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Paper 1
Paper 1, the first of two external examination papers, is called Guided Literary Analysis for both HL and SL students. In this examination students will be given two unseen passages, each from a different...
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Paper 1: sample responses
Linked 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 familiar with the expectations...
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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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Internal Assessment: the Individual Oral
The Individual Oral asks students to deliver a 10 minute oral presentation, followed by 5 minutes of teacher questions. The nature of the task, the time allocation and the assessment criteria are the...
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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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Lesson ideas
Lessons on different literary concepts, forms and techniques In this section of the site you will find a series of lessons for students on different literary concepts, forms and techniques. Each page...
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Higher Level Essay
An independent inquiry It is clear from the guidance on the Higher Level essay that this assignment should be set up and conducted as an independent inquiry, with students developing ideas from their...
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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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Literary Works
Linked from this page you will find study guides and resources for a selection of literary works that are frequently studied as part of the programme. It goes without saying that this list of texts could...