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!
This is a workbook showing IB English B students how to write an EMBEDDED INTERVIEW based on a mentor text, comprehension and language questions, a mini-research project and a guided writing process.
This pack contains a SL workbook (20 pages), a HL workbook (20 pages), a Jumbled Text Starter and an Answer Key Booklet.
Please watch the video for more details.
This is a workbook pack showing IB English B students how to write A NEWS REPORT based on a mentor text, comprehension and language questions, a mini-research project and a guided writing process.
The topic is BEING REMARKABLE – part of the Human Ingenuity theme.
In this Student Workbook Pack you will get:
· 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 BOOKLET for Part 1 worksheets.
Please see the video promo overview for more details.
This is a workbook pack showing IB English B students how to write A SOCIAL MEDIA POST based on a mentor text, comprehension and language questions, a mini-research project and a guided writing process. The topic is Third-Culture Kids – part of the Identities theme.
Each Student Workbook 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.
Please watch the promo video for more details.
This is a workbook pack showing IB English B students how to write A SET OF GUIDELINES based on a mentor text, comprehension and language questions, a mini-research project and a guided writing process.
You get a both an SL and a HL workbook, a Jumbled Text Starter - and an Answer Key.
Please view the video for more details.
A workbook centred around a mentor text which promotes a new theme park for teenagers through a persuasive brochure. Students are guided through the process of analysing the mentor text, responding to a research project and using structured planning pages to create their own persuasive brochure.
This pack contains:
a SL workbook (20 pages)
a HL workbook (20 pages)
a Jumbled Text Starter
an Answer Key Booklet
Please watch the video for more details.
This is a workbook showing IB English B students how to write an OFFICIAL REPORT based on a mentor text, comprehension and language questions, a mini-research project and a guided writing process.
This pack contains:
a SL workbook (20 pages)
a HL workbook (20 pages)
a Jumbled Text Starter
an Answer Key Booklet
Please watch the video for more details.
A free resource for you!
A workbook showing how to teach IB English B students how to write a formal letter of complaint.
This is to ensure the whole writing process is made visible (all work is recorded in the workbook) so teachers can be assured that students have not used AI to write their texts.
This this pack you will receive:
a jumbled mentor text that students need to sequence
Part One of the Workbook = analysing a mentor text in order to learn how to emulate it by doing comprehension, punctuation, vocabulary and paragraph-development tasks
Part Two = doing a mini-research project and then using the workbook to extract useful frames and vocabulary from the mentor text, to plan using a structured planning page, to write their first draft using a step-by-step guide and then to assess their first draft using an informative checklist.
This way, the entire writing process is visible by being handwritten.
The sole purpose of this freebie is to entice you to buy the other workbook packs in the series. There are 9 in series one:
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.
Here is a collection of 16 Mentor Texts for IB English B text types.
PLEASE NOTE: These mentor texts are the focus of my How to write Packs. If you have purchased those - particularly the complete bundle - then you do NOT need to buy this product. This is for those who just want mentor texts and their prompts only and who have not bought any of the workbook packs.
This collection contains:
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)
Each mentor text come with a STIMULUS PROMPT which inspired the content of the text.
PLEASE NOTE: I have created a series of workbooks based on the above which encourages students to record the writing process in its entirety to prove no AI was involved. These worksheet packs are available should you wish to purchase them INSTEAD of this collection, and can be found here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12833170
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.
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.
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 a bundle of 3 of my IB ENGLISH B TEXT TYPE listening and reading practice products.
Each listening and reading test is worth 20 marks, and I have attempted to style and create it based on the sample papers provided by the IB last year.
These resources are part of a larger set of resources containing 10-lesson units for each of the 3 text types.
Feel free to view them here in my shop:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/ContentedBeing
Thank you.
This is an exam-style listening and reading paper for IB English B students which I created for the students in my class.
Each paper is worth 20 marks, covering the theme of Experiences: Eating Out.
The reading paper is based on a diary entry of a student who reflects on a recent visit to an authentic Chinese restaurant. The answer key is provided. Students can use the reading paper text as a mentor text for later deconstruction.
The listening paper is based on a teacher podcast in which the teacher talks about the features of informal language.
The audio track, transcript and answer key are provided.
Please note: this resource is part of a much larger unit of 10-lessons, based on the Diary Entry mentor text.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ib-english-b-text-type-teaching-unit-diary-entry-12167444