Hello. Firstly, I would just like to thank you for all the student supporting content you provide. As an IB Y1 student, I am now preparing for my Lang and Lit IO and I have two questions. For my literary extract I have picked "The Long Queen" by Carol Ann Duffy. This poem is part of "Feminine Gospels" collection. Most of the poems we have analysed in class however are from "The world's wife", so I was wondering if it would be a problem to refer to those poems when analysing the BOW as a whole. Our teacher said that it would be fine, but I would just a like a bit of reaffirmation as our school does not have a lot of experience with the IB. The second question is about my Global Issue. After a long process of analysis and critical thinking I came up with: The self-sacrifice of women due to changing power dynamics in different societies. Do you think it is a good Global Issue? (My non-literary is "Show her it's a man's world" 1951 ad by Van Heusen) Thank you!
You are good to go. You have a great poet and to us, it is totally fine to consider her other poems from another collection. Just sell it in your IO and connect her other poems to your GI. Good luck. Go for it!
Hi, thank you so much for all your videos, they are really helpful! I was wondering if you would be able to post some videos on the extended essay for literature?
That is definitely a plan we have. We are collecting good samples and moving in that direction. I think you might find our Higher Level Essay videos have many cross over tips that work for the EE in many ways. A good EE has a literary perspective. A good EE has a good focus and a clear research question (argument) and a good EE shows research and good textual evidence. Keep on the lookout for a future EE series. I’ll tell Mr. Cohen to get on that! ;)
Hi. Thank you so much for this helpful video. I was wondering that if I were to pick up a short story, when I talk about the larger literary work, shall I reference other short stories in the collection or shall I talk about the features outside the 40 lines I have chosen?
Great question. The extract will be up to 40 consecutive lines from one short story. The BoW discussion should discuss 2 or 3 other stories, depending on how deep you go with the analysis and interpretation. Good luck!
hi guys. I have a question - for my IO I am planning on doing Persepolis.... since it is a graphic novel can I only examine one page? Its because 40 lines might span over many pages so can I just do one page and analyse the heck out of it?
Such a good question. I would say one page is a very safe bet. Get a rich page with multiple panels. At most, I would say two pages if it was absolutely necessary. I don’t know of any hard and fast rule on this. Make it manageable and like you say, “analyze the heck out of it”. I find that many who write about Persepolis on the HL Essay spend too much time summarizing and not nearly enough time analyzing her moves as an illustrator and author. Go deep into the visual analysis. Coral Needs Our Care and Love.
Thank you for your helpful videos. I was just wondering - would you be able to give us some tips on how to prepare for the Q&A section of our lang and lit IO? I can't seem to find any resources or videos online that target this area of the IO specifically.
This is a great question. Dave and I believe the teacher needs to make very judicious choices during the Q and A, and this 5 minutes should be very different for each student. Teachers should be listening for strengths and weaknesses of the IO while you deliver. After your 10 minutes is up, the teacher is responsible for asking questions that fill in gaps regarding content you might need to cover in more detail. For example, in Video 5 of our "IO - Start to Finish Video", the student did not cover the "zoom out" of his non-literary BoW in much detail. However, he did very well on all other aspects of the IO. Accordingly, all questions focused on building more points regarding the non-literary BoW. During the Q/A, he showed excellent knowledge of the entire BoW, and this resulted in him gaining more points for both Criteria A and B. So, in closing, it's tough to give general students advice regarding the Q/A. If the teacher does their job correctly, the Q/A should further elaborate aspects of the IO that require more development. The questions should NOT be designed to confuse or stump the student. No "gotcha" moments. The entire Q/A should be designed to HELP you score more points.
Hi guys, I wanted to know if we're allowed to talk about our non-lit and then our lit or if we have to start with our lit text. Thanks for the video!
Hello. Firstly, I would just like to thank you for all the student supporting content you provide. As an IB Y1 student, I am now preparing for my Lang and Lit IO and I have two questions. For my literary extract I have picked "The Long Queen" by Carol Ann Duffy. This poem is part of "Feminine Gospels" collection. Most of the poems we have analysed in class however are from "The world's wife", so I was wondering if it would be a problem to refer to those poems when analysing the BOW as a whole. Our teacher said that it would be fine, but I would just a like a bit of reaffirmation as our school does not have a lot of experience with the IB.
The second question is about my Global Issue. After a long process of analysis and critical thinking I came up with: The self-sacrifice of women due to changing power dynamics in different societies. Do you think it is a good Global Issue? (My non-literary is "Show her it's a man's world" 1951 ad by Van Heusen)
Thank you!
You are good to go. You have a great poet and to us, it is totally fine to consider her other poems from another collection. Just sell it in your IO and connect her other poems to your GI. Good luck. Go for it!
My IO is tomorrow and I'm so scared, english isn't my first language and I feel like my analysis isn't good enough. Thank you for this!
You got this! Take some deep breaths, center yourself, and stay calm. Speak slowly and enunciate your words. You can do it!
Hi, thank you so much for all your videos, they are really helpful! I was wondering if you would be able to post some videos on the extended essay for literature?
That is definitely a plan we have. We are collecting good samples and moving in that direction. I think you might find our Higher Level Essay videos have many cross over tips that work for the EE in many ways. A good EE has a literary perspective. A good EE has a good focus and a clear research question (argument) and a good EE shows research and good textual evidence. Keep on the lookout for a future EE series. I’ll tell Mr. Cohen to get on that! ;)
Hi. Thank you so much for this helpful video. I was wondering that if I were to pick up a short story, when I talk about the larger literary work, shall I reference other short stories in the collection or shall I talk about the features outside the 40 lines I have chosen?
Great question. The extract will be up to 40 consecutive lines from one short story. The BoW discussion should discuss 2 or 3 other stories, depending on how deep you go with the analysis and interpretation. Good luck!
hi guys. I have a question - for my IO I am planning on doing Persepolis.... since it is a graphic novel can I only examine one page? Its because 40 lines might span over many pages so can I just do one page and analyse the heck out of it?
Such a good question. I would say one page is a very safe bet. Get a rich page with multiple panels. At most, I would say two pages if it was absolutely necessary. I don’t know of any hard and fast rule on this. Make it manageable and like you say, “analyze the heck out of it”. I find that many who write about Persepolis on the HL Essay spend too much time summarizing and not nearly enough time analyzing her moves as an illustrator and author. Go deep into the visual analysis. Coral Needs Our Care and Love.
Thank you for your helpful videos. I was just wondering - would you be able to give us some tips on how to prepare for the Q&A section of our lang and lit IO? I can't seem to find any resources or videos online that target this area of the IO specifically.
This is a great question. Dave and I believe the teacher needs to make very judicious choices during the Q and A, and this 5 minutes should be very different for each student. Teachers should be listening for strengths and weaknesses of the IO while you deliver. After your 10 minutes is up, the teacher is responsible for asking questions that fill in gaps regarding content you might need to cover in more detail.
For example, in Video 5 of our "IO - Start to Finish Video", the student did not cover the "zoom out" of his non-literary BoW in much detail. However, he did very well on all other aspects of the IO. Accordingly, all questions focused on building more points regarding the non-literary BoW. During the Q/A, he showed excellent knowledge of the entire BoW, and this resulted in him gaining more points for both Criteria A and B.
So, in closing, it's tough to give general students advice regarding the Q/A. If the teacher does their job correctly, the Q/A should further elaborate aspects of the IO that require more development. The questions should NOT be designed to confuse or stump the student. No "gotcha" moments. The entire Q/A should be designed to HELP you score more points.