paper 2 workshop (ib1)

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IB1 Workshop

By: Roger Takla

Saturday February 4, 2012

8 am 1pm


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The paper 2 is based on two or three works of the

part 3 of the syllabus: Things Fall Apart, Nineteen

Eighty-Four, and A Passage to India for SL. For HL,

Heart of Darkness is the fourth work.

By definition, paper 2 of the IB exam is an essay

divided into an introduction, body paragraphs, and a

sound, critical conclusion.


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The Literary Essay is an insightful, critical

interpretation of a literary work.

It is not a summary of plot, character or otherelements of fiction in any given literary work.


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you provide your own formal interpretation

and/or opinion of the topic

you use the literary work to prove orsubstantiate your understanding of the topic


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try to prove the plot we know how the

series of events unfolded because we read

the book

misspell names of characters, authors, or

works

make major sentence structure or spellingmistakes

state the obvious


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provide an interpretation of the plot, setting,

character, conflict, and themes as they relate to the

topic you are discussing

develop elements that will prove your argument

use the simple present tense

analyze and criticize underline the titles of novels

integrate relevant and supporting literary elements


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allows you, the writer, to provide your ownunderstanding of the literary work in aproperly structured format.


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In order to be complete, your essaymust include the following :


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clearly introduces the key word, theliterary work, and the author.

Example:

A definition of the key word or a backgroundinfortmation

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee presents

prejudice and discrimination of black people.

The introduction allows you to give thereader the clear and specific direction ofyour essay.


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states the main purpose of the essay

is stated in the LAST sentence of

your introduction

answers the question:

What will you prove/show through this

essay about the literary work under

discussion?


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is divided into paragraphs

is composed of paragraphs which

begin with a topic sentence that

clearly introduces the topic in the

paragraph and end with linking

sentences that introduce the next

paragraph


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serves to PROVE your thesis

NOTE:

In order to prove your thesis, you must develop and

expand on the topic using examples and citations

(quotes) from the literary work to substantiate your

statements

Once a quote is cited, you must provide aninterpretation, not a summary, about how this

quote is relevant to the development of the topic

and thesis


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is where you develop your ideas about the topic

is where you provide your own ideas by

answering the following questions:

1. What is the topic? How is the topic relevant?

2. How does the topic relate to the literary work?3. How does topic affect the development of the literary

work as a whole?


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4. What is my understanding of the topic and theliterary work?

5. How does the setting affect the development ofthe topic?

6. How do the characters assist in the developmentof the topic?

You DONOT, however, write your essay in

a question & answer format. It must flow

like the literary work itself.


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Use the questions only as a GUID

E.

They will help you to interpret

instead of summarizing!


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The first sentence of the conclusion is arestatement of your THESIS.

Do not introduce any new information in theconclusion.

Restate your most important points as a meansof bringing your argument to a close.

The conclusion is your last chance to proveyour opinion to the reader!


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Paragraph 2 Development of first argument

Topic Sentence: Introduces only the argument

in this paragraph.

Development consists of

ideas which support the topic

sentence and thesis

Choose 1 2 quotes from the literary work which willdevelop/support this topic and establish a connection to

topic/thesis

A linking sentence will reinforce what was stated in this

paragraph and connect it to the following argument.


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Paragraph 3 Development of second argument

Paragraph 4 Development of third argument


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Restates the thesis

Summarizes the main points of your

argument from each paragraph

Makes final concluding point


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HOW IT LOOKS

INTRODUCTION

BODY

CONCLUSION

ARGUMENT 1

ARGUMENT 2

ARGUMENT 3


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Quotes of four lines or less can be included in the

body of your essay using quotation marks

Example:He stood there until nightfall, and I

waited for him. When we went in the

house I saw he had been crying; hisface was dirty. (Lee 63)

Authors lastname and pagereference


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For citations that are MORE than 4 lines long,centre and single space the quote as shownbelow:

For reasons unfathomable

to the most experienced

prophets in Maycomb County,

autumn turned to winter that year.We had two weeks of the coldest

weather since 1885 (Lee 63)

Indent 10 spaces


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The topic

Try to understand the given prompt. It is the most

important thing ever. You will write a whole paper to

respond to the prompt. Therefore, if you do notunderstand the prompt, you cannot write a paper.


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