The Literature course
Creativity
Creativity in Literature Creativity is one of 7 concepts that underpin teaching and learning in the English A: Literature Course. Linking to the 3 areas of exploration, these ideas allow students to make...
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Paper 1 sample response (Brittain)
On this page we have a HL student response to an extract from Vera Brittain's 1933 memoir, Testament of Youth. In the extract, Brittain recounts her thoughts and feelings during a period of World War...
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Paper 1 sample response (Keegan)
Standard Level response to The First World War by John KeeganThis passage was set in a Paper 1 examination a long time ago (2013) but is a good one to revisit as it is non-fiction and a useful reminder...
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Paper 1 sample response (Obama)
Higher Level response to Dreams of my Father by Barack Obama The extract The extract and guiding question can be seen by clicking on the icon below. I remember there was an old man living next door who...
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Paper 1 sample response (Durrell)
Higher Level response to Prospero's Cell by Laurence Durrell Despite this "contempt", they still manage to engage with an analysis and interpretation of the text. Areas to explore with students might...
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Paper 1 sample response (Lee)
Standard Level response to As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning The extract The extract can be seen by clicking on the icon below. I was propelled, of course, by the traditional forces that had sent...
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Paper 1 sample response (Twigger)
Higher Level response to Lost Oasis: In Search of Paradise by Robert TwiggerThis is a response to the non-fiction text used on one of the IB's specimen papers for the course, an extract from Robert Twigger's...
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Paper 1 sample response (Keenan)
Brian Keenan's account of being held hostage in Beirut for a number of years is a wonderful piece of writing - harrowing, moving, powerful and ultimately hopeful. It is also a great text to teach because...
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Paper 1 sample response (Marshall)
Higher Level response to Cherry Blossom Season by Catherine MarshallFollowing the previous sample posted, on this page we have a HL student response to the second text on the May 2024 TZ2 Paper 1. This...
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Paper 1 sample response (Byers)
This sample response comes from the May 2022 examination session (timezone 1) and is a response to the prose fiction extract on that paper, a passage from the novel Perfidious Albion by Sam Byers. The...