IOC (notes + exemplar)

The Notes

Poetry – Wilfred Owen

The Send Off

Strange Meeting

Mental Cases

Dulce et Decorum Est

Disabled

Anthem for Doomed Youth

Play – Macbeth

act-1-scene-3

act-1-scene-5

act-1-scene-7

act-2-scene-1

act-2-scene-2

act-3-scene-4

act-5-scene-1

act-5-scene-5

My IOC

I managed a 7 for my IOC, but I’m not sure where I lost the marks, nor what the overall score was.

How I suggest studying for the IOC

I think the only reason I survived my IOC was preparation – don’t assume that certain extracts won’t come out, prepare to do presentations on all of them, ensure you know each scene inside out. Don’t forget to link the underlying themes and tones to the historical, social or cultural context of the piece. For example, in Macbeth, Shakespeare uses equivocation to describe the witches in Scene 1 to highlight how they are unnatural – this is because he was deliberately tailoring his work to impress King James of England, his patron and a man who was superstitious and had participated in witch hunts. Introduce context immediately if you can, like when the work was written and why it was written, as well as what was going on at the time.

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  3. Thank you so much, your work really saved me and a lot of IB students out there. Best luck on your education and career path!

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  4. Oh my goodness, this is actually amazing, what a guy, putting his IB English work to help others. As a fellow IB student, I really appreciate this man!

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