Course Assessment
Responses to prose non-fiction
Paper 1 responses to prose non-fictionPaper 1 extracts can come from works of non-fiction as well as fiction. Diaries, speeches, letters, travel writing, autobiography and journalism are some of the more...
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Paper 1 sample response (May 2024) Free
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...
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Paper 1 sample response (May 2024) Free
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,...
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The TOK exhibition: literary objects
Literary 'objects' for the TOK exhibition For this assessment, students need to choose one of the given IA prompts, which are a set of 35 high-level knowledge questions. Their exhibition needs to be...
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Theory of Knowledge (TOK)
Barthes' quotation is a useful starting point for students when considering the connections between Theory of Knowledge (TOK) and Literature. In studying a wide range of literary texts, we consider many...
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HL essay: the importance of planning
It hardly needs pointing out that planning the HL essay carefully is an essential component in the development of a strong assignment. Any piece of written work that seeks to promote the development of...
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A Private Experience Free
"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...
Teaching and Learning resources
Using AI to support teaching
You might be forgiven for feeling slightly uneasy about the use of Generative AI in the context of a subject where so much depends on the capacity for independent, original thought. That being said, careful...
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Sample EE 2 (2018-): Plath's poetry
This essay is an exploration of 'disconnection and mental illness' as portrayed in Sylvia Plath's poetry, focussing on an interesting selection of five poems: 'Child', 'Kindness', 'The Applicant', 'Mirror'...
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Changes to the Language A courses Free
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...