IB Language and Literature

The Individual Oral

Step-by-Step

Step Six: Find examples of your Global Issue in the work and work as a whole (Zoom Out)

Now that you’ve reviewed your Global Issue and chosen your extracts, it’s time to explore your
chosen works to determine what moments in the work or BoW you want to present to show your
knowledge of the Global Issue. You might want to consider moments that also contain a
prominent feature or two from the author or creator of the BoW. Ultimately, we need 2 or 3
moments in the works that clearly link to the global issue as presented in your extracts.

Searching for the Extract - ______________________________ (Literary Work)

Moment in the text where Key action and/or conflict of Key authorial or directorial
the GI is present the moment moves used in expressing GI

Searching for the Extract - ______________________________ (Non-Literary BoW)

Moment in the BoW when Key action and/or conflict of Key authorial or directorial
the GI is present the moment moves used in expressing GI

Step Seven: Examine your chart and locate your extract

Now that you’ve thought deeply about the conflicts in your works in relation to the Global Issue,
it’s time to choose the most powerful aspects. Select passages that are rich not only in terms of
the Global Issue but also in terms of key authorial choices.
Step Eight: Using graphic organizers to identify how authorial choices reinforce the global issue

After you have chosen your extracts, it is time to carefully examine your selections and identify
key textual references and stylistic choices that help to bring the Global Issue to the forefront of
your Individual Oral.

Extract Annotations - ________________________________ (Literary Work)

Textual references Features Authorial/audience

relationship

Extract Annotations - __________________________________ (Non-Literary BoW)

Textual reference Features Author/Audience

Relationship