HL IOC MOCKS/ MON/TUES/WED/20 mins prep plus 10 mins commentary (Owen) plus 10 minutes discussion MLK or "Palace..."

STUDENTS SHOULD TURN UP ON THE SECOND FLOOR EXACTLY ON TIME. CHECK THE LIST OF NAMES AND TIMES, REMIND YOUR TEACHER THAT YOU MAY LEAVE THE CLASS 15 MINUTES BEFORE YOU ARE DUE AT THE COUNSELLOR'S OFFICE TO RECEIVE YOUR EXTRACT.

YOU WILL PULL A PAGE FROM THE STACK OF EXTRACTS. TEXT SIDE WILL BE DOWN. YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SEE THE EXTRACT BEFORE YOU CHOOSE. YOU WILL THEN HAVE 20 MINUTES TO MAKE NOTES AND BULLET POINTS ON BLANK PAPER PROVIDED. DO NOT TAKE ANY OTHER RESOURCES OR YOUR PHONE TO THE PREPARATION AREA. AFTER 20 MINUTESYOU WILL THEN BE CALLED TO THE TEST/RECORDING  ROOM  TO PRESENT YOUR COMMENTARY. YOU CAN TAKE  THE NOTES YOU HAVE JUST MADE. THERE WILL BE TWO GUIDING QUESTIONS TO HELP YOU FOCUS YOUR RESPONSE TO THE TEXT.

PART 1 8 MINS COMMENTARY AND 2 MINS Q AND A

WILFRED OWEN LIST MOCK IOCS HIGHER LEVEL STUDENTS

1.           DISABLED 44

2.           DULCE ET DECORUM EST 28 LINES

3.           STRANGE MEETING 40 LINES

4.           MENTAL CASES 27 LINES HL ONLY

5.           EXPOSURE 40 LINES HL ONLY

  

PART 2 of your oral will not be based on an extract but on one of the other texts in a general discussion. You will not have the text but will give your views based on your imaginative response to the text. Structure, language, themes, imagery, tone etc

Focus on genre, audiences and literary or rhetorical style.

HL ONLY :the literary discussion. 10 minutes on one of these two texts:

Drama : “PALACE OF THE END”   Or 

Martin Luther King's Speeches.