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Examples of Individual Orals from Year One
l ‘How each text represents the consequences of a concept of freedom.’
l ‘How each text represents the signi昀椀cance of myth and folklore in rural communities’
l ‘How each text represents the e昀昀ects of migration’
l ‘How each text represents the interconnection of man and the natural world’
Examples of Higher Level Essays from Year Two
l ‘How, and to what e昀昀ect, does Toni Morrison represent notions of beauty through her
characterization of Pecola?’
l How far does Sophocles present Antigone as conforming to Classical Greek notions of
gender roles?
l How does Bulgakov present attitudes towards socio-political processes in Soviet Russia
through the poetic devices he uses in The Heart of a Dog?
What our past students
say about the IB
The IB is academically
challenging and exciting. The
range of subjects made my learning
broader and more balanced whilst
the higher and standard level
structure allowed me to delve deeper
into my favourite subjects and
explore what I was speci昀椀cally
interested in.”
“
Kate Granlund (2017-2019):
English, University of Cambridge
Course Essentials
Levels Available
HL
SL
Entry Requirements
GCSE English 6+
GCSE English 6+
IA weighting
20% oral
20% essay
30% oral
Yr Y2 teaching split
50/50
50/50
University courses and careers
English Literature, Journalism, Publishing, Public Relations, Marketing
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