Paper 1 (25 % of the final grade) Guidelines:
1. The Paper 1 asks students to comment on one of two texts within one and a half hours.
2. Passages for analysis may be complete pieces of writing or extracts from larger works.
3. There is also the possibility of commenting on a visual text or an extract from a longer piece.
4. Possible text types for analysis include: advertisements, opinion columns, brochures, extracts from memoirs, or travel writing.
5. Each individual text is presented with two guiding questions.
6. It is assessed externally.
Paper 2 (25 % of the final grade) Guidelines:
1. Answer 1 of 6 essay questions. SL and HL students receive exactly the same 6 questions.
2. Essay must answer one question in relation to both literary texts that were studied for Part 3.
3. Students have 1.5 hours to answer this essay question.
IOC Grading Rubric:ioc_hl_and_sl.pdf
Cultural, Historical, and Literary Context of Langston Hughes' Body of Work
Time, Space, and the Text
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Dreams
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Dream Variations
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I, Too
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Mother to Son
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Dream Boogie
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