Assessment
Developing the Paper 1 argument
Understanding the business of structure is a vital component in high-achieving essays. And all too often, students think of structure as being concerned with the topics each paragraph deals with - rather...
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Paper 2: a guide for students Free
After two years with no paper 2 due to the pandemic, it is now back for current second year DP students. To help prepare students - and teachers - for the return of this examination in 2023, we have...
Assessment
Paper 2: using evidence
This page is about using evidence in Paper 2, something that is essential if you are going to write an essay that conveys a good knowledge and understanding of your texts to present a convincing argument...
The Literature course
What is a Story?
This activity comes from George Saunders’ wonderful book about storytelling, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, in which he presents and explores works from four Russian masters of storytelling - Chekhov,...
Teaching and Learning resources
What makes a text literary?
What makes a text literary? On this page is a lesson idea with some slides asking students to consider the question of what makes a text literary and therefore a text worth studying on a course such as...
The Literature course
Introducing the Concepts: an activity
The concepts - an introductory activity It is important to introduce students to the seven concepts early on in the course so that they become familiar with them and begin the process of exploring, discussing...
The Literature course
Intertextuality: connecting texts
Intertextuality: connecting texts invites exploration of the connections that exist between literary works, as well as the significance attached to comparison of them. It attacks directly the points...
Assessment
Paper 2 questions: unpacking and planning
So far this guide has asked you to focus on the texts you have chosen for Paper 2, thinking about how they connect to the areas of exploration, the course concepts, as well as each other. While the best...
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Paper 2: making comparisons Free
A new page about comparing texts has been added and can be found below. The other pages can be found from the guide home page, also linked below. Further pages will be developed and added to the guide...
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This is a Photograph of Me
This is a Photograph of Me is one of Atwood's earliest poems and also her most anthologized. It is a good starting point as it is a poem that, on one level, can be read as a reflection on the art of...