Individual Oral Planning with Support Questions
Examines the ways in which the global issue of your choice is presented through the content and form of two of the texts that you have studied.
THIS IS NOT A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE TWO TEXTS!
Global issue
Intro ● Hook into the topic and introduce the global issue.
(1 min) Literary Work Non-Literary Text
Text Overview Text Overview
● Text Intro: What is the title, who is the writer, and when was it ● Text Intro: What is the title, who is the creator, and when was it
published? The first text I am going to discuss is... published? The second text I am going to discuss is...
● Overall, what is the literary text about? ● Overall, what is the non-literary text about?
● Background information - What do we know about the writer? ● Poet information - What do we know about the poet? What is
What is important to know for this text? important to know about this poem?
● Context: What background information do we need to know? ● Context: What background information do we need to know? Are
(Allusions, politics, war, social norms, etc) the contexts similar or different, and is that significant? (allusions,
politics, war, social norms, etc.)
Purpose and audience Purpose and audience
● What is the purpose of this literary text? The purpose is... ● What is the purpose of this non-literary text? The purpose is...
● Who is the text written for or aimed at? ● Who is the text aimed at?
Links and connections - Thesis statement Links and connections - Thesis statement
● How does the author develop the global issue in the BOW? ● How does the author develop the global issue in the BOW?
→ Write your thesis statement following a similar pattern to your → Write your thesis statement following a similar pattern to your
Paper 1 thesis statements. Make sure to include your Global Issue. Paper 1 thesis statements. Make sure to include your Global Issue.
Some questions you might answer to create your thesis statement: Some questions you might answer to create your thesis statement:
○ How is the Global Issue presented in each work, and what ○ How is the Global Issue presented in each work, and what
might this reveal? might this reveal?
○ By comparing the texts [in the BOW], what is exposed ○ By comparing the texts [in the BOW], what is exposed
about the Global Issue? about the Global Issue?
○ Through a comparison of the BOW, what element(s) of the ○ Through a comparison of the BOW, what element(s) of
Global Issue do we see being criticized? the Global Issue do we see being criticized?
○ By comparing the texts, what do we better understand or ○ By comparing the texts, what do we better understand or
see about the impact of the Global Issue? see about the impact of the Global Issue?
Body of IO Literary Text - Mini Thesis (feel free to swap the order of literary / language texts)
How is the Global Issue presented in this text?
Literary Text What points will you discuss in this section?
(2 min) Topic Sentence 1
What is one main theme being communicated in the literary text? How does it relate back to the thesis?
Firstly, this text...
Examples Analysis
Identify a range of examples to support your first topic sentence. ● Identify the literary or structural feature within the example.
● What does the language tell the reader about the text and the
Global Issue?
● Why has the writer used this type of language or structure?
● How do these texts fit in with the writer’s and creator’s wider body
of work?
● Evaluation - was the author’s choice effective for the BOW and the
audience?
All subject-specific language from the IB glossary should be included
in the analysis to help you support your argument.
Topic Sentence 2
What is another main idea communicated in the literary text? How does it relate to the thesis and GI?
Additionally, the text...
Examples Analysis
[2MIN] Topic Sentence 3
In regard to the author’s other works, how is the global issue communicated?
In this section How does it relate to the main idea and thesis in the primary source?
references the Additionally, the texts...
other texts
from your Examples Analysis
authors
Body of IO Non-Literary Text - Mini Thesis (feel free to swap the order of literary / language texts)
How is the Global Issue presented in this text?
Non-Literary What points will you discuss in this section?
Text
Topic Sentence 1
(4 min) What is one main theme being communicated in the non-literary text? How does it relate back to the thesis?
Firstly, this text...
Examples Analysis
Identify a range of examples to support your first topic sentence. ● Identify the literary, visual or structural feature within the
example.
● What does the language tell the reader about the text and the
Global Issue?
● Why has the creator used this type of language or structure?
● What similarities and differences are important to point out,
particularly with reference to the Global Issue and contexts?
● How does these texts fit in with the writer’s and creator’s wider
body of work?
● Evaluation - was the author’s choice effective for the BOW and the
audience?
All subject-specific language from the IB glossary should be
included in the analysis to help you support your argument.
Topic Sentence 2
What is another main idea communicated in the non-literary text? How does it relate back to the thesis?
Additionally, the text...
Examples Analysis
In this section Topic Sentence 3
references the In regard to the author’s other works, how is the global issue communicated?
other texts How does it relate to the main idea and thesis in the primary source?
from your Additionally, the texts...
authors
Examples Analysis
Conclusion ● Restate thesis/message / Global Issue
● How do the texts develop the wider ideas that the writers and creators were trying to communicate?
(1 min) ● Why is this topic or Global Issue important or significant? Perhaps related to the context of what is going on in the world
(synthesize ideas).
● How are the concepts in the texts relevant or lasting to the contemporary reader?
