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If you are an IB English B teacher looking for ready-made lessons covering writing skills, workbooks providing step-by-step approaches to writing text types, or a great resource pack to teach a novel and prepare your students for the IO - then you have come to the right place. Created by an award-winning writer and experienced English B teacher, these resources are just what you are looking for!

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If you are an IB English B teacher looking for ready-made lessons covering writing skills, workbooks providing step-by-step approaches to writing text types, or a great resource pack to teach a novel and prepare your students for the IO - then you have come to the right place. Created by an award-winning writer and experienced English B teacher, these resources are just what you are looking for!
IB English B TEXT TYPES: How to write a FORMAL LETTER OF COMPLAINT Freebie Pack
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IB English B TEXT TYPES: How to write a FORMAL LETTER OF COMPLAINT Freebie Pack

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A free resource for you! A workbook showing how to teach IB English B students how to write a formal letter of complaint. This is to ensure the whole writing process is made visible (all work is recorded in the workbook) so teachers can be assured that students have not used AI to write their texts. This this pack you will receive: a jumbled mentor text that students need to sequence Part One of the Workbook = analysing a mentor text in order to learn how to emulate it by doing comprehension, punctuation, vocabulary and paragraph-development tasks Part Two = doing a mini-research project and then using the workbook to extract useful frames and vocabulary from the mentor text, to plan using a structured planning page, to write their first draft using a step-by-step guide and then to assess their first draft using an informative checklist. This way, the entire writing process is visible by being handwritten. The sole purpose of this freebie is to entice you to buy the other workbook packs in the series. There are 9 in series one: The first 9 writing packs cover the following: · Article about learning to learn (Human Ingenuity) · Blog about the impact of social media (Identity) · Diary Entry about cultural gaffes (Social Organization) · Essay about the need to learn writing skills (Human Ingenuity) · Informal Email about pet euthanasia (Experiences) · Letter to the Editor about plastic pollution (Sharing the Planet) · Proposal about improving International Day (Social Organization) · Review of a fiction book (Experiences) · Speech about saving a zoo (Sharing the Planet) More packs and text types will be added soon.
IB English B TEXT TYPES: How to write a SOCIAL MEDIA POST Pack
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IB English B TEXT TYPES: How to write a SOCIAL MEDIA POST Pack

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This is a workbook pack showing IB English B students how to write A SOCIAL MEDIA POST based on a mentor text, comprehension and language questions, a mini-research project and a guided writing process. The topic is Third-Culture Kids – part of the Identities theme. Each Student Workbook Pack contains: • SL Version – with answer options for Part 1 worksheets • HL Version – without answer options for Part 1 worksheets • One-page Jumbled Mentor Text Starter – the elements of the mentor text are jumbled up and students need to sequence them correctly • an answer key for Part 1 worksheets. Please watch the promo video for more details.
IB English B TEXT TYPES: How to write an EMBEDDED INTERVIEW Pack
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IB English B TEXT TYPES: How to write an EMBEDDED INTERVIEW Pack

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This is a workbook showing IB English B students how to write an EMBEDDED INTERVIEW based on a mentor text, comprehension and language questions, a mini-research project and a guided writing process. This pack contains a SL workbook (20 pages), a HL workbook (20 pages), a Jumbled Text Starter and an Answer Key Booklet. Please watch the video for more details.
IB English B TEXT TYPES: How to write a BLOG Pack
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IB English B TEXT TYPES: How to write a BLOG Pack

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A workbook in which students handwrite the entire writing process leading to the submission of their final drafts of different IB English B text types. This is to verify that no AI was used to create their writing tasks. For students to make all stages of the writing process visible, each workbook has two parts: Part ONE contains worksheets to encourage students to do these activities: read the jumbled version of the mentor text and sequence the different elements correctly discuss and make decisions about the choice of text type to fulfil the requirements of the prompt read the actual mentor text answer comprehension questions to show understanding of the mentor text identify and label the different features of the mentor text explain the function of every punctuation mark answer questions about synonyms, antonyms and the meaning of words determine how the main ideas in paragraphs are developed and extended. Part TWO invites students to write that text type using a follow-on prompt and to show handwritten evidence (by writing everything into the workbook) that they have … conducted a mini-research project to provide them with the necessary background information for the content of the task extracted relevant vocabulary and created sentence frames to assist the writing process used a structured planning page to jot down notes for each element of the writing task followed a step-by-step guide to writing their first draft assessed their first drafts with an informative checklist that also contains relevant advice to help them improve their first draft. Each Pack contains: SL Version – with answer options for Part 1 worksheets HL Version – without answer options for Part 1 worksheets One-page Jumbled Mentor Text Starter – the elements of the mentor text are jumbled up and students need to sequence them correctly An answer key for Part 1 worksheets. The first 9 writing packs cover the following: · Article about learning to learn (Human Ingenuity) · Blog about the impact of social media (Identity) · Diary Entry about cultural gaffes (Social Organization) · Essay about the need to learn writing skills (Human Ingenuity) · Informal Email about pet euthanasia (Experiences) · Letter to the Editor about plastic pollution (Sharing the Planet) · Proposal about improving International Day (Social Organization) · Review of a fiction book (Experiences) · Speech about saving a zoo (Sharing the Planet) More packs and text types will be added soon.
IB English B TEXT TYPES: How to write a PROPOSAL Pack
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IB English B TEXT TYPES: How to write a PROPOSAL Pack

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A workbook in which students handwrite the entire writing process leading to the submission of their final drafts of different IB English B text types. This is to verify that no AI was used to create their writing tasks. For students to make all stages of the writing process visible, each workbook has two parts: Part ONE contains worksheets to encourage students to do these activities: read the jumbled version of the mentor text and sequence the different elements correctly discuss and make decisions about the choice of text type to fulfil the requirements of the prompt read the actual mentor text answer comprehension questions to show understanding of the mentor text identify and label the different features of the mentor text explain the function of every punctuation mark answer questions about synonyms, antonyms and the meaning of words determine how the main ideas in paragraphs are developed and extended. Part TWO invites students to write that text type using a follow-on prompt and to show handwritten evidence (by writing everything into the workbook) that they have … conducted a mini-research project to provide them with the necessary background information for the content of the task extracted relevant vocabulary and created sentence frames to assist the writing process used a structured planning page to jot down notes for each element of the writing task followed a step-by-step guide to writing their first draft assessed their first drafts with an informative checklist that also contains relevant advice to help them improve their first draft. Each Pack contains: SL Version – with answer options for Part 1 worksheets HL Version – without answer options for Part 1 worksheets One-page Jumbled Mentor Text Starter – the elements of the mentor text are jumbled up and students need to sequence them correctly An answer key for Part 1 worksheets. The first 9 writing packs cover the following: · Article about learning to learn (Human Ingenuity) · Blog about the impact of social media (Identity) · Diary Entry about cultural gaffes (Social Organization) · Essay about the need to learn writing skills (Human Ingenuity) · Informal Email about pet euthanasia (Experiences) · Letter to the Editor about plastic pollution (Sharing the Planet) · Proposal about improving International Day (Social Organization) · Review of a fiction book (Experiences) · Speech about saving a zoo (Sharing the Planet) More packs and text types will be added soon.
IB English B: TEXT TYPES How to write a SET OF GUIDELINES
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IB English B: TEXT TYPES How to write a SET OF GUIDELINES

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This is a workbook pack showing IB English B students how to write A SET OF GUIDELINES based on a mentor text, comprehension and language questions, a mini-research project and a guided writing process. You get a both an SL and a HL workbook, a Jumbled Text Starter - and an Answer Key. Please view the video for more details.
IB English B TEXT TYPES: How to write a BOOK REVIEW Pack
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IB English B TEXT TYPES: How to write a BOOK REVIEW Pack

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A workbook in which students handwrite the entire writing process leading to the submission of their final drafts of different IB English B text types. This is to verify that no AI was used to create their writing tasks. For students to make all stages of the writing process visible, each workbook has two parts: Part ONE contains worksheets to encourage students to do these activities: read the jumbled version of the mentor text and sequence the different elements correctly discuss and make decisions about the choice of text type to fulfil the requirements of the prompt read the actual mentor text answer comprehension questions to show understanding of the mentor text identify and label the different features of the mentor text explain the function of every punctuation mark answer questions about synonyms, antonyms and the meaning of words determine how the main ideas in paragraphs are developed and extended. Part TWO invites students to write that text type using a follow-on prompt and to show handwritten evidence (by writing everything into the workbook) that they have … conducted a mini-research project to provide them with the necessary background information for the content of the task extracted relevant vocabulary and created sentence frames to assist the writing process used a structured planning page to jot down notes for each element of the writing task followed a step-by-step guide to writing their first draft assessed their first drafts with an informative checklist that also contains relevant advice to help them improve their first draft. Each Pack contains: SL Version – with answer options for Part 1 worksheets HL Version – without answer options for Part 1 worksheets One-page Jumbled Mentor Text Starter – the elements of the mentor text are jumbled up and students need to sequence them correctly An answer key for Part 1 worksheets. The first 9 writing packs cover the following: · Article about learning to learn (Human Ingenuity) · Blog about the impact of social media (Identity) · Diary Entry about cultural gaffes (Social Organization) · Essay about the need to learn writing skills (Human Ingenuity) · Informal Email about pet euthanasia (Experiences) · Letter to the Editor about plastic pollution (Sharing the Planet) · Proposal about improving International Day (Social Organization) · Review of a fiction book (Experiences) · Speech about saving a zoo (Sharing the Planet) More packs and text types will be added soon.
IB English B TEXT TYPES: How to write AN OFFICIAL REPORT Pack
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IB English B TEXT TYPES: How to write AN OFFICIAL REPORT Pack

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This is a workbook showing IB English B students how to write an OFFICIAL REPORT based on a mentor text, comprehension and language questions, a mini-research project and a guided writing process. This pack contains: a SL workbook (20 pages) a HL workbook (20 pages) a Jumbled Text Starter an Answer Key Booklet Please watch the video for more details.
IB English B TEXT TYPES: How to write a DIARY ENTRY Pack
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IB English B TEXT TYPES: How to write a DIARY ENTRY Pack

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A workbook in which students handwrite the entire writing process leading to the submission of their final drafts of different IB English B text types. This is to verify that no AI was used to create their writing tasks. For students to make all stages of the writing process visible, each workbook has two parts: Part ONE contains worksheets to encourage students to do these activities: read the jumbled version of the mentor text and sequence the different elements correctly discuss and make decisions about the choice of text type to fulfil the requirements of the prompt read the actual mentor text answer comprehension questions to show understanding of the mentor text identify and label the different features of the mentor text explain the function of every punctuation mark answer questions about synonyms, antonyms and the meaning of words determine how the main ideas in paragraphs are developed and extended. Part TWO invites students to write that text type using a follow-on prompt and to show handwritten evidence (by writing everything into the workbook) that they have … conducted a mini-research project to provide them with the necessary background information for the content of the task extracted relevant vocabulary and created sentence frames to assist the writing process used a structured planning page to jot down notes for each element of the writing task followed a step-by-step guide to writing their first draft assessed their first drafts with an informative checklist that also contains relevant advice to help them improve their first draft. Each Pack contains: SL Version – with answer options for Part 1 worksheets HL Version – without answer options for Part 1 worksheets One-page Jumbled Mentor Text Starter – the elements of the mentor text are jumbled up and students need to sequence them correctly An answer key for Part 1 worksheets. The first 9 writing packs cover the following: · Article about learning to learn (Human Ingenuity) · Blog about the impact of social media (Identity) · Diary Entry about cultural gaffes (Social Organization) · Essay about the need to learn writing skills (Human Ingenuity) · Informal Email about pet euthanasia (Experiences) · Letter to the Editor about plastic pollution (Sharing the Planet) · Proposal about improving International Day (Social Organization) · Review of a fiction book (Experiences) · Speech about saving a zoo (Sharing the Planet) More packs and text types will be added soon.
IB English B TEXT TYPES: How to write a NEWS REPORT Pack
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IB English B TEXT TYPES: How to write a NEWS REPORT Pack

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This is a workbook pack showing IB English B students how to write A NEWS REPORT based on a mentor text, comprehension and language questions, a mini-research project and a guided writing process. The topic is BEING REMARKABLE – part of the Human Ingenuity theme. In this Student Workbook Pack you will get: · SL Version – with answer options for Part 1 worksheets · HL Version – without answer options for Part 1 worksheets · One-page Jumbled Mentor Text Starter – the elements of the mentor text are jumbled up and students need to sequence them correctly · an ANSWER KEY BOOKLET for Part 1 worksheets. Please see the video promo overview for more details.
IB English B TEXT TYPES: How to write an INFORMAL EMAIL Pack
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IB English B TEXT TYPES: How to write an INFORMAL EMAIL Pack

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A workbook in which students handwrite the entire writing process leading to the submission of their final drafts of different IB English B text types. This is to verify that no AI was used to create their writing tasks. For students to make all stages of the writing process visible, each workbook has two parts: Part ONE contains worksheets to encourage students to do these activities: read the jumbled version of the mentor text and sequence the different elements correctly discuss and make decisions about the choice of text type to fulfil the requirements of the prompt read the actual mentor text answer comprehension questions to show understanding of the mentor text identify and label the different features of the mentor text explain the function of every punctuation mark answer questions about synonyms, antonyms and the meaning of words determine how the main ideas in paragraphs are developed and extended. Part TWO invites students to write that text type using a follow-on prompt and to show handwritten evidence (by writing everything into the workbook) that they have … conducted a mini-research project to provide them with the necessary background information for the content of the task extracted relevant vocabulary and created sentence frames to assist the writing process used a structured planning page to jot down notes for each element of the writing task followed a step-by-step guide to writing their first draft assessed their first drafts with an informative checklist that also contains relevant advice to help them improve their first draft. Each Pack contains: SL Version – with answer options for Part 1 worksheets HL Version – without answer options for Part 1 worksheets One-page Jumbled Mentor Text Starter – the elements of the mentor text are jumbled up and students need to sequence them correctly An answer key for Part 1 worksheets. The first 9 writing packs cover the following: · Article about learning to learn (Human Ingenuity) · Blog about the impact of social media (Identity) · Diary Entry about cultural gaffes (Social Organization) · Essay about the need to learn writing skills (Human Ingenuity) · Informal Email about pet euthanasia (Experiences) · Letter to the Editor about plastic pollution (Sharing the Planet) · Proposal about improving International Day (Social Organization) · Review of a fiction book (Experiences) · Speech about saving a zoo (Sharing the Planet) More packs and text types will be added soon.
IB English B TEXT TYPES: How to write a SPEECH Pack
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IB English B TEXT TYPES: How to write a SPEECH Pack

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A workbook in which students handwrite the entire writing process leading to the submission of their final drafts of different IB English B text types. This is to verify that no AI was used to create their writing tasks. For students to make all stages of the writing process visible, each workbook has two parts: Part ONE contains worksheets to encourage students to do these activities: read the jumbled version of the mentor text and sequence the different elements correctly discuss and make decisions about the choice of text type to fulfil the requirements of the prompt read the actual mentor text answer comprehension questions to show understanding of the mentor text identify and label the different features of the mentor text explain the function of every punctuation mark answer questions about synonyms, antonyms and the meaning of words determine how the main ideas in paragraphs are developed and extended. Part TWO invites students to write that text type using a follow-on prompt and to show handwritten evidence (by writing everything into the workbook) that they have … conducted a mini-research project to provide them with the necessary background information for the content of the task extracted relevant vocabulary and created sentence frames to assist the writing process used a structured planning page to jot down notes for each element of the writing task followed a step-by-step guide to writing their first draft assessed their first drafts with an informative checklist that also contains relevant advice to help them improve their first draft. Each Pack contains: SL Version – with answer options for Part 1 worksheets HL Version – without answer options for Part 1 worksheets One-page Jumbled Mentor Text Starter – the elements of the mentor text are jumbled up and students need to sequence them correctly An answer key for Part 1 worksheets. The first 9 writing packs cover the following: · Article about learning to learn (Human Ingenuity) · Blog about the impact of social media (Identity) · Diary Entry about cultural gaffes (Social Organization) · Essay about the need to learn writing skills (Human Ingenuity) · Informal Email about pet euthanasia (Experiences) · Letter to the Editor about plastic pollution (Sharing the Planet) · Proposal about improving International Day (Social Organization) · Review of a fiction book (Experiences) · Speech about saving a zoo (Sharing the Planet) More packs and text types will be added soon.
IB English B TEXT TYPES: How to write an ARTICLE Pack
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IB English B TEXT TYPES: How to write an ARTICLE Pack

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A workbook in which students handwrite the entire writing process leading to the submission of their final drafts of different IB English B text types. This is to verify that no AI was used to create their writing tasks. For students to make all stages of the writing process visible, each workbook has two parts: Part ONE contains worksheets to encourage students to do these activities: read the jumbled version of the mentor text and sequence the different elements correctly discuss and make decisions about the choice of text type to fulfil the requirements of the prompt read the actual mentor text answer comprehension questions to show understanding of the mentor text identify and label the different features of the mentor text explain the function of every punctuation mark answer questions about synonyms, antonyms and the meaning of words determine how the main ideas in paragraphs are developed and extended. Part TWO invites students to write that text type using a follow-on prompt and to show handwritten evidence (by writing everything into the workbook) that they have … conducted a mini-research project to provide them with the necessary background information for the content of the task extracted relevant vocabulary and created sentence frames to assist the writing process used a structured planning page to jot down notes for each element of the writing task followed a step-by-step guide to writing their first draft assessed their first drafts with an informative checklist that also contains relevant advice to help them improve their first draft. Each Pack contains: SL Version – with answer options for Part 1 worksheets HL Version – without answer options for Part 1 worksheets One-page Jumbled Mentor Text Starter – the elements of the mentor text are jumbled up and students need to sequence them correctly An answer key for Part 1 worksheets. The first 9 writing packs cover the following: · Article about learning to learn (Human Ingenuity) · Blog about the impact of social media (Identity) · Diary Entry about cultural gaffes (Social Organization) · Essay about the need to learn writing skills (Human Ingenuity) · Informal Email about pet euthanasia (Experiences) · Letter to the Editor about plastic pollution (Sharing the Planet) · Proposal about improving International Day (Social Organization) · Review of a fiction book (Experiences) · Speech about saving a zoo (Sharing the Planet) More packs and text types will be added soon.
IB English B TEXT TYPES: How to write a LETTER TO THE EDITOR pack
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IB English B TEXT TYPES: How to write a LETTER TO THE EDITOR pack

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A workbook in which students handwrite the entire writing process leading to the submission of their final drafts of different IB English B text types. This is to verify that no AI was used to create their writing tasks. For students to make all stages of the writing process visible, each workbook has two parts: Part ONE contains worksheets to encourage students to do these activities: read the jumbled version of the mentor text and sequence the different elements correctly discuss and make decisions about the choice of text type to fulfil the requirements of the prompt read the actual mentor text answer comprehension questions to show understanding of the mentor text identify and label the different features of the mentor text explain the function of every punctuation mark answer questions about synonyms, antonyms and the meaning of words determine how the main ideas in paragraphs are developed and extended. Part TWO invites students to write that text type using a follow-on prompt and to show handwritten evidence (by writing everything into the workbook) that they have … conducted a mini-research project to provide them with the necessary background information for the content of the task extracted relevant vocabulary and created sentence frames to assist the writing process used a structured planning page to jot down notes for each element of the writing task followed a step-by-step guide to writing their first draft assessed their first drafts with an informative checklist that also contains relevant advice to help them improve their first draft. Each Pack contains: SL Version – with answer options for Part 1 worksheets HL Version – without answer options for Part 1 worksheets One-page Jumbled Mentor Text Starter – the elements of the mentor text are jumbled up and students need to sequence them correctly An answer key for Part 1 worksheets. The first 9 writing packs cover the following: · Article about learning to learn (Human Ingenuity) · Blog about the impact of social media (Identity) · Diary Entry about cultural gaffes (Social Organization) · Essay about the need to learn writing skills (Human Ingenuity) · Informal Email about pet euthanasia (Experiences) · Letter to the Editor about plastic pollution (Sharing the Planet) · Proposal about improving International Day (Social Organization) · Review of a fiction book (Experiences) · Speech about saving a zoo (Sharing the Planet) More packs and text types will be added soon.
IB English B TEXT TYPES: How to write a SET OF INSTRUCTIONS Pack
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IB English B TEXT TYPES: How to write a SET OF INSTRUCTIONS Pack

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This is a workbook showing IB English B students how to write A SET OF INSTRUCTIONS comprising a mentor text comprehension, language, vocabulary worksheets a mini-research project a guided writing process - including a step-by-step guide and comprehensive post-draft checklist with helpful advice This pack contains a SL workbook (20 pages), a HL workbook (20 pages), a Jumbled Text Starter and an Answer Key Booklet. Please watch the video for more details.
IB English B TEXT TYPES: How to write an ESSAY Pack
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IB English B TEXT TYPES: How to write an ESSAY Pack

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A workbook in which students handwrite the entire writing process leading to the submission of their final drafts of different IB English B text types. This is to verify that no AI was used to create their writing tasks. For students to make all stages of the writing process visible, each workbook has two parts: Part ONE contains worksheets to encourage students to do these activities: read the jumbled version of the mentor text and sequence the different elements correctly discuss and make decisions about the choice of text type to fulfil the requirements of the prompt read the actual mentor text answer comprehension questions to show understanding of the mentor text identify and label the different features of the mentor text explain the function of every punctuation mark answer questions about synonyms, antonyms and the meaning of words determine how the main ideas in paragraphs are developed and extended. Part TWO invites students to write that text type using a follow-on prompt and to show handwritten evidence (by writing everything into the workbook) that they have … conducted a mini-research project to provide them with the necessary background information for the content of the task extracted relevant vocabulary and created sentence frames to assist the writing process used a structured planning page to jot down notes for each element of the writing task followed a step-by-step guide to writing their first draft assessed their first drafts with an informative checklist that also contains relevant advice to help them improve their first draft. Each Pack contains: SL Version – with answer options for Part 1 worksheets HL Version – without answer options for Part 1 worksheets One-page Jumbled Mentor Text Starter – the elements of the mentor text are jumbled up and students need to sequence them correctly An answer key for Part 1 worksheets. The first 9 writing packs cover the following: · Article about learning to learn (Human Ingenuity) · Blog about the impact of social media (Identity) · Diary Entry about cultural gaffes (Social Organization) · Essay about the need to learn writing skills (Human Ingenuity) · Informal Email about pet euthanasia (Experiences) · Letter to the Editor about plastic pollution (Sharing the Planet) · Proposal about improving International Day (Social Organization) · Review of a fiction book (Experiences) · Speech about saving a zoo (Sharing the Planet) More packs and text types will be added soon.
IB English B TEXT TYPES: How to write a PERSUASIVE BROCHURE Pack
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IB English B TEXT TYPES: How to write a PERSUASIVE BROCHURE Pack

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A workbook centred around a mentor text which promotes a new theme park for teenagers through a persuasive brochure. Students are guided through the process of analysing the mentor text, responding to a research project and using structured planning pages to create their own persuasive brochure. This pack contains: a SL workbook (20 pages) a HL workbook (20 pages) a Jumbled Text Starter an Answer Key Booklet Please watch the video for more details.
IB English B TEXT TYPES SKILLS SUPPORT: Formal and Informal VOCAB LESSON
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IB English B TEXT TYPES SKILLS SUPPORT: Formal and Informal VOCAB LESSON

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TEXT TYPES SKILLS SUPPORT VOCABULARY LESSON: Formal and Informal (60 minutes) This lesson supports the writing of all the required English B Text types. Resources: No-prep, ready-made SLIDESHOW Resource Booklet Lesson Outcome: By the end of this lesson, your students will have learned 6 sets of 18 vocabulary words associated with formal and informal writing in these categories: contractions, FANBOYS and conjunctive adverbs, formal vocabulary, colloquial language, nominalised verbs and adjectives, and phrasal verbs. They will use the Pelmanism Game to try to remember the vocabulary and play another memory game to help retain the words encountered in the lesson. The ultimate goal of the lesson is to remember informal words and their formal counterparts. Activities: Activity 1: STARTER: to unscramble terms related to the categories featured in the rest of the lesson. Students will also match those terms with the correct definitions and identify which relates to the formal and which to the informal register. (15 minutes) Activity 2: THE PELMANISM GAME: to use observation, inference, and memory skills to identify pairs of formal and informal counterparts. (30 minutes) Activity 3: MEMORY TASK: to use observation and memory to link informal words with their formal counterparts. (10 minutes) PLENARY: to quiz one another on words encountered in the lesson. (5 minutes) HOMEWORK: To text one another: one sends an informal message; the other replies with its formal equivalent. Apart from the need to print handouts and a few bits of admin, this lesson is NO-PREP, INSTANTLY-USABLE. (You just need to run through the slideshow to familiarise yourself with the lesson elements.)
IB English B TEXT TYPES SKILLS SUPPORT: Direct and Indirect Speech SWIRL LESSON
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IB English B TEXT TYPES SKILLS SUPPORT: Direct and Indirect Speech SWIRL LESSON

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TEXT TYPES SKILLS SUPPORT SWIRL LESSON: Direct and Indirect Speech (60 minutes) This lesson supports the writing of the following text types: Embedded Interview, Editorial, Opinion Column, News Report Resources: No-prep, ready-made SLIDESHOW Handout resources Homework ANSWER KEY Lesson Outcome: By the end of this lesson, your students will have learned the rules for writing both direct and indirect speech using speaking, writing, interacting, reading and listening (SWIRL) activities. From a loud starter, to paired information gap tasks, writing tasks and interactive quizzing, your students will explore ways to correctly punctuate direct speech and will write their own examples based on mentor sentences. Activities: Activity 1: STARTER: to write on the board things they already know about direct/indirect speech. (5 minutes) Activity 2: GUESS THE RULES TASK: to use observation, inference, and annotation skills to determine the rules for writing direct speech. (10 minutes) Activity 3: SPEAKING TASK: to share and agree on the rules in small groups. (5 minutes) Activity 4: LISTENING TASK: to sit back-to-back to share additional rules about direct speech and correct/ amend responses based on the teacher’s notes. (10 minutes) Activity 5: READING TASK: to learn about the rules for indirect speech and use an info gap activity to complete the information on their respective handouts. Students will also use reading and listening tasks to understand the rules of reported speech. (10 minutes) Activity 6: WRITING TASK: to create their own direct and indirect sentences using mentor sentences (10 minutes) Activity 7: INTERACTING TASK: to quiz each other to show they have learned the basics for transforming direct to indirect and vice-versa. (5 minutes) PLENARY: to record takeaways from the lesson. (5 minutes) HOMEWORK: To complete a worksheet converting direct to indirect (and vice-versa) using formal and informal sentences. Apart from the need to print handouts and a few bits of admin, this lesson is NO-PREP, INSTANTLY-USABLE. (You just need to run through the slideshow to familiarise yourself with the lesson elements.)
IB English B TEXT TYPES SKILLS SUPPORT: How to PERSUADE Your Reader LISTENING LESSON
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IB English B TEXT TYPES SKILLS SUPPORT: How to PERSUADE Your Reader LISTENING LESSON

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TEXT TYPE SKILLS SUPPORT LISTENING LESSON: How to PERSUADE your reader. (60 minutes) This lesson supports the writing of the following text types: Opinion Columns, Speeches, Brochures, Advertisements, Argumentative Essays, Proposals. Resources: No-prep, ready-made SLIDESHOW Student WORKBOOK Student Workbook ANSWER KEY Audio Track Lesson Outcome: By the end of this lesson, your students will have learned about 14 effective PERSUASIVE writing tools. Activities: Activity 1 PRE-LISTENING TASK STARTER: to write 3 things they already know about persuasive techniques. Activity 2 LISTENING TASK: to capture specific details (techniques and examples) relating to 14 persuasive writing tools. (Please note: this is not a listening test; it does not have the same rigour and level of difficulty as a listening exam. Its purpose is to teach students about writing effective hooks.) Activity 3 AGREE TASK: to share and agree on the notes that should have been made. Activity 4: NOTE-MAKING TASKS: to use the acronym FLATTERY to collate notes about the 14 techniques. Activity 5: PLENARY: to add 5 more notes to their pre-listening starter page. HOMEWORK: To research the internet for persuasive techniques not learned in today’s lesson. Apart from the need to print workbooks and a few bits of admin, this lesson is LOW-TO-NO-PREP, INSTANTLY-USABLE. (You just need to run through the slideshow to familiarise yourself with the lesson elements and to print resource materials.) You can use this resource as a standalone lesson, or combine it with the other HOW TO WRITE EFFECTIVE HOOKS lesson: · WRITING LESSON: In this lesson, students MATCH 14 persuasive techniques with their specific examples. Then, using a prompt, they PRACTISE creating examples of each of the persuasive techniques.