IB Spanish Language External Assessment – Written Assignment -SL

February – March 2015

Standard Level – Spanish 4

Assignment
 You must choose 3 articles / sources (based on the 3 IB Core Topics) to read and base your writing on; you need to use facts and
figures from the texts and incorporated them into your writing
 Your text can and probably will be fiction, although you will use facts from the articles / sources
 The subject of your written assignment must be your choice in consultation with me
 You choose a text type from this list:
o Article, column
o Blog
o Brochure, leaflet, flyer, pamphlet, advertisement
o Essay
o Interview in any form
o News report
o Report
o Review
o Set of instructions, guidelines
o Written correspondence

 The content of your writing and the articles comes from the 3 IB Core Topics:
o Communication and media
o Global issues
o Social relationships

 You must write a 150-200 word rationale that introduces the assignment, states your aims and how you have achieved them
 Content and organization are more important than format; you must understand the subject matter and organize and use the
information from the sources well
 Use language appropriate to the text type (blogs may be less formal than essays, interviews may contain more colloquialisms [be more
conversational] etc.)

Technicalities
 300-400 word limit
 150-200 word rationale
 If you write less or more (yes they count the words) you lose 1 point from criterion A
o I assume the rationale can be a few more or a few less words
 The written assignment must be word processes in the target language
 You may use a paper dictionary and other “reference material” (for example 501 Spanish Verbs)
 The assignment is not timed and you may work on it on your own time with guidance from me.
o Reading the sources
o Writing the final text
o Writing the rationale
 You sign a coversheet and we send the work to IB for evaluation
 The written assignment will be submitted electronically and e-marked
Written assignment: Receptive and written productive skills (SL)

Criterion A: Rationale and task

o How well does the student use the rationale and the task in order to accomplish the assignment?
o How clearly has the task been introduced in the rationale?
o How successfully does the task address the subject and aim(s) stated in the rationale?
o How appropriate is the choice of the text type to the task?

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 How well are the ideas organized and developed?
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Criterion C: Language
 How appropriately and effectively does the student use language in relation to the task?

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0 The work does not reach a standard described by the descriptors below.
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1-2 Vocabulary is limited or is generally inappropriate to the task.
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7-8 Complex sentence structures are clear and effective.
The rhetorical devices are varied and used effectively.