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HL sample 6
This sample is a response to Task B (see Paper 1 Writing tasks, below). It should be marked with the guidance of the relevant Marking Notes (see Paper 1 Writing – Selected Marking Notes, below). You can...
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Writing samples, marked
Reading through officially marked student samples is a fantastic way to understand how your own writing is assessed. By seeing exactly how an examiner evaluates real student work, you can look at the...
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P2 Listening: Can extreme poverty ever be eradicated?
This listening text explores global progress in reducing extreme poverty and the challenges that remain. It links closely to Chapters 15 and 16 of Born a Crime, where Trevor describes life in Alexandra...
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Chapter 18: Paper 2 Literary Extract
This extract from Chapter 18, My Mother’s Life, takes place after Trevor receives a phone call telling him that his mother has been shot. As he drives to the hospital with his friend Mlungisi, he learns...
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P2 Reading: History Lessons
In the preface to Chapter 15, Noah notes that German children don't just learn the facts of the Holocaust in school, but also ‘the how and the why and the gravity of it—what it means.’ In contrast, he...
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Born a Crime Chapters 15-18
Chapters 15-18 bring this amazing book to a close. Trevor clashes with the police and feels helpless during his mother's episodes of domestic violence. Through Trevor's perspective, the reader can gain...
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Language (15-18)
Vocabulary and grammar are the bricks and mortar of language. This page is designed to support your language learning through a Quizlet set of key vocabulary and a task that helps you identify and reuse...
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HL Listening exam 1
This is a complete exam, following the pattern of the new Listening Component. I would immediately point out that it is in no way an 'official' example. I have not seen the specifications in instructions...
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Individual Oral (15-18)
Chapters 15-18 explore Trevor's young adulthood. The selected HL extract focuses on chapter 16 "The Cheese Boys" where Trevor discusses crime, poverty, and morals in context. The SL visual stimulus focuses...
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Paper 2 Listening - Tough Love
This page is designed to support listening comprehension as an audio-only text for chapters 15-18 of the novel Born a Crime by Trevor Noah. However, it can also function as a standalone listening text....