Course Assessment
Paper 1 sample response (Pitter)
Standard Level response to 'The Bat' by Ruth Pitter The following example guided literary analysis is written in response to the poem 'The Bat' by Ruth Pitter and a guiding question focused on how the...
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Paper 1 sample response (Ng)
Higher Level response to Shangri-La by Amy Ng The inclusion of drama texts on Paper 1 is a recent development in the latest iteration of the course so there are not as many past paper examples of such...
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Paper 1 sample response (Ferguson)
Higher Level response to Campbell of Kilmhor by J. A. FergusonThis is a response to the Drama text used on the first examination of the new Literature course in May 2021. While the passage is short and...
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Paper 1 sample response (Ayckbourn)
Higher Level response to Absent Friends by Alan AyckbournThis is a response to the Drama text used on one of the IB's specimen papers for the course, the beginning of Alan Ayckbourn's 1975 play, Absent...
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Paper 1 sample response (Maponya)
Higher Level response to Umongikazi (The Nurse) by Maishe Maponya On this page we have a HL student response to the first text on the November 2024 TZ2 Paper 1. The first extract on the paper was from...
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Paper 1 sample response (Shanley)
On this page we have a HL student response to the second text on the May 2024 TZ1 Paper 1, an extract from the play 'Doubt: A Parable.' The example response below is a very successful guided literary...
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Paper 1 sample response (Rayson)
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 successful response overall, although...
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Paper 1 sample response (Albee)
To prepare fully for Paper 1 students need to be able to respond to various kinds of text types, including non-fiction and drama. The latter presents quite a challenge perhaps because it can often feel...
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'How to... Video Guides.'
This resource area is designed to provide teachers with video material they use live in the classroom, or - and perhaps more likely in this instance - to set for their students to complete at home. Students...
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How to...get the global issue right
A key part of success in the Individual Oral is coming up with a good global issue. Understanding what one is, how to phrase it and then how to plan an oral around it is not necessarily straightforward,...