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Light Bulb

Chapter 6 - Thinking Ahead 2 (External Assessment)

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Thought Balloon

Chapter 1 - Thoughts & Feelings 

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Bridge

Chapter 2 - Structure & Freedom

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Thinking Face

Chapter 3 - Thinking Ahead I (Internal Assessment)

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First Quarter Moon

Chapter 4 - The Real & Imagined

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Pine Tree

Chapter 5 - The Wild

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Chapter 7 - Borders & Boundaries

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Performing Arts

Chapter 8 - Identity & Authority

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Brain

Chapter 9 - Thinking Ahead 3 (Internal Assessment)

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Counterclockwise Arrows Button

Chapter 10 - Histories & Futures 

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Mantelpiece Clock

Chapter 11 - Possible worlds

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Magnifying Glass Tilted Left

Chapter 12 - Thinking Ahead 4 (External Assessment)

Chapter 13 - Transformation & Remediation 

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Balance Scale

Chapter 14 - Intersection, Union & Difference

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Crystal Ball

Chapter 15 - Thinking Ahead 5 (Internal Assessment)

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Open Book

Chapter 16 - Storytelling

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Writing Hand

Chapter 17 - Problems & Projects

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Memo

Chapter 18 - Thinking Ahead 6 (External Assessment)

Think of the course as a triathlon, with three main events: Paper 1, Paper 2, and the Higher Level (HL) essay. Let&#39;s break these down.

Remember the thrill of opening a surprise gift? That&#39;s pretty much what Paper 1 is like.

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Now, imagine you&#39;ve been watching two movies throughout your course.

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Finally, there&#39;s the HL essay, an event exclusive to those at the Higher Level (HL).

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	<li>You&#39;ll find two &quot;unseen&quot; non-literary passages. By &quot;unseen,&quot; we mean texts that you&#39;ve never met before &ndash; like surprise party guests!</li>
	<li>These passages will be of two different text types. You could compare it to meeting an astronaut and a ballerina at the same party &ndash; they&#39;re both people, but they&#39;re very different!</li>
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	<li>If you&#39;re taking Standard Level (SL), you have to choose one of these passages and write an analysis on it, like having a one-on-one conversation with either the astronaut or the ballerina for 1 hour and 15 minutes.</li>
	<li>If you&#39;re going Higher Level (HL), it&#39;s like engaging both the astronaut and the ballerina in a conversation, analysing both passages in 2 hours and 15 minutes. You&#39;ve got to be a social butterfly here!</li>
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	<li>In Paper 2, you&#39;ll be given three general questions, like three different movie critics asking for your opinion. You need to pick one of these questions and write an essay based on any two works (movies) you&#39;ve studied in the course in 1 hour 45 minutes.</li>
	<li>Whether you&#39;re SL or HL, the task is the same. It&#39;s like having a Netflix party with your friends and discussing the movies afterward!</li>
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You&#39;re going to write an essay on one non-literary text or a collection of non-literary texts by a single author, or a literary text or work studied during the course. This is like becoming best friends with a book or author, getting to know them intimately. The essay must be 1,200-1,500 words in length - think of it as a heartfelt letter to your penpal about your BFF!

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Remember, always make sure that your outputs are well polished and free from grammatical errors. You wouldn&#39;t want any spelling mistakes to mess up your conversations with the astronaut and ballerina, would you?

So, that&#39;s our triathlon!

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Happy studying, and may the odds of English A Language and Literature be ever in your favour!

Mastering IB Language & Literature Key Assessment Insights

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Standard Level

English A Language & Literature SL

Chapter 6 - Thinking Ahead 2 (External Assessment)

Mastering IB Language & Literature Key Assessment Insights

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Textual analysis

Comparative essay

Higher level essay - Deep dive

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Chapter 6 - Thinking Ahead 2 (External Assessment)

Mastering IB Language & Literature Key Assessment Insights

The basics

Textual analysis

Comparative essay

Higher level essay - Deep dive

Table of content

Unlock the Full Content!