorgeous read. Paul Kalanithi’s memoir – about being a neurosurgeon, cancer patient, and father – is simply stunning. It...
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Literature: Challenging Perspectives
Texts offer a range of perspectives. These perspectives may or may not reflect those of its author, and writers bring their own perspectives on the texts they read. In the activities that follow, students...
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Graphic Novel Vocabulary
In addition to broader authorial choices such as characterization, setting, theme, and plot development, you should also know some genre specific terminology for discussing graphic novels. This list,...