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Paper 1 sample responses (West)

On this page you will find two HL responses to the same poem - Blaze by Christine West. It can be useful and interesting, for teachers and students, to compare how different students approach the same text, and to consider where each fits in relation to the assessment criteria. The first exemplar (sample #4) is a very strong response, with an intelligence and level of detail that not many students are capable of...

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