IB Prospectus 2025 DIGI Singles - Flipbook - Page 15
What our past students say about the IB
Examples of Individual Orals from Year One
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‘How each text represents the consequences of a concept of freedom.’
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‘How each text represents the signi昀椀cance of myth and folklore in rural
communities’
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‘How each text represents the e昀昀ects of migration’
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‘How each text represents the interconnection of man and the natural world’
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 specifically interested
in.”Kate Granlund (2017-2019): English,
University of Cambridge
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Examples of Higher Level Essays from Year Two
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‘How, and to what e昀昀ect, does Toni Morrison represent notions of beauty through her characterization of Pecola?’
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How far does Sophocles present Antigone as conforming to Classical Greek notions of gender roles?
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How does Bulgakov present attitudes towards socio-political processes in Soviet Russia through the poetic devices he uses in
The Heart of a Dog?
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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