Hi Nicole, This is best usually after the IO and the HLE are complete (to not confuse students). They would not be using this for Paper 2. Instead, you want to create a thematic unit of study - let's say around AI - and you...
Single text typeHi Silke, The IB classifies song lyrics (always) as poetry, and thus it is a literary work. However, the IB classifies music videos as non-literary as it is a multi-modal text type (and hence why the previous IO was fine). So, it...
ResourcesHello Tim, that makes perfect sense. Thanks for clearing that up. I already made very clear to my students that it needs to be continuous and will tell them to use stills that include the respective subtitles (the game actually uses subtitles...
ResourcesHi Tim, thanks for your reply. I am a bit confused about the classification. Do songs always count as literary? What if students worked on the music video (which we did in class with the example the students want to use)? Can they use...
ResourcesHi David - is it accurate to think that this is the time in the course where creating thematic units rather than having all the same type of text (which is required for a BoW, correct?) would be appropriate? There have been numerous times where...
Single text typeExcellent - this is very helpful. Appreciate you!
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TipsHi Silke, Let me try to clarify a bit. Yes, it should be an official transcript. I wasn't precise in my language. So for the film, use the subtitles (but in making/creating the extract, they are going to have to transcribe...
ResourcesHi Silke, I think opening up a new thread makes perfect sense! To do this, you would have had to have taught the songs as one of your six literary works at HL or four at SL. Why? Song lyrics are considered poetry by the IB...
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Hi Tim, okay, than I interpreted that correctly and can advise my students further (to either choose another non-literary text or focus on the music video). But they would be allowed to mention the lyrics in connection to the visual and...
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