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  • Paper 1: new prose fiction response

    New HL Paper 1 response from May 2023 TZ2This week we have published a new Higher Level student's response to the prose extract on the May 2023...

  • Paper 1 revision: poetry

    As the May examinations fast approach, this week we have added another student revision page for Paper 1 with a poem and guiding question. There...

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  • Hello Heather.  In answer to your first two questions, some similarities are fine as long as you are sure students' choices and work are all their own. This is what is says in the FAQ on the PRC: "Given the highly personalized nature...
  • Hello, my students are currently preparing for their IOCs. I have a few questions:- If more than one student chooses a similar global issue, is this fine as long as the extracts are different? - If students choose the same extract for...
  • 15 May 2024
    Claire Caffrey
    Structuring and timing the IO
    Thanks Mark, that's very helpful!
  • Hi Brenda:  you're certainly right about the need for caution here, for all the reasons you mention. In the end we have to sign off the work as the student's own, and we therefore would not want to encourage any practice that would compromise...