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The Extended Essay in DP Language A
Virtual Think-In, 26 November 2024
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Writing Well for DP Language A: Language & Literature and Literature Examinations
Virtual Think-In, 27 November 2024
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The Individual Oral in DP Language A: Language & Literature and Literature
Virtual Think-In, 28 November 2024
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Paper 1: sample responses
Sample paper 1 responsesLinked from this page are a range of paper 1 responses with teacher marks and comments. It is important for teachers and students to look at a range of examples so that you become...
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Paper 1
Guided literary analysis Paper 1, the first of two external examination papers, is now called Guided Literary Analysis for both HL and SL students. In this examination students will be given two unseen...
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Paper 1: sample guiding questions
For paper 1, guided literary analysis, students are given two unseen literary passages which can come from any of the four literary forms on the Prescribed Reading List: drama, poetry, prose fiction and...
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Marking criteria
Below you can find easily viewable assessment criteria for each examined component. These might be useful to project in class when you are engaged in marking an exemplar response, but also as a means...
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Paper 2 question bank
Paper 2 questions will ask students to compare and contrast two of the works they have studied. The questions may take different forms, invite examination of any aspect of content, form or style and apply...
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Practising Paper 1
It may be a slightly obvious thing to say, but progress in this course depends more on the acquisition of a set of skills than the accumulation of a body of knowledge. And recognition of this carries...
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Paper 2: Comparative essay
Compare and contrast two works One of the exciting features of the Literature course relates to the way in which students are given free choices about the texts on which they want to write for some of...
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Higher Level coursework essay: a student guide
A page and download for HL students... The notes below are designed to give you some guidance with preparing and writing the coursework essay. There are also some links in the text to other areas of this...
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Internal Assessment: the Individual Oral
The Individual Oral Replacing the IOP and IOC, the individual oral combines aspects of both previous assessments into one internal assessment task, which is the same for SL and HL students in terms of...
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Paper 2: a guide for students
Paper 2: a guide for students The first page is a guide to choosing the texts for the examination. While this part of the process is still some way off for current first year students, it is still useful...