IB ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE A MAY 2013 SL ASSESSMENT

First examinations 2013 STANDARD LEVEL

Assessment component Weighting

External assessment (3 hours) 70%

Paper 1: Guided literary analysis (1 hour 30 minutes)

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

Students choose one and write a guided literary analysis in response to two questions.

(20 marks)

20%

Paper 2: Essay (1 hour 30 minutes) - THE CRUCIBLE - ROMEO AND JULIET- AMADEUS

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%

Written assignment – (COURSEWORK ESSAY ON WORLD LITERATURE)

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 ASSIGNMENTS -

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

at the end of the course.

30%

Individual oral commentary (10 minutes) MARTIN LUTHER KING, WILFRED OWEN

Students present a formal oral commentary and answer subsequent questions on an

extract from a work studied in part 2. (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)

15%

Language A: literature