ENG4UW
Written Assignment –Part 1: Works in Translation
You have already completed much of the process work for the written assignment, including the following for each of
the Part I works:
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Interactive oral
Reflective Statement
Supervised Writing
A rough draft of an essay (in the 3UW exam?)
Next Step:
Now you will write or polish an analytical, literary essay on one of the Part 1 works. The essay topic is one that you
generate and develop from one of the supervised writing assignments done in class.
The final draft of your written assignment (essay plus reflective statement) is evaluated externally by IB and is worth
25% of your overall score for the course. You will conference with your teacher as you develop a working thesis.
Additional details:
 Work submitted: Literary essay 1,200–1,500 words (assessed) on ONE work from part 1, plus relevant
reflective statement 300–400 words (assessed)
 If the word limit is exceeded, the assessment of the reflective statement will be based on the first 400 words
and the assessment of the essay on the first 1,500 words.
 Your topic MUST be based on one of your pieces of supervised writing. There must be an apparent
connection between the supervised writing and the final essay (or as the IB document says The link between
the final choice of title and the supervised writing does not have to be direct, but there must be a recognizable germ of an
idea that can be tracked.), although you provide your own title and develop the chosen prompt in an
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independent direction.
A combined mark out of 25 is to be awarded for the reflective statement and the literary essay, based on five
assessment criteria (A-E) (see assessment chart for Written Assignment)
Below are examples of prompts for the supervised writing, showing how that prompt could be applied to a specific
work and developed into a suitable essay title:
Prompt How are different voices used to express thoughts and feelings? What effect do these have on your
responses to the poems?
Work Selected poems of Derek Walcott
Essay title Allegiance and identity in the poems of Derek Walcott
Prompt Do you think there are some characters in the work whose chief role is to convey cultural values?
Work Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez
Essay title The Vicario brothers as champions of honour
Prompt Identify one or more symbol, motif or strand of imagery. What role do they play in the work?
Work Dr Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
Essay title The contrasting roles of ice and snow in Dr Zhivago
Prompt How do external and internal structures work together?
Work Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
Essay title Conveying a sense of Purpose in Waiting for Godot
The titles demonstrate the degree of focus for this assignment. Your title should closely relate to your thesis, which
could be your title stated as a complete sentence. Topics must be individual; no two students should have the same
title, thesis, or focus.
You must use MLA format for the essay. Evidence must be well integrated using parenthetical referencing.
Provide a Works Cited. You will be submitting the essay to www.turnitin.com.
English A HL Written Assignment: Assessment Chart
B: Knowledge and
understanding
How effectively has the
student used the topic
and the essay to show
knowledge and
understanding of the
chosen work?
E: Language
How clear, varied, and accurate is the language?
How appropriate is the choice of register, style,
and terminology? (“Register” refers, in this
context, to the student’s use of elements such as
vocabulary, tone, sentence structure, and
terminology appropriate to the task.)
The work does not reach a
standard described by the
descriptors below.
0
The work does not reach a standard described
by the descriptors below.
1-2 Some mention but little
appreciation (There is some
mention, but little appreciation, of the
ways in which language, structure,
technique, and style shape meaning.)
1
Some attempt at
organization/little use of
examples
(There is some attempt to organize
ideas, but little use of examples
from the works used.)
1
Rarely clear and appropriate language
(Language is rarely clear and appropriate; there
are many errors in grammar, vocabulary, and
sentence construction, and little sense of
register and style.)
3-4
Knowledge and
understanding/some
insight
The essay shows
knowledge and
understanding of, and some
insight into, the work used
for the assignment.
3-4
Adequate appreciation
There is adequate appreciation of the ways
in which language, structure, technique,
and style shape meaning.
2
Superficial organization and
development/some integrated
examples (Ideas are superficially
organized and developed, with
some integrated examples from
the works used.)
2
3
3
5-6
Detailed knowledge and
understanding/ perceptive
insight
The essay shows detailed
knowledge and
understanding of, and
perceptive insight into, the
work used for the
assignment.
5-6
Excellent appreciation
There is excellent appreciation of the ways
in which language, structure, techniques,
and style shape meaning.
Adequate organization and
development/appropriately
integrated examples
(Ideas are adequately organized
and developed, with appropriately
integrated examples from the
works used.)
Effective organization and
development/well-integrated
examples
(Ideas are effectively organized
and developed, with wellintegrated examples from the
works used.)
Persuasive organization and
development/effectively
integrated examples (Ideas are
persuasively organized and
developed, with effectively
integrated examples from the
works used.)
Sometimes clear and carefully chosen
language with fair degree of accuracy
(Language is sometimes clear and carefully
chosen; grammar, vocabulary, and sentence
construction are fairly accurate, although errors
and inconsistencies are apparent; the register
and style are to some extent appropriate to the
task.)
Clear and carefully chosen language with
adequate degree of accuracy (Language is
clear and carefully chosen, with an adequate
degree of accuracy in grammar, vocabulary,
and sentence construction despite some lapses;
register and style are mostly appropriate to the
task.)
Clear and carefully chosen language with
good degree of accuracy (Language is clear
and carefully chosen, with a good degree of
accuracy on grammar, vocabulary, and
sentence construction; register and style are
consistently appropriate to the task.)
1-2
0
The work does not reach a standard
described by the descriptors below.
D: Organization and development
How effectively have the ideas been
organized, and how well are
references to the works integrated
into the development of the ideas?
0
0
The work does not
reach a standard
described by the
descriptors below.
Some knowledge
but little
understanding
The essay shows
some knowledge but
little understanding
of the work used for
the assignment.
C: Appreciation of the writer’s
choices
To what extent does the student
appreciate how the writer’s choices of
form, structure, technique, and style
shape meaning??
4
5
4
5
Very clear, effective, carefully chosen and
precise language with a high degree of
accuracy (Language is very clear, effective,
carefully chosen and precise, with a high
degree of accuracy in grammar, vocabulary,
and sentence construction; register and style
are effective and appropriate to the task.