Works In Translation - Final Essay
Guidelines:
Students are required to produce an essay of 1,200–1,500 words in length on a literary aspect of one work. The essay is developed from one of the pieces of Supervised Writing completed in class, and should include some observation made in the Reflective Statement.
The essay topic needs to be developed from the Supervised Writing title (i.e. your final title should not be the same title).
Make clear connections between the Supervised Writing and the essay.
Ensure that the topic is suitable to the length and the focus of the task.
The teacher may read the first draft of the essay and provide feedback to the student. This may take the form of a conversation and/or a written response. After receiving feedback on the first draft, the student must complete the written assignment without further assistance.
If the word limit is exceeded, assessment will be based on the first 1,500 words.
The final essay is submitted for assessment along with the relevant Reflective Statement. The Supervised Writing is kept on file in the school and may be requested by the external examiner.
The essay should be a well-presented, formal piece of work.
The final essay is awarded a mark out of 22 using assessment criteria B, C, D and E (see below).
The written assignment submitted for external assessment at SL and at HL must be the student’s own work.
The essay must not include any known instances of suspected or confirmed malpractice. Each student must sign the coversheet to confirm that the work is his or her authentic work and constitutes the final version of that work. For further details refer to the IB publication Academic Honesty.
Once a student has officially submitted the final version of the work to a teacher for assessment, together with the signed coversheet, it cannot be retracted.
If references are used, they must be cited in a bibliography.
Criteria:
Criterion A: Fulfilling the requirements of the Reflective Statement (3 marks)
• To what extent does the student show how their understanding of cultural and contextual elements was developed through the interactive oral?
Criterion B: Knowledge and understanding (6 marks)
• How effectively has the student used the topic and the essay to show knowledge and understanding of the chosen work?
Criterion C: Appreciation of the writer’s choices (6 marks)
• To what extent does the student appreciate how the writer’s choices of language, structure, technique and style shape meaning?
Criterion D: Organization and development (5 marks)
• How effectively have the ideas been organized, and how well are references to the works integrated into the development of the ideas?
Criterion E: Language (5 marks)
• How clear, varied and accurate is the language?
• How appropriate is the choice of register, style and terminology? (“Register” refers, in this context, to the student’s use of elements such as vocabulary, tone, sentence structure and terminology appropriate to the task.)
Guidelines:
Students are required to produce an essay of 1,200–1,500 words in length on a literary aspect of one work. The essay is developed from one of the pieces of Supervised Writing completed in class, and should include some observation made in the Reflective Statement.
The essay topic needs to be developed from the Supervised Writing title (i.e. your final title should not be the same title).
Make clear connections between the Supervised Writing and the essay.
Ensure that the topic is suitable to the length and the focus of the task.
The teacher may read the first draft of the essay and provide feedback to the student. This may take the form of a conversation and/or a written response. After receiving feedback on the first draft, the student must complete the written assignment without further assistance.
If the word limit is exceeded, assessment will be based on the first 1,500 words.
The final essay is submitted for assessment along with the relevant Reflective Statement. The Supervised Writing is kept on file in the school and may be requested by the external examiner.
The essay should be a well-presented, formal piece of work.
The final essay is awarded a mark out of 22 using assessment criteria B, C, D and E (see below).
The written assignment submitted for external assessment at SL and at HL must be the student’s own work.
The essay must not include any known instances of suspected or confirmed malpractice. Each student must sign the coversheet to confirm that the work is his or her authentic work and constitutes the final version of that work. For further details refer to the IB publication Academic Honesty.
Once a student has officially submitted the final version of the work to a teacher for assessment, together with the signed coversheet, it cannot be retracted.
If references are used, they must be cited in a bibliography.
Criteria:
Criterion A: Fulfilling the requirements of the Reflective Statement (3 marks)
• To what extent does the student show how their understanding of cultural and contextual elements was developed through the interactive oral?
Criterion B: Knowledge and understanding (6 marks)
• How effectively has the student used the topic and the essay to show knowledge and understanding of the chosen work?
Criterion C: Appreciation of the writer’s choices (6 marks)
• To what extent does the student appreciate how the writer’s choices of language, structure, technique and style shape meaning?
Criterion D: Organization and development (5 marks)
• How effectively have the ideas been organized, and how well are references to the works integrated into the development of the ideas?
Criterion E: Language (5 marks)
• How clear, varied and accurate is the language?
• How appropriate is the choice of register, style and terminology? (“Register” refers, in this context, to the student’s use of elements such as vocabulary, tone, sentence structure and terminology appropriate to the task.)