Individual Oral Commentary Part 2 Detailed Study

Individual Oral Commentary Part 2: Detailed Study

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 © 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 © 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 © 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 © 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 © 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 © 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 © 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 © 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 © 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 © International Baccalaureate Organization 2007