Assessment Overview External Assessment (SL: 70% - HL: 80%) Paper 1 Guided Textual Analysis (exam - SL & HL: 35%): Two unseen texts, each accompanied by a (non-compulsory) question that suggests a stylistic point of entry into each text and indicates towards a focused reading (rather than a commentary on all aspects of the text). SL: analyse one text. Two non-literary texts will be provided; texts will be of different text types. (1h 15min) HL: analyse each text separately. Two texts provided; no text types will be excluded (2h 15min)
Paper 2 Comparative Essay (exam - SL: 35%, HL: 25%): This will require candidates to write a literary essay in which they compare and contrast two works studied in response to one of four questions of a general nature. Candidates can use works by authors on the prescribed reading list or freely chosen, studied in translation or original language, from any combination of literary forms. No works used for paper 2 can have been used in the preparation for any other component (HL essay or IA).(1h 45min)
Higher Level Essay (HL only - 20%): 1200-1500 word formal essay, following a line of inquiry of the student’s choice into one of the texts studied. Students are recommended to use the seven central concepts as a starting point for developing a line of inquiry: Culture, Creativity, Communication, Perspective, Representation, Identity, Transformation.
Internal Assessment (SL: 30%, HL: 20%) Individual Oral: 15 minute individual oral exploring two texts in relation to a global issue of the student’s choice. First 10 minutes: student’s analysis. Remaining 5 minutes: teacher questions to encourage further development, exploration or discussion. Students will use the learner portfolio to explore the relationship between the texts studied and a larger global concern of their choice. Students selects two texts to formulate their response: an extract from a literary text studied in class and a non-literary text to anchor their analysis and to act as a springboard for wider exploration of the overall text, including how meaning is constructed in the text, in connection with the chosen global issue. Prompt: Examine the ways in which the global issue of your choice is presented through the content and form of the two texts that you have studied.
Additional Course Requirement The Learner Portfolio: An area to record the development of performative literacy – the literate practices that allow students to understand meaning and implications, respond critically and make extensions beyond texts. Specifically, this will be crucial to helping students prepare for all of the assessment tasks. This component is not formally assessed by the IB, but will include teacher feedback and ISB graded tasks.