IB English A: Paper 2 Start to Finish Video #1

This is our first video in a series guiding teachers and students through the entire Paper 2 process. This video discusses the "nuts and bolts" of the paper.

Two short stories we'll be working with in this series:

[willr]

Titans of the industry. Single handedly saving Ms Matreski's class from 4's

[harperm]

literally my only study for my mock tomorrow is binging all your paper 2 videos tonight you guys are single handedly keeping me from failing

[ashar]

Just want to say, I started with a 5 in SL (English being my second language) and ended up getting a 7 in HL in the end. You guys helped me so much along the way, thank you very much for every single video you made!

[whatthehek]

giving my DP1 final with English HL on 13th May, and our whole class still knows nothing about P2 as it has never been discussed properly! Your videos are a lifesaver, thank you

[othaila]

Hey is it possible for you to make a video about how to plan for paper 2 before the exam like how to note the literary features plot or quotes or just any information that will help us in the exam to compare

[서상훈-vo]

Hi, guys. Let me ask you a serious question. I am an IB teacher who has been teaching IB Korean A L&L since 2009. My students scored zero on 'Paper 2 Criterion A: Understanding and Knowledge' in the Final Exam in May this year. This is because they interpreted the English novel "Jane Eyre" differently than before. My students interpreted "Jane Eyre" as a story of "women who are obedient to men." Because Jane is resistant in the first half of the novel, but she changes obediently after meeting Rochester. Also, Bertha, who resisted men for 10 years, dies miserably at the end, but Jane, who obeyed men, becomes happy. Above all, Jane always calls Rochester, who is emotionally abusive to her, 'my kind kind master'. So my students interpreted "Jane Eyre" differently than before and logically proved their interpretation in paper 2. However, Korean examiners said, 'Students should only use traditional interpretation and never use different interpretations. And they gave "Criterion A" 0 points to my students. I was an examiner until last year, too. As far as I know, IB encourages different perspectives and interpretations in Language A subjects. Students have to use only traditional interpretation in Language A paper 2?

[dynamicthunda]

Tomorrow I got my mocks for IB Lang and Lit SL. Do you have any tips for guided analysis thesis, conclusion. Also what to analyze graffitis on (such as Banksy's graffitis), Ted Talks too?

[NguyenPham-tyvp]

has anyone purchased the "English A Student Toolkit 7 Resources" introduced in the video?? please give me some feedback if you have!!