Portfolio Task Bank
The IB Portfolio is an opportunity for you to make sense of the texts you have read and to relate them to other texts of the course and to the
Global Areas.
Every two weeks you will complete at least one task from the task bank below.
Create a
quote bank
on how a
specific text
relates to a
Global Area
(see below)add notes
explaining
the relevance
of the
references
Compare how
a theme,
character, plot
or setting are
explored in
one text with
another we
have studied.
Create a
bullet point list
of relevant
comparisons.
Create a
list of
exploration
questions
about a
text you
have just
studied.
Copy and
answer
someone
else's
exploration
questions
Create a
video
explaining a
poem from
the World's
Wife and
relating it to
the Global
Issues.
Create a
bank of
useful
quotations
you could use
to revise for
multiple
comparison
questions for
Paper 2 for
one of the
studied texts
Create a
comprehensive
quiz testing
other students
on the texts
studied/ subject
terminology.
Could you make
it self-marking?
Creative:
Rewrite any
section from a
text studied in
a different
genre (e.g.
rewrite a
scene from
'The Doll's
House' as a
play or
communicate
a moment
from
Persepolis as
a poem
Creative:
Choose
another
historical
figure or
literary
character and
write a poem
or story from
their
perspective
(like in the
World's Wife)
Creative:
Reimagine the
authorial intent
of one of the
texts studied.
Explain how
that would have
changed any of
the following:
plot, character
development,
narrator, style,
imagery/motifs,
symbolism,
setting,
form/genre
Set yourself
a Paper 1
task using an
extract/poem
from a
studied text
and complete
it in timed
conditions
Create a
podcast
discussing
how one of
the texts
relates to a
Global Area.
Poem of
the Day |
The Poetry
Foundation
Create a
question
on a
random
poem and
write a
timed
Paper 1
response.
Annotate a
blank copy
of a poem
or key
extract from
one of the
studied
texts. Use
colour
coding by
theme/motif,
etc.
Choose a text
we have
studied to
focus on.
Research
other
alternatives
and rate them
based on
how useful
they would be
for detailed
analysis and
thematic
comparison.
Consider your
Global Issue:
create a
detailed collage
or mind map on
that issue
(Prezi, Miro,
Lucid, etc.) It
could include
definitions,
history of its
presentation in
art, music, film,
literature;
newspaper
articles, etc.
Creative: Add
your own short
story to the
'Bloody
Chamber'
collection,
using a
different fairy
tale or wellknown story
from the past
as inspiration.
Creative:
Write a
poem/short
story/play
scene/graphic
novel/nonfiction article
inspired by
one of the
texts we have
studied
Paper 1 - 1hr15 - guided analysis of a text
Paper 2 - 1hr 45 - comparative exploration of two texts
IO - linear explanation of the text + close analysis of extract/poem each - 10 minutes (5 on each text) + 5 min on Q and A
Global Areas
Creative: Write
a 5 star book
review,
persuading
somebody to
read one of the
set texts.
Include
discussion of
authorial intent,
how it
compares with
similar texts
past and
present, and its
themes/ideas
Culture, identity and community
Students might focus on the way in which texts explore aspects of family, class, race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, gender and sexuality, and
the way these impact on individuals and societies. They might also focus on issues concerning migration, colonialism and nationalism.
Beliefs, values and education
Students might focus on the way in which texts explore the beliefs and values nurtured in particular societies and the ways they shape
individuals, communities and educational systems. They might also explore the tensions that arise when there are conflicts of beliefs and
values, and ethics.
Politics, power and justice
Students might focus on the ways in which texts explore aspects of rights and responsibilities, the workings and structures of governments and
institutions. They might also investigate hierarchies of power, the distribution of wealth and resources, the limits of justice and the law, equality
and inequality, human rights and peace and conflict.
Art, creativity and the imagination
Students might focus on the ways in which texts explore aspects of aesthetic inspiration, creation, craft, and beauty. They might also focus on
the shaping and challenging of perceptions through art, and the function, value and effects of art in society.
Science, technology and the environment
Students might focus on the ways in which texts explore the relationship between humans and the environment and the implications of
technology and media for society. They might also consider the idea of scientific development and progress.
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