Teaching IB Commentary - Literature

IB Language A (Lit) students must produce a commentary on a literary extract, one written and one oral. Language A (Lit /Lan) must produce an oral literary commentary and a written comparative commentary. While the passage sources may be different, commentary skills are easily learnt and a simple method and accompanying checklist will prove invaluable to teacher and student alike.

Teaching Macbeth

Teaching Shakespeare's great tragedy Macbeth involves more than just introducing students to great literature. It also involves considerations of classical tragedy, Elizabethan world view, Renaissance theater, the nature of the drama, early modern English and of course universal themes of what it is to be human - inter alia. It should be a wonderful experience for all. Too often, it becomes an unwelcoming grind.