IB ENGLISH Language Literature A Course May 2013 Assessment- HL

First examinations 2013 HL

Assessment component Weighting

External assessment (4 hours) 70% - 2 EXAMS

Paper 1: Literary commentary (2 hours) -UNSEEN TEXT

The paper consists of two passages: one prose and one poetry.

Students choose one and write a literary commentary. (20 marks)

20%

Paper 2: Essay (2 hours) - THE CRUCIBLE, AMADEUS, ROMEO AND JULIET, MASTER HAROLD AND THE BOYS.

The paper consists of three questions for each literary genre.

In response to one question students write an essay based on at least two works studied

in part 3. (25 marks)

25%
OTHER ASSESSMENTS

Written assignment - COURSEWORK ESSAY ON WORKS IN TRANSLATION - WORLD LITERATURE
BECKETT, IBSEN, CAMUS

Students submit a reflective statement and literary essay on one work studied in part 1.

(25 marks)

The reflective statement must be 300–400 words in length.

The essay must be 1,200–1,500 words in length.

25%

Internal assessment - 2 ORAL ACTIVITIES

This component is internally assessed by the teacher and externally moderated by the IB

at the end of the course.

30%

Individual oral commentary and discussion (20 minutes) -MARTIN LUTHER KING, WILFRED OWEN, JUDITH THOMPSON'S 'PALACE OF THE END"

Formal oral commentary on poetry studied in part 2 with subsequent questions

(10 minutes) followed by a discussion based on one of the other part 2 works

(10 minutes). (30 marks)

15%

Individual oral presentation (10–15 minutes) - PERSEPOLIS/OF MICE AND MEN/METAMORPHOSIS

The presentation is based on works studied in part 4. It is internally assessed and

externally moderated through the part 2 internal assessment task. (30 marks)