Paper 1 sample response (May 2024)
Higher Level response to Cherry Blossom Season by Catherine Marshall This response is good in all criteria although the exmainer comments also indicate where it could have been improved. As ever, a useful...
Paper 1 sample response (May 2024)
Higher Level response to Hotel Sorrento by Hannie Rayson The first extract on the paper was from the play Hotel Sorrento by Hannie Rayson and the example below is a reasonably successful response overall,...
A Private Experience
"It is like the woman's tears, a private experience, and she wishes that she could leave the store." This week we have published a further page on a story from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's short story...
Changes to the Language A courses
Changes to the Language A courses announced by the IB There are two main changes to be aware of, both taking effect for for first teaching in September 2024, and first assessment in May 2026: Criterion...
Sample EE on Plath's poetry
This week we have added an Extended Essay exemplar exploring Sylvia Plath's poetry. The essay serves as a useful example of how students can approach poetry in the Extended Essay, with this student exploring...
Annotated HL Essay exemplar 16: The Poisonwood Bible
This week we have added another HL essay exemplar, a response to Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible, along with some annotations that highlight the essay's strengths as well as areas that could...
The Thing Around Your Neck
"The thing that wrapped itself around your neck, that nearly always choked you before you fell asleep, started to loosen, to let go." This week we have published the first few pages for a unit of study...
Paper 1: new prose fiction response
New HL Paper 1 response from May 2023 TZ2 The new sample can be found at the page below and all other samples can be accessed via the page beneath that. This sample response comes from the May 2023 examination...
Paper 1 revision: poetry
As the May examinations fast approach, this week we have added another student revision page for Paper 1 with a poem and guiding question. There is an accompanying quiz that takes students through a...
Paper 1 revision: prose fiction extract
As the May examinations fast approach, this week we have added another student revision page for Paper 1 with a fiction prose extract and guiding question. There is an accompanying quiz that takes students...