Hi Reena, Sheela emailed me this morning with a very similar question. Questions like this invite a lot of flexibility, and examiners will be asked to account for this. Here, either, or, or both are possible. Clearly students must respond...
TipsDear David, For a question like this one 'How do two authors explore the idea of alienation or characters who are marginalized by their society?', do students need to choose to focus on only alienation? or focus only on 'characters who...
TipsHi Dorothy, You ask if it will be alright to do use this research question for an EE. It is probably helpful to ask the student this question. How do they intend to develop their argument and sustain it for 4000 words? Are they able to do this? The...
Extended Essay (2027)Hi David and Tim, After long discussions with the student and because the new guide states that the focus must be on screenplay, the student has come up with the following refined question: 'How does the Casablanca screenplay...
Extended Essay (2027)Hi Rajesh, These works are all quite different works. There are, as you are probably aware, four principles of course design. Two of these are integration and variety. They exist in a healthy tension with one another. Thus, at...
Paper 2Thank you, Tim. I would also like to know your opinion on the alternate options for SL that one of my teachers suggested: The Plague, Keats' Odes, Julius Caesar, and The Catcher in the Rye.
Paper 2Thanks a ton. Will look into the pages mentioned. Regards
Individual oralHi Rajesh, At both HL and SL, you hit the requirements set forth by the IB. At SL, you have a balance of works and given what you've said about your context, this seems to work well. Of course, you won't know until you teach it,...
Paper 2Hi Rajesh, The IB says that to make a non-literary body of work, you have to have the same author (Brene Brown) and the same text type (TED Talks). Beyond that, you'd have to take your questions to IB Answers. Are they speeches?...
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Dear Inthinking Team, Our school is relatively new to the IB, and we have recently seen only our second cohort complete the Diploma Programme examinations. While our Internal Oral results have been encouraging, we have noticed that, following...
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