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The Extended Essay in DP Language A
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Writing Well for DP Language A: Language & Literature and Literature Examinations
Virtual Think-In, 27 November 2024
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Virtual Think-In, 28 November 2024
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The traditional approach of writing lots of comments in the margins and/or at the end of an essay can frequently have little or no impact, or sometimes even, impact that is negative. When managed well,...
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George Orwell's Essays: The Spike
The following tasks and activities are intended for teaching and studying George Orwell’s essay ‘The Spike’. It is not required that students study all of the available materials. However, the materials...
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George Orwell's Essays: Shooting an Elephant
The following tasks and activities are intended for teaching and studying George Orwell’s essay ‘Shooting an Elephant’. It is not required that students study all of the available materials. However,...
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Literary Works
Linked from this page you will find units of work and resources for a selection of literary works that are frequently studied as part of the programme. It goes without saying that this list of texts could...
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Persepolis
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi If you are considering a graphic novel for study on the course, we recommend Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi. It is a text that students find both fascinating and accessible,...
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The Reader
This statement by Michael Berg, the protagonist and narrator of The Reader, captures the central, seemingly irresolvable tensions at the heart of the novel. Can we simultaneously condemn and seek to...
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The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea
Yukio Mishima's The Sailor Who Fell From Grace with the Sea is a book that always makes an impression on students, from the unsettling scenario presented in its opening chapter, through to the dark irony...
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Pablo Neruda's poetry
It is because Pablo Neruda's poetry smells "of the lilies and urine" that he proves to be a popular poet with students: they find him accessible, enjoy the way he combines the earthy, the erotic and the...
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Doctor Faustus
The ideas dealt with in Doctor Faustus will endure as long as humans are proud, ambitious and greedy, and it is this universality that makes it an accessible and enjoyable text to explore with students....
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King Lear unit of study
Along with Hamlet, King Lear is perhaps about as big as they get. The range of experience the play explores and the depth and complexity into which it goes are pretty breathtaking, which of course makes...