Hi Lisa. No, don't worry - these are updates about the development phase of curriculum review and no changes have yet been implemented. Rest assured, we will keep you posted as to when any changes are likely to be implemented.
Course reviewAre these changes required this school year? I have been prepping my students for the IO using "global issue," "fields of inquiry," work in translation paired with work in Language A. Thank you!
Course reviewHi Jocelyn. Total grades are always scaled to be out of 100 and we know the percentage for Paper 2 (25% at HL and 35% at SL) so you should still be able to calculate based on last year's overall grade boundaries. However, while they should be informed...
Paper 2: Comparative essayExcept we can't use the most recent grade boundaries to predict an IB grade 1 - 7 because the mark total has changed, and we need to predict grades for the Class of 2026!
Paper 2: Comparative essayThank you!
Paragraph writing for Paper 2Hi Dana: the suggested activity involves writing the first few paragraphs so that you can assess whether students have understood and mastered some of the skills that characterise better examples. After the intro it is sort of up to the student whether...
Paragraph writing for Paper 2Thank you Mark!
Paragraph writing for Paper 2Hi Mark, your instructions for this activity state: "Ask them to write the first 2-3 paragraphs in response to a given title, in a way that shows they have understood the characteristics of the above example." and then "shown understanding of the...
Paragraph writing for Paper 2Hi Anne - the bottom line is that she needs to show understanding of 'the work' of poetry and this typically means referring in some detail to around 3 poems, with perhaps some passing reference to more. This of course depends on the length of the...
Paragraph writing for Paper 2
Lisa
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