Written Task 2: Critical Response |
10 % of final DP MarkRubric:
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Aims of the critical response
Task 2 takes the form of a critical response and is a requirement of the HL course only. The aims of task 2 are:
Formal Requirements:
Task 2 is a critical response to one of these six questions. The prescribed questions are designed to be as open as possible and are intended to highlight broad areas within which students can explore and develop their responses to the texts. Where appropriate, task 2 must reference, in a bibliography, the relevant support documentation such as the newspaper article or magazine advertisement on which it is based. Where a complete shorter text is chosen (for example, a newspaper article or an advertisement from a magazine) students may refer to other texts to support their response. The critical response is in the style of a formal essay and must be clearly structured with an introduction, clearly developed ideas or arguments and a conclusion.
Prescribed Questions:
Reader Culture and Text
Task 2 takes the form of a critical response and is a requirement of the HL course only. The aims of task 2 are:
- to consider in greater detail the material studied in the four parts of the language A: language and literature course
- to reflect and question in greater depth the values, beliefs and attitudes that are implied in the texts studied
- to encourage students to view texts in a number of ways
- to enable students to give an individual response to the way in which texts can be understood in the light of the prescribed questions.
Formal Requirements:
Task 2 is a critical response to one of these six questions. The prescribed questions are designed to be as open as possible and are intended to highlight broad areas within which students can explore and develop their responses to the texts. Where appropriate, task 2 must reference, in a bibliography, the relevant support documentation such as the newspaper article or magazine advertisement on which it is based. Where a complete shorter text is chosen (for example, a newspaper article or an advertisement from a magazine) students may refer to other texts to support their response. The critical response is in the style of a formal essay and must be clearly structured with an introduction, clearly developed ideas or arguments and a conclusion.
Prescribed Questions:
Reader Culture and Text
- How could the text be read and interpreted differently by two different readers?
- If the text had been written in a different time or place or language or for a different audience, how and why might it differ?
- How and why is a social group represented in a particular way?
- Which social groups are marginalized, excluded or silenced within the text?
- How does the text conform to, or deviate from, the conventions of a particular genre, and for what purpose?
- How has the text borrowed from other texts, and with what effects?
Essay Question:
The IB fully allows you to rework your essay question to fit your needs. It should be NARROW and SPECIFIC. The examiner will mark you on criterion B (response to the question) based on how well you have answered your written question. While it should still fall under the umbrella of the prescribed questions, it can look significantly different.
Sample Question: In the third act of A Doll’s House, how does Ibsen use dialogue to undermine the cultural expectations of women in 19th century European society? (Prescribed question: How and why is a social group represented in a particular way?)
The IB fully allows you to rework your essay question to fit your needs. It should be NARROW and SPECIFIC. The examiner will mark you on criterion B (response to the question) based on how well you have answered your written question. While it should still fall under the umbrella of the prescribed questions, it can look significantly different.
Sample Question: In the third act of A Doll’s House, how does Ibsen use dialogue to undermine the cultural expectations of women in 19th century European society? (Prescribed question: How and why is a social group represented in a particular way?)
Outline
Instead of a rationale, students are expected to complete an outline on a designated form. For practice purposes, complete your outline on the form below. Use bullet points with complete sentences. Sample Outline 1
Part 1: Language and Cultural Context with specific focus on Language and Gender/Sexuality
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Sample Outline 2 Part 1: Language and Cultural Context with specific focus on Language and Gender
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Formatting your Written Task 2: Order your WT2 in the following way. Numbers 1-3 should all be on separate pages.
- Cover page
Name
School - Discovery College
Candidate number: 003544-(leave end blank)
Question
Word Count
Date - Outline
- Essay
- Bibliography
- Appendix: If necessary, include the original text so the examiner can see the language you are analyzing.
Ideas for Taboo, Gender, Feminism
Gender
Poetry of Margaret Atwood
This is a Photograph of Me Helen of Troy Does Countertop Dancing Bored Siren Song |
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Others:
Why I Want a Wife - satire
Eleven Tips on Getting More Efficiency Out of Women Employees - real
Why I Want a Wife - satire
Eleven Tips on Getting More Efficiency Out of Women Employees - real
Taboo
Carol Ann Duffy - "Psychopath"
Carol Ann Duffy - "Psychopath"