1. Individual Oral Commentary Part 2: Detailed Study

2. © International Baccalaureate Organization 2007 Goal, Process, Assessment  Goal: To analyse a short extract from a studied work and to evaluate the effectiveness of the literary technique in that extract.  Process: Students are required to deliver a structured, focused commentary in a formal spoken register.  Assessment: the IOC is internally assessed and externally moderated by the IB. Recordings are required for moderation. Assessed according to different sets of criteria at SL and HL. A combined mark out of 30, based on four criteria. Page 2

3. © International Baccalaureate Organization 2007 SL and HL  The length of the commentary will depend on its complexity, but should be 20-30 lines. In the case of poetry, teachers may use a single complete poem, or a significant extract from a longer poem. Shorter poems may be suitable for commentary if there is sufficient material for comment. So a sonnet would fulfil the requirement?  Students must be given a clean copy of the extract without page numbers, headings, annotations or notes. Page 3

4. © International Baccalaureate Organization 2007 SL and HL  Until the start of the preparation period, students must not know the selection or the Part 2 work from which the extract is taken. Page 4

5. © International Baccalaureate Organization 2007 Standard Level  Students are assessed on their detailed knowledge of an extract taken from one of the works studied.  20 minutes preparation time  10 minutes delivery time 8 minutes: presentation 2 minutes: subsequent questions from teacher  The teacher provides two guiding questions for each extract. Page 5

6. © International Baccalaureate Organization 2007 SL cont’d  Sample guiding questions: Drama What is revealed about the characters through the diction employed? What role do music / sound / lighting effects have to play in this extract? Poetry What is the relationship between the title and the poem itself? How does the stanza structure reflect the development of the poem’s subject? Page 6

7. © International Baccalaureate Organization 2007 Higher Level  HL students are assessed on their detailed knowledge of a poetry extract or a complete poem  20 minutes preparation time  20 minutes delivery time 10 minutes of oral commentary 8 minutes of presentation 2 minutes of subsequent questions from teacher 10 minutes of discussion with teacher  The poem must be accompanied by one or two guiding questions set by the teacher Page 7

8. © International Baccalaureate Organization 2007 Higher Level  Discussion Conducted by the teacher and follows immediately after the individual oral commentary without stopping the recording The work on which the discussion questions are based must be one of the Part 2 works that was not used for the commentary Page 8

9. © International Baccalaureate Organization 2007 HL Oral commentary and discussion  Oral commentary should take 8 minutes  Extracts between 20 - 30 lines  Subsequent questions 2 minutes  No pause between the end of the oral commentary and the discussion  The discussion (on another genre) should take 10 minutes  Total timing 20 minutes

10. © International Baccalaureate Organization 2007 HL Discussion Questions  See p 130-132 in workbook (shared area)  How has the teacher provided a transition from the student’s IOC to the 10-minute discussion on another Part 2 text?  Task: write one or two questions that guide the student smoothly into the “discussion” part of the IOC. Page 10

11. © International Baccalaureate Organization 2007 “Standing Female Nude” – HL IOC  Listen to the sample IOC (see p 108 of workbook)  Read along if you wish (p 115-121)  Assess the IOC, using the criteria for HL  Compare your marks to the examiner’s marks Page 11