Assessment
Why structuring an essay is like building a house
Organising the points you want to make in an essay around larger key ideas, and in a way that develops logically, is a challenging thing to do. The ultimate success (or otherwise) of many essays is often...
Getting started: Teachers
Paper 1 revision: prose fiction
There is a myth that you cannot revise for Paper 1 as it is an unseen examination. While there is no content to revise, you can go into this paper very well prepared by revising the literary forms and...
Teaching and Learning resources
Paper 1 Student revision pages
The following quizzes will help you revise the different literary forms: There is a myth that you cannot revise for Paper 1 as it is an unseen examination. While there is no content to revise, you can...
Review/revision
Paper 1 revision: poem 2
On this page is another addition to our series of Paper 1 revision pages for students. These pages seek to address the myth that you cannot revise for Paper 1 as it is an unseen examination. While there...
Review/revision
Paper 1 revision: poem 1
There is a myth that you cannot revise for Paper 1 as it is an unseen examination. While there is no content to revise, you can go into this paper very well prepared by revising the literary forms and...
Blog
Paper 1 revision: poetry Free
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...
The Literature course
Collage, criticism, creativity...
The first few lessons: being creative It's a self-evident thing that our course focuses attention on the notion of what it means to be creative, to express ideas imaginatively, throughout its various...
The Literature course
Story-truth in 'The Things They Carried'
The Things They Carried Within the text O’Brien deliberately blurs the lines between fiction and reality, telling us that certain events he describes did not happen but that they still convey truth. ...
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The Literature course
Representing reality in non-fiction
What do we mean by truth and reality in literature? Below are some suggested questions to get students thinking about literary non-fiction and how it attempts to represent reality. These could be used...
DP essentials
The Extended Essay
Writing the Extended Essay is (or should be) a very important part of a student's diploma experience, and certainly one that prepares them well for elements of study at university level. It is a good...