Individual+Oral+Commentary

= Individual Oral Commentary =


 * Exam Time: 20 minutes prep, 15 minute presentation/discussion **
 * Percentage: 15% **


 * Exam Details: **
 * Although your teacher will assign a grade for your IOC, it will be moderated (and possibly changed) by the IBO.
 * The IOC is based on the works studied in part 4 of the course material (//Twelfth Night, Handmaid’s Tale// and Poetry). All of the works studied must be included in the exam, so you should review the play and all of the poetry we study in class.
 * You will be required to engage in a critical examination of a passage from one of the works studied. You will analyze the relationship between the formal elements and meaning of your passage. Your aim is to explore the significant aspects of the extract you receive, showing knowledge and understanding of the extract and the use/effects of stylistic devices.
 * You will not know which work or passage before you arrive for your exam. Your passage will be randomly assigned. The passage you receive will be no more than 40 lines long and rich in detail. Your passage could be an entire (shorter) poem, or an extract from a longer poem.
 * When you arrive, you will be given a passage and allowed to annotate it and plan your commentary for **20 minutes**. You may not read your notes as a prepared speech, but you may write out your thesis statement/introduction sentences. All you will be allowed to have with you during your preparation time is the passage you receive upon arrival, the guiding questions accompanying your passage, and writing implements.
 * Your IOC exam will last for 15 minutes total. You should plan to deliver your commentary for the first 10 minutes of your exam time (without interruption from your teacher) and engage in a discussion with your teacher for the last 5 minutes.
 * Your commentary must be organized and coherent-it should not be a series of disconnected statements. You must use a formal register and apply literary terminology appropriately
 * Your commentary must focus directly on the text in front of you. You may only mention the larger work the extract is drawn from when it is directly applicable. Do not discuss everything you know about the larger text.
 * Your teacher will only get involved in your commentary if you stop early.
 * After your ten minute commentary presentation, you will engage in a discussion with your teacher. Your teacher will use this time to help you correct any inadvertent statements you made earlier, clarify your ideas, expand on undeveloped ideas in your commentary, and encourage you to fully support statements you made earlier. The purpose of this discussion time is to help you improve your overall score.

(Language and Literature Guide 59-61)
 * Guiding Questions: **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Your text will be accompanied by 2 unnumbered guiding questions. You are not required to answer these questions directly in your commentary, but you may use them to focus your ideas as you prepare.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">One guiding question will focus on the subject of the extract, the other on the language used. Your questions will fit the following descriptors:
 * § <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Offer a possible starting point for your commentary
 * § <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Relate to one of the most significant aspects of the text
 * § <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Refer to general details only, not specific lines of text
 * § <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Allow you to independently explore significant issues dealt with in the text
 * § <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Encourage you to focus on the interpretation of the text
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The guiding questions your teacher chooses will be clearly related to the text. The following are some examples of guiding questions:
 * § <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">How does the structure correspond to the overall meaning of the text?
 * § <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">What elements of style are used to convey ideas, attitudes, and feelings?
 * § <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">How does the narrator’s point of view influence the reader’s understanding of the text?
 * § <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">What type of audience is this text aimed at?
 * § <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">What does this text tell us about the relationship between X and Y?
 * § <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">What is the main theme or idea in this text, and how is it developed?
 * § <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">What atmosphere is the writer trying to create in the text?


 * <span style="background-color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Criterion A || <span style="background-color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Knowledge and Understanding of the Text or Extract || <span style="background-color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">10 marks ||
 * <span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Criterion B || <span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Understanding of the Use of Stylistic Features || <span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">10 marks ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Criterion C || <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Organization || <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">5 marks ||
 * <span style="background-color: #00ff00; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Criterion D || <span style="background-color: #00ff00; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Language || <span style="background-color: #00ff00; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">5 marks ||
 * || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Total ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">30 marks ** ||