FOCUS AREAS TODAY:

- How to structure your essay

- Using language of comparison

STARTER: 15 mins - Mapping out and brainstorming

your points
On the next slide are two extracts - brainstorm 3 points of
compare and contrast that could be used to answer the
question attached: - Choose your focus texts and the
key moments associated with it.
‘Texts provide a platform through which authors can
express their conflicts with/opinions on the societies in
which they live’. Answer this question in light of the
authorial choices employed by the writers to communicate
this.
 TEXT 2
TEXT 1 Plath TTTC
Daddy, ‘On the Rainy
River’
Merge your answers on the following document.

Your table is your group

MY YEAR 12s HAVE ALSO COMPLETED THEIR VERSION OF
THIS TASK - YOU CAN USE THEIR IDEAS TO HELP YOU

Comparative Starter task Daddy and TTTC

 General points of feedback/areas of focus
● NOT answering the question asked:
○ Running with word power and not distribution, cultural context etc.
○ Not understanding or knowing what cultural context is:
■ Gender, religion, race, values, world of the text, etc etc! What was normal life like? Etc.

● NOT comparing texts - it is a comparative essay - criteria A and B are specifically about compare and
contrast, 20/30 marks on compare and contrast elements!
■ Talking about points in isolation rather than in light of the two texts

● NOT analyzing quotes or authorial choices - rather re-telling stories

● Trying to make words sound fancy and losing the whole clarity of point
PAPER 2
● LACK of clear introductions and topic sentences

● Only talking about ONE POEM - poet’s work

● When we are selecting evidence - we are not analyzing it in light of the Question asked!

● Not re-read our work - phrasing is way off and affecting Criteria A,B,D!

● MARKING SCHEMES ARE NOT BEING USED!!!!

Our key areas of focus for Paper 2:

- Analyzing in isolation of your texts

- We are not actually comparing our

texts, but rather we are
answering the question is isolation
of each other.

- It is NOT enough to just say

‘similarly’ or likewise and then not
make any more links or
connections

- We have to ensure in our second

body paragraph for text 2 that
we are constantly linking back to https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xlrvJ9AQYjcanfov9
our text 1 AND the point we made MvTPV-WFvdQ56AV/view
in the previous paragraph : Access to the sample essay provided here
How to structure your essays: Suggested structure

Paragraph 1:
POINT 1
POINT 1 TEXT 1
EXPLORE
THIS POINT Paragraph 2:
OVER 2
BODY POINT 1 TEXT 2,
constant linking back to
PARAGRAPHS your text 1 and paragraph
1 for compare and
contrast
 Sample 2

: Access to the sample essay

provided here
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Fdl
PTuGq4kZMVz2VPfVZ3Wpmg_1x
3431/view
 TASK: 15 MINUTES

You have 2 essays in front of you. One got 14/30 (level 4) ,

the other 19/30 (level 5).

1. I want you to read through these essays and identify

which essay you think received which grade AND why (3-
4 points justification for each essay/grade decision)

2. You also need to identity what grade for each criteria.

The rubric is attached on the next slide.
 TASK: Remainder of the lesson

Using the key notes from class, sample essays, AND the IB guys vidoes, for Monday’s
lesson, make a key notes page across 2 A4 pages where you outline everything you need
in order to writer a Paper 2 essay:

- Include criteria
- Sample vocab of analysis and comparison
- 5 must dos/checklist items for a level 6-7
- Keywords/areas of focus from the rubric
- Sample body paragraphs/examples where possible (you can use the samples from
today’s lesson)
- If I picked up this helper sheet, I should be able to write and approach a Paper 2
essay
- Key videos to help you are attached on the next slide also to help you navigate key
content
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y70LX5i5NKo : Language of analysis key words.
1.21min onwards on the video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPKS-iyBwUk&list=PLwpv1ucGhUOkS6_itf2Uvnp
tG40CXs9ta
: Paper 2 video channel

https://litlearn.com/ib-english-paper-2-completely-explained/ Paper 2 support

forum

https://studynova.com/a/ib-english/ib-english-paper-2-tips/ Paper 2 tips and hints