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Opinion Column Free
It might sound obvious, but to write a good opinion column, you need to have strong opinions. Unlike objective news reports and articles, this text type requires you to clearly choose a side. But what...
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Informal E-mail/letter
When we write an email or letter, the audience is usually a single person. This page covers informal emails and letters, the kind you write to a friend or family member. But what are the key features?...
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HL Sample F
. You can make use of this sample in three ways: Marking standards calibration ... to test whether the way you mark results in the same marks as awarded Guided tour of analysis ... to study the process...
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Born a Crime Chapters 9-11
In typical Trevor Noah style, chapters 9-11 are bittersweet. The reader learns of the animosity between the races that was fostered by the government. Trevor remembers being bullied as a child by the...
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Paper 2 Listening (15-18)
This section contains listening comprehension tasks based on one video about poverty and one audio text about tough love. Make connections with the themes in Born a Crime, while at the same time practising...
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"Adolesence": A Review
“Adolescence” is a Netfilx series about a 13-year-old boy who murders a female classmate. It’s also about social media, parenting, education and the challenges of being a teenager in today’s world. It...
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Conspiracyland
Conspiracy theories are growing by leaps and bounds. This page features Marianna Spring who is the BBC's Disinformation and Social Media correspondent. Her podcast Mariana in Conspiracyland explores this...
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Criterion A
. The analysis of the criterion is organised by bullet-point, in order to make the range of values as clear as possible. Note that: . SL & HL (as indicated) (Wording the same for all mark-bands at both...
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SL Visual Stimulus Bank Free
Selecting a good SL visual stimulus can be time consuming. This page contains images that can be used for practice or the final individual oral. Remember that students should not see the image in advance...
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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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ATL Skills
The ATL skills are key to developing as an IB student. They are the skills that IB schools you grow and that can transfer to university life and beyond. This page will give a brief overview of the ATL...
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Teen Subcultures
In chapter 11, Trevor talks about some of the subcultures at his school such as jocks and nerds. Read the text Unseen & Unheard: The Teen Subcultures That Define the Next Generation, adapted from the...