Past Paper 1s
2023 NTZ2: Elephant Sanctuary
This Paper 1 stimulus text is inspired by the IB's Paper 1 exam from November 2023 (timezone 2), and appeared originally with this text (Netball). Copyright for the stimulus text belongs to The Elephant Sanctuary. The appeal, in its original form, can be on their website here. The IB's guiding question has been reworded to avoid copyright issues with the IB. You can purchase official past papers from Follett Learning.
After 5 minutes of silent reading, Standard Level students have 1 hour and 15 minutes to write an analysis on one of the texts, and Higher Level students have 2 hours and 15 minutes to write two analyses; one on each text.
Text A: The Elephant Sanctuary: Marking notes
Model response
After reading the stimulus text and guiding question, read the student's response. Apply the P1 assessment criteria and discuss the marks that you would award the script before reading the examiner's marks and comments. How different were your marks and comments from the examiner's marks and comments? What improvements could be made to this student's response, in order to achieve better results? Read the Marking Notes to inform your understanding of the student's response and your marks and comments.
Text A: The Elephant Sanctuary: Student responsePaper 1 assessment criteria SL/HL
Text A: The Elephant Sanctuary: Examiner's comments and marks
Assessment
Notice how this student response constantly returns to the effects of language on the reader. The response includes phrases such as: "...,which makes the reader feel..." and "...evokes a sense of...". These are excellent phrases to master. Check out the page on the language of analysis for more sentence starters.