If you are an IB English B teacher looking for ready-made lessons covering writing skills, workbooks providing step-by-step approaches to writing text types, or a great resource pack to teach a novel and prepare your students for the IO - then you have come to the right place. Created by an award-winning writer and experienced English B teacher, these resources are just what you are looking for!
If you are an IB English B teacher looking for ready-made lessons covering writing skills, workbooks providing step-by-step approaches to writing text types, or a great resource pack to teach a novel and prepare your students for the IO - then you have come to the right place. Created by an award-winning writer and experienced English B teacher, these resources are just what you are looking for!
A workbook in which students handwrite the entire writing process leading to the submission of their final drafts of different IB English B text types. This is to verify that no AI was used to create their writing tasks.
For students to make all stages of the writing process visible, each workbook has two parts:
Part ONE contains worksheets to encourage students to do these activities:
read the jumbled version of the mentor text and sequence the different elements correctly
discuss and make decisions about the choice of text type to fulfil the requirements of the prompt
read the actual mentor text
answer comprehension questions to show understanding of the mentor text
identify and label the different features of the mentor text
explain the function of every punctuation mark
answer questions about synonyms, antonyms and the meaning of words
determine how the main ideas in paragraphs are developed and extended.
Part TWO invites students to write that text type using a follow-on prompt and to show handwritten evidence (by writing everything into the workbook) that they have …
conducted a mini-research project to provide them with the necessary background information for the content of the task
extracted relevant vocabulary and created sentence frames to assist the writing process
used a structured planning page to jot down notes for each element of the writing task
followed a step-by-step guide to writing their first draft
assessed their first drafts with an informative checklist that also contains relevant advice to help them improve their first draft.
Each Pack contains:
SL Version – with answer options for Part 1 worksheets
HL Version – without answer options for Part 1 worksheets
One-page Jumbled Mentor Text Starter – the elements of the mentor text are jumbled up and students need to sequence them correctly
An answer key for Part 1 worksheets.
The first 9 writing packs cover the following:
· Article about learning to learn (Human Ingenuity)
· Blog about the impact of social media (Identity)
· Diary Entry about cultural gaffes (Social Organization)
· Essay about the need to learn writing skills (Human Ingenuity)
· Informal Email about pet euthanasia (Experiences)
· Letter to the Editor about plastic pollution (Sharing the Planet)
· Proposal about improving International Day (Social Organization)
· Review of a fiction book (Experiences)
· Speech about saving a zoo (Sharing the Planet)
More packs and text types will be added soon.
A workbook in which students handwrite the entire writing process leading to the submission of their final drafts of different IB English B text types. This is to verify that no AI was used to create their writing tasks.
For students to make all stages of the writing process visible, each workbook has two parts:
Part ONE contains worksheets to encourage students to do these activities:
read the jumbled version of the mentor text and sequence the different elements correctly
discuss and make decisions about the choice of text type to fulfil the requirements of the prompt
read the actual mentor text
answer comprehension questions to show understanding of the mentor text
identify and label the different features of the mentor text
explain the function of every punctuation mark
answer questions about synonyms, antonyms and the meaning of words
determine how the main ideas in paragraphs are developed and extended.
Part TWO invites students to write that text type using a follow-on prompt and to show handwritten evidence (by writing everything into the workbook) that they have …
conducted a mini-research project to provide them with the necessary background information for the content of the task
extracted relevant vocabulary and created sentence frames to assist the writing process
used a structured planning page to jot down notes for each element of the writing task
followed a step-by-step guide to writing their first draft
assessed their first drafts with an informative checklist that also contains relevant advice to help them improve their first draft.
Each Pack contains:
SL Version – with answer options for Part 1 worksheets
HL Version – without answer options for Part 1 worksheets
One-page Jumbled Mentor Text Starter – the elements of the mentor text are jumbled up and students need to sequence them correctly
An answer key for Part 1 worksheets.
The first 9 writing packs cover the following:
· Article about learning to learn (Human Ingenuity)
· Blog about the impact of social media (Identity)
· Diary Entry about cultural gaffes (Social Organization)
· Essay about the need to learn writing skills (Human Ingenuity)
· Informal Email about pet euthanasia (Experiences)
· Letter to the Editor about plastic pollution (Sharing the Planet)
· Proposal about improving International Day (Social Organization)
· Review of a fiction book (Experiences)
· Speech about saving a zoo (Sharing the Planet)
More packs and text types will be added soon.
A workbook in which students handwrite the entire writing process leading to the submission of their final drafts of different IB English B text types. This is to verify that no AI was used to create their writing tasks.
For students to make all stages of the writing process visible, each workbook has two parts:
Part ONE contains worksheets to encourage students to do these activities:
read the jumbled version of the mentor text and sequence the different elements correctly
discuss and make decisions about the choice of text type to fulfil the requirements of the prompt
read the actual mentor text
answer comprehension questions to show understanding of the mentor text
identify and label the different features of the mentor text
explain the function of every punctuation mark
answer questions about synonyms, antonyms and the meaning of words
determine how the main ideas in paragraphs are developed and extended.
Part TWO invites students to write that text type using a follow-on prompt and to show handwritten evidence (by writing everything into the workbook) that they have …
conducted a mini-research project to provide them with the necessary background information for the content of the task
extracted relevant vocabulary and created sentence frames to assist the writing process
used a structured planning page to jot down notes for each element of the writing task
followed a step-by-step guide to writing their first draft
assessed their first drafts with an informative checklist that also contains relevant advice to help them improve their first draft.
Each Pack contains:
SL Version – with answer options for Part 1 worksheets
HL Version – without answer options for Part 1 worksheets
One-page Jumbled Mentor Text Starter – the elements of the mentor text are jumbled up and students need to sequence them correctly
An answer key for Part 1 worksheets.
The first 9 writing packs cover the following:
· Article about learning to learn (Human Ingenuity)
· Blog about the impact of social media (Identity)
· Diary Entry about cultural gaffes (Social Organization)
· Essay about the need to learn writing skills (Human Ingenuity)
· Informal Email about pet euthanasia (Experiences)
· Letter to the Editor about plastic pollution (Sharing the Planet)
· Proposal about improving International Day (Social Organization)
· Review of a fiction book (Experiences)
· Speech about saving a zoo (Sharing the Planet)
More packs and text types will be added soon.
This is the complete bundle containing all of the HOW TO WRITE ENGLISH B TEXT TYPE PACKS that I have created.
Before purchasing this product:
Please download the FREE ‘How to write a LETTER OF COMPLAINT Pack’. This will give you a clear idea of the structure and content of all of the How to… Packs.
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With each pack, you will receive:
The SL Workbook – with answer options for Part 1 worksheets
The HL Workbook – without answer options for Part 1 worksheets
A one-page Jumbled Mentor Text Starter – the elements of the mentor text are jumbled up and students need to sequence them correctly.
An answer key for Part 1 worksheets.
Each workbook contains 2 parts:
Part ONE contains worksheets to encourage students to do these activities:
read the jumbled version of the mentor text and sequence the different elements correctly
discuss and make decisions about the choice of text type to fulfil the requirements of the prompt
read the actual mentor text
answer comprehension questions to show understanding of the mentor text - now based on actual exam-type questions
identify and label the different features of the mentor text
explain different grammar aspects
answer questions about synonyms, antonyms and the meaning of words
determine how the main ideas in paragraphs are developed and extended.
Part TWO invites students to write that text type using a follow-on prompt and to show handwritten evidence (by writing everything into the workbook) that they have …
conducted a mini-research project to provide them with the necessary background information for the content of the task
extracted relevant vocabulary and created sentence frames to assist the writing process
used a structured planning page to jot down notes for each element of the writing task
followed a step-by-step guide to writing their first draft
assessed their first drafts with an informative checklist that also contains relevant advice to help them improve their first draft.
The entire writing process, from understanding and using a mentor text, to researching, thinking about, planning, and redrafting is therefore completely visible and should provide students with enough practice to confidently write about each text type in their examinations.
The entire bundle covers these text types, topics, and related themes:
An ARTICLE about learning to learn (Human Ingenuity)
A BLOG ENTRY about the impact of social media (Identities)
A DIARY ENTRY about cultural gaffes (Social Organisation)
AN ESSAY about the need to learn writing skills (Human Ingenuity)
AN INFORMAL EMAIL about pet euthanasia (Experiences)
A LETTER TO THE EDITOR about plastic pollution (Sharing the Planet)
A PROPOSAL about improving International Day (Social Organisation)
A REVIEW of a fiction book (Experiences)
A SPEECH about saving a zoo (Sharing the Planet)
AN OFFICAL REPORT about a technology experiment (Identities)
A PERSUASIVE BROCHURE about a theme parks (Human Ingenuity)
AN EMBEDDED INTERVIEW about making a difference (Sharing the Planet)
A NEWS REPORT about being remarkable (Human Ingenuity)
A SET OF GUIDELINES about mental well-being (Identities)
A SET OF INSTRUCTIONS about learning to learn (Human Ingenuity)
A SOCIAL MEDIA POST about Third-Culture Kids (Identities)
A workbook in which students handwrite the entire writing process leading to the submission of their final drafts of different IB English B text types. This is to verify that no AI was used to create their writing tasks.
For students to make all stages of the writing process visible, each workbook has two parts:
Part ONE contains worksheets to encourage students to do these activities:
read the jumbled version of the mentor text and sequence the different elements correctly
discuss and make decisions about the choice of text type to fulfil the requirements of the prompt
read the actual mentor text
answer comprehension questions to show understanding of the mentor text
identify and label the different features of the mentor text
explain the function of every punctuation mark
answer questions about synonyms, antonyms and the meaning of words
determine how the main ideas in paragraphs are developed and extended.
Part TWO invites students to write that text type using a follow-on prompt and to show handwritten evidence (by writing everything into the workbook) that they have …
conducted a mini-research project to provide them with the necessary background information for the content of the task
extracted relevant vocabulary and created sentence frames to assist the writing process
used a structured planning page to jot down notes for each element of the writing task
followed a step-by-step guide to writing their first draft
assessed their first drafts with an informative checklist that also contains relevant advice to help them improve their first draft.
Each Pack contains:
SL Version – with answer options for Part 1 worksheets
HL Version – without answer options for Part 1 worksheets
One-page Jumbled Mentor Text Starter – the elements of the mentor text are jumbled up and students need to sequence them correctly
An answer key for Part 1 worksheets.
The first 9 writing packs cover the following:
· Article about learning to learn (Human Ingenuity)
· Blog about the impact of social media (Identity)
· Diary Entry about cultural gaffes (Social Organization)
· Essay about the need to learn writing skills (Human Ingenuity)
· Informal Email about pet euthanasia (Experiences)
· Letter to the Editor about plastic pollution (Sharing the Planet)
· Proposal about improving International Day (Social Organization)
· Review of a fiction book (Experiences)
· Speech about saving a zoo (Sharing the Planet)
More packs and text types will be added soon.
