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Paper 1, the method

Led by Meera K.English A: Lang and Lit HL 7, verified

How to annotate an unseen text in 15 minutes, build a thesis that answers the guiding question, and write analysis that reaches the top band, for every common text type.

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Outline

24 lessons · 3 h 43 min

1. How Paper 1 is marked

1.1The four criteriaFree · 8 min
1.2What moves a 4 to a 611 min
1.3Reading the guiding question7 min
1.4SL and HL: what changes6 min

2. Annotating in 15 minutes

2.1The first read9 min
2.2Purpose, audience, context10 min
2.3Tone and register11 min
2.4Structure and layout9 min

3. Text types and their conventions

3.1Advertisements10 min
3.2Infographics and data9 min
3.3Comics and cartoons9 min
3.4Speeches and opinion pieces10 min

4. Techniques and their effects

4.1Naming a technique is not analysis8 min
4.2Visual techniques10 min
4.3Language techniques10 min
4.4Writing about effect11 min

5. Thesis, paragraphs, conclusion

5.1A thesis that answers the question9 min
5.2Paragraphs that build10 min
5.3Evaluating, not describing9 min
5.4Conclusions that add something6 min

6. Timed practice

6.1A full timed attempt15 min
6.2Marking it against the criteria12 min
6.3Finding your next point8 min
6.4An exam-day plan6 min
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Meera K.

Course lead

I lead the English A Paper 1 course. In lessons I work on one thing at a time: annotating fast, a thesis that answers the guiding question, and paragraphs that analyse instead of describe.

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“The annotation method saved me in the real exam. I finished planning with five minutes to spare.”

DP2, May 2027 session, 2 June 2027

“Module 4 is the best: I stopped listing techniques and started explaining them.”

DP1, May 2028 session, 19 August 2027