IB English 12

IB Exam Overview
 IB English 12: Exam Schedule

Two components:
1) Oral Presentation junior year
2) Oral Commentary & Interview Feb.-Mar. 2017
Combined, they form 30% of IB grade
IB English 12: Exam Schedule

Monday morning, May 1, 2017

20% of IB grade
IB English 12: Exam Schedule

Tuesday morning, May 2, 2017

25% of IB grade
IB English 12: Exam Schedule

Junior year
25% of IB grade
IB English 12: Exam Schedule

Results posted online

July 2017
Junior Year Written Assignment
Last years scores

4
10
36
58
43
12
4
 Junior Year Written Assignment
Last years scores

70

60

50
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40

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20

10

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IB Written Assignment Grade
IA: Oral Commentary & Interview
Feb.-Mar. 2017
 IA: Oral Commentary & Interview
TWO PARTS

1) Oral Commentary on 20-30 lines of poetry by Robert Frost

Candidate selects passage at random.
Passage may be an entire poem or 20-30+ lines of a longer
poem.
Two guiding questions are provided:
one on content
one on form
20 minutes to annotate & outline presentation.
Evaluator must ask at least 2 follow-up questions.
Oral commentary (including my follow-up) should be about
10 minutes long.
 Unit 3 (right before IA)
The Poetry of Robert Frost

25 poems spanning Frosts

most productive years: 1913-
1949
Thematic foci ranging from
humanitys relationship to
nature, interpersonal
relationships, & spiritual
ruminations
 IA: Oral Commentary & Interview
TWO PARTS
2) Open-ended interview on either the essays of Virginia
Woolf or Toni Morrisons Beloved
Choice is random: neither of us will know which author
you will select.
Interview is about 10 minutes long.
Thus, entire Oral Commentary & interview is no more than 20
minutes long.
This is recorded & sent to IB for moderation.
Score for senior year IB Oral Commentary & interview is
averaged with your junior year Oral Presentation for a total
score out of 30.
 Unit 1
Selected essays of Virginia Woolf
Fulfills IB component for prose
non-fiction
Primarily autobiographical
pieces, with some critical
analyses
Themes range from
interpersonal relationships,
self-analysis, dealing with
death of a family member
 Unit 2
Toni Morrisons Beloved
1988 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Centers on former slave family
after American Civil War
Thematic foci ranging from
racism, psychological impact of
slavery, & interpersonal
relationships
IA: Oral Commentary & interview
Last years scores

12
73
80
3
 IA: Oral Commentary & Interview
Last years scores
90

80

70

60
Candidates

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IB IA Grade
Paper One: Written Commentary
Monday morning, May 1, 2017
 Paper One: Written Commentary
Candidates choose from either a poem or a prose extract.
Passages & authors will ideally be unfamiliar to candidates.
Candidates have 2 hours to write their Commentaries.
1) Read through both passages.
2) Skim through again to determine which one provides more
opportunities to showcase your skills.
3) Annotate your chosen passage for content (ideas) & form
(techniques).
4) Brainstorm key words creating a dominant effect.
5) Determine how you wish to approach explaining the dominant
effect: tracing the unfolding logic of the passage; or by content
& form.
6) Draft your DE & outline your line of reasoning.
7) Draft your Commentary.
8) Tweak, edit, & proofread your Commentary.
Paper One: Written Commentary
Last Years Scores

2
10
56
39
37
22
 Paper One: Written Commentary
Last Years Scores
60

50

40
Candidates

30

20

10

0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
IB Paper 1 Grade
Paper Two: Comparison/Contrast Essay
Tuesday morning, May 2, 2017
Inglemoors genre: drama
Paper Two: Comparison/Contrast Essay
Inglemoors genre: drama
Candidates will compare/contrast any two or three of the plays
we study second semester:
1) William Shakespeares Macbeth (c. 1606 British)
2) Arthur Millers Death of a Salesman (1949 American)
3) Wole Soyinkas The Lion and the Jewel (1959 Nigerian)
4) Samuel Becketts Waiting for Godot (1953 French/Irish)
Candidates will have three Drama questions from which to
choose ONE.
Candidates will not have access to the scripts or notes.
 Unit 4
Introduction to Classical Tragedy &
Innovations: Shakespeares Macbeth
Shakespeares shortest drama!
Fictionalizes historical Macbeth as
villian who murdered wise, old King
Duncan secretly
(Actually young, ineffectual King
Duncan was killed in battle by
Macbeth with the help of Banquo
ancestor of new British monarch
James Iand ruled peacefully for 17
years.)
 Unit 5
Arthur Millers Death of a Salesman

1949 Pulitzer Prize for Drama

& Tony Award for Best Play
Depicts the struggles of the
Loman family as the fathers
career & mental health
decline
Thematic foci ranging from
consumerism, the American
Dream, & family relationships
 Unit 5
Arthur Millers The Death of a
Salesman
Writing skills: Thoughtbook entries, Practice Paper 2
comparative essay
Literary Language focus: Stage design, blocking,
intentions & tactics, effect of music & lighting
 Unit 6
Wole Soyinkas The Lion & the Jewel
1959 comedy set in remote Yoruba
village in Nigeria
Socially progressive schoolteacher
Lakunle wants to marry village
beauty Sidi but refuses to pay the
traditional bride price; however,
traditionalist chieftain Baroka also
wants Sidi for himself.
Thematic foci ranging from
colonialism, modernization vs.
maintaining traditional folkways,
romantic relationships
 Unit 7
Samuel Becketts Waiting for Godot
Writing skills:
Thoughtbook entries,
practice comparison
essay, and written
commentary
Literary Language focus:
elements of comedy,
existentialism, & the
Theater of the Absurd
Paper 2: Comparison/Contrast Essay
Last Years Scores

16
29
61
31
29
Paper 2: Comparison/Contrast Essay
Last Years Scores

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50
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IB Paper 2 Grade
Final Subject Grades posted online July 2017
Last Years Final Grades

1
34
79
48
4
Final Subject Grades posted online July 2017
Last Years Grades
90

80

70

60
Candidates

50

40

30

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Final IB Grade
 Unit 8
The Labyrinthine fictions of
Jorge Luis Borges
Writing skills: Reading
Journals
Literary Language focus:
Aspects of Literature of the
Fantastic
Culminating Project: Text
Rendering of a short Borges
passage, plus Artists
Statement of Intent