Sample essays
Sample essays for IB English A1, some are past paper responses done under exam conditions. The files include essays for both Paper 1 (Unseen Commentary) and Paper 2 (Detailed Studies work).
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"Mental Cases" poem commentary
A poem commentary on "Mental Cases" by Wilfred Owen that I typed up a while ago.
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"The Second Coming" poem commentary
A poetry commentary on "The Second Coming" - I think it got a 6.
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[Perfume] Grenouille
An essay on ‘Grenouille the tick’ in the novel Perfume.
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A comparison of the openings of "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte and "Perfume" by Patrick Süskind
Task: Compare the openings of the novels which you have read, saying how these openings have drawn you into the fiction, and how a re-reading of them reflects the primary concerns of each work.
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Analysis of the poem "Out, out" by Robert Frost
An analysis of the poem "Out, out" by Robert Frost
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Aqueous solubilities of homologous series
Chem IA help 24/24 marks
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Big Daddy's rationale
Sample of an analysis
Big Daddy's Will.docx
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Blake Lamb and Tiger
Reread The Lamb and The Tiger. Comment on the imagery, tone and message of these poems and state what relevance they might have for the 21st century.
Sample Essay on Wiliam Blake's two poems: The Lamb (from Songs of Innocence) and The Tiger (from Songs of Experience)
Grade awarded: 7
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Blake Nature Poems
Blake was interested in and influenced by nature, flowers and the garden. Choose 3-4 poems reflecting this interest/influence and suggest how we might interpret them.
Based on William Blake's Song of Innocence and Experience
Grade awarded: 7
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CAS Essay
My final CAS essay.
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Chemistry Past Paper
This is a pastpaper from IBO for chemistry
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Child and Insect Paper 1 commentary
Type: Paper 1 commentary
Grade: Level 7 at HL
Marked: internally
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Commentary HL M03
Unseen Commentary – 'Night Wind' HL M03
Handwritten under timed conditions and then typed up.
Marks: 25/25
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Commentary on "Night Wind" by Christopher Dewdney (M03 HL)
A commentary on Christopher Dewdney's "Night Wind" from HL May 2003.
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Commentary on "Winter Syntax" by Billy Collins (N06 HL)
A commentary on the poem "Winter Syntax" by Billy Collins from November 2006 (HL). This commentary was awarded a 6.
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Commentary on an extract from "Life of Pi" (M04 HL)
A commentary on an extract from Yann Martel's "Life of Pi" from May 2004 (HL). This commentary was awarded a 7.
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Commentary on an extract from "The Book of Saladin" by Tariq Ali (N04 SL)
A commentary on an extract from "The Book of Saladin" by Tariq Ali from November 2004 (SL). This commentary was awarded a 7.
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Commentary on One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
This passage from One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey depicts a foreshadowing scene between “the Big Nurse” and “those Black boys” through the eyes of a first person named “Broom Bromden,” in what appears to be a hospital because of the mentioning of the “ward door” and a “nurse.”
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Commentary on Snakes in September (Poem)
This was one of the last essays I wrote in the IB before the exams. So this represents my commentary writing skills at their very best.
This is a commentary written on Stanley Kunitz's Snakes in September. I don't have the poem attached to this document, so look it up online and read it a few times before reading the commentary.
Lastly, I had a 24/25 raw IB score for this essay, so I like to think that it is well-written.
Hope it helps you,
Arrowhead.
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Commentary on Ted Hughes' "Jaguar"
Commentary on Ted Hughes' poem, "Jaguar".
(classwork)
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Commentary: Two Hands by Jon Stallworthy
A commentary of the poem 'Two Hands' by Jon Stallworthy (English A1SL)
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Comparative essay-- Antigone and Romeo and Juliet
Title: “Tragedies, though they finish bloodily, should point towards a more hopeful future.â€
Discussing any two plays you have studied, say how far they conform to this statement.
Grade: level 7 at SL (IB year 1)
Marked: internally
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Compare the ways that the treatment of time has been used to shape meaning in two or three works you have studied (N06 HL)
A comparison of the ways that the treatment of time has been used to shape meaning in "Chronicle of a Death Foretold" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and "Beloved" by Toni Morrison from November 2006 (HL). This essay was awarded a 7.
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DP11 _ Concept Analysis on "Preface to Twenty Volume Suicide Note"
Example essay on the analysis on "Preface to Twenty Volume Suicide Note"
IB DP 11
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