ASSESSMENT OUTLINE - IB A1

HIGHER LEVEL

EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT - 70%

WRITTEN PAPER COMPONENT - 50%

Two written papers-

Paper 1 = Commentary - 2 hours - 25%

Written Commentary is pased on poetry or another text to which the technique of literacy criticism can be applied.

TWO unseen texts will be used.

25% of the final grade.

Paper 2 = Essay - 2 hours - 25%

Two essay questions on each genre available for study in part 3 - tragic plays.

Texts analysed will be

Death of a Salesman
A Streetcar named Desire
Romeo and Juliet
Blood Wedding

WORLD LITERATURE =

Two assignments will be written between the word count of 1000 and 1500 words.

Assignment 1 - 10%

Comparative study of at least TWO Part 1 works.

A Doll's House and Like Water for Chocolate.

Assignment 2 - 10%

The Unbearable Lightness of Being.

Imaginitive or Creative Assignment

1 WL work - or 1 WL and 1 Language A1 work.

2 Detailed Study WL

Internal Assessment

Oral Component - 30%

TWO compulsory oral activities to be internally assessed by the teacher and expternally moderated by the IBO.

Individual Oral Commentary = 15 minutes - 15%

Commentary on an extract, chosen by the teacher, from one of the Part 2 works studied.
The Color Purple and 1984

Individual Oral Presentation = 10 - 15 minutes - 15%

Presentation of topic, chosen by the candidate, based on part 4 works.

The Outsider and A Bloody Chamber