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Hi Frederik, We understand your frustration and please know that we share it too!  But, the IB has been clear: we will get in a bunch of trouble if we published the exam here.  The IB either owns the copyright (for the exam) or the...

It's quite frustrating to have access to responses here and not the text it responded to (which is not even owned by the IB, a public advertisement for example). Why? 

Hi Jane, This is a tricky situation and I would ask IB Answers.  Why?  Most teachers would teach the film.  And because the film is a multi-modal text, the IB considers it a non-literary body of work.  When assessment time...

Thank you so much for your reply Tim! I shall let the student know he can analyze the songs in the soundtrack.  Cheers,Dorothy

Aloha ThinkIB, I intend to teach 12 Angry Men. Student study will focus on the script/screenplay. (We will watch the film at the end of the unit as a treat, but not to study, nor to use as an option for assessment.) Am I correct to approach...

Hi Coralie, Music videos are considered non-literary by the IB.  But you would have had to teach them in class.  I know a teacher who works with Pink music videos (and another teacher who works with Green Day music videos). If...

Hi Dorothy, In this instance, it sounds like the student is most interested in the soundtrack - the music lyrics in other words.  If so, this could be treated as poetry as the IB considers song lyrics poetry.  If the student is determined...

Hi Tim, Following up on our exchange in September, would an animated song video with the lyrics be acceptable as a non-literary text? So, the there would be screen shots of the song video with the lyrics. If this were possible, I would think...

Hi Tim and David,  Hope you are both well! I have a student who wants to write an EE on the musical Wicked (not the movie).  Is this allowed? I'm not sure if writing an EE on a musical is allowed and the student wants to focus...

Hi Mirna, There are a few things to consider.  It would have to have been originally written in English.  I don't know the work well enough to know the answer to that question.  I also think I read it is a 13 book series.  That's...