IB skill practice

Choose the right text type for a 450-600 word HL writing task

English B HL practice for 450-600 word task fulfilment, text type, audience, and purpose.

Paper 1 6 marks Difficulty 3

Choose the right text type for a 450-600 word HL writing task: identities

English B HL language acquisition practice. This original stimulus is linked to the theme of identities and the context of a magazine article about students choosing clothes for a cultural celebration. A student is planning a 450-600 word Paper 1 written response for school magazine readers. What should they choose so text type, register, message development, organisation, and language choices match the task? Select the task focus, source clue, language choice, and communication judgement. Then answer in your own words: what should the student do next to strengthen this English B HL response? AI will analyse your communication, source or extract use, language accuracy, register, task fulfilment, and expression.

Worked practice: build the response

Work through the communicative task in order: task focus, source clue, language choice, then how well it communicates.