ioc tips and tricks!!
I got a 7 so fingers crossed these tips r efficient
(also this is hl English)
p.s. if anyone is studying Maya Angelou, Ted Hughes or Poe for their texts hmu for notes!
- it goes without saying that you gotta understand the texts and have READ the texts that you are studying- if you don't! ask the teachers! I watched youtube reports (like book reports), fan-made videos of the book (this is the best if you are studying Poe) and kept reading the texts until I properly understood them.
1. PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE
I think this is the make or break with getting a good ioc = I practised daily for two weeks before the iocs and I can out with a 7. Long story short = practice!
I practised every single one of my texts at least twice so I got the grasp of it and got used to saying the quotes out loud etc. (I also knew them off by heart basically as scripts but I think that's next level of extra)
Record these practices so you can listen to them later and see where you stuffed up/or any good points you had! Print off blank copies of the poetry/extracts that you are studying, give yourself 10 minutes to highlight and annotate them and then sit there with your voice memo thing and record yourself analysing them! PRACTICEEEEEE PLEASEEEEE
2. Your teachers are your best friends!!!
Email your teachers asking for a list of generic questions that could potentially be asked during the IOC (as in the main question that you have to answer). Ask your teachers as well if you can email/show them your practice IOCs - and If you can, email your teachers the recordings!! They can mark them and give u a direction of where to go with your analysis! If you have more than one English teacher at your school, email them the recordings too (different teachers = different ideas)
3. Notes!!
I set up a whole folder of notes - keywords to use, the highlighted and annotated texts (please annotate the texts ok), generic "scripts" to use, blank copies of the text to analyze etc. I carried the folder around with me. It was my best friend and it will be your best friend! Use lit charts!! Use schmoop!! Use whatever you can!!
4. persevere and don't get sick
You will get absolutely SICK of listening to your own voice, but keep going and keep practising because it's worth it!! 65% of HL English is internally assessed - it hurts now but it puts a lot less pressure on you in the final exams!
don't get SICK though, please!! drink honey lemon drinks, keep sleeping, just manage your time well and you will get there!!
long story short: practice really hard and make sure you know your texts!!!!!
also watch https://youtu.be/onPHODBL8Y8
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