Here you will find every tool you need to prepare yourself for the IB Language B Writing Exam.
You must spend time studying these handouts, videos and notes.
Practice writing different text-types (emails, brochure, flyer, interview, blog, ad, and journal entries) and improve your work with multiple drafts.
The ball is in your court, because YOU can choose your prompt and text format on the actual exam in May.
Passing your writing exam requires you to prove you have mastered all the basic grammar rules (capitalization, regular verb conjugations, cases, inverted word order), as well as some complex grammar skills (transposed word order, modal verbs, adjective endings, two-way prepositions, reflexive verbs, separable-prefix verbs, etc.).
Finally, you must remember and use lots of different vocabulary words that are spelled correctly, along with metaphors, idioms and interesting sentence beginnings.
Don't forget to include 3-5 specific format features that match your chosen text-type and always use paragraphs and show more than one perspective on your topic.
Course Description
FREE PREVIEWVisual Overview of The IB DP Exams
Video: Welcome to Your Course = Study Vocabulary-Review Grammar Rules-Practice Great Writing-Refine Your Work
Handout: The Entire 7 Week Writing Project Packet
Handout: Use 6 Of These Cohesive Devices in Every Writing Task
Handout: Find Cohesive, Transition and Connector Words by Function
Handout: Use A Couple German Idioms In Any Writing Task
Video: How To Build a Leitner Flashcard Game To Memorize New Vocabulary
Handout: Leitner Game Instructions
Text Lecture: It's Time for Grammar
Quiz: Are Your Ready for Grammar?
Text Lecture: Introduction to Articles
Video: What You Need to Know About Articles
Handout: How to Guess the Correct Gender of a Noun
Handout: Hard Copy of Articles PowerPoint
Quiz: Articles
Text: Grammar Textbook Instruction Sheet
Text: Grammar Assignment Sheet for Articles
Video: Grammar Chapter 1
Video: Chapter 1 Answer Key Video
Video: Grammar Chapter 3
Video: Chapter 3 Answer Key Video
Text: Introduction to Nouns
Video: What You Need to Know About Nouns
Handout: Hard Copy of Nouns PowerPoint
Quiz: Nouns
Video: Use the "Monster Chart" to Figure out the German Cases
Handout: Green Monster Chart (front)
Quiz: Monster Chart (part 1)
Test: Monster Chart Challenge (part 1)
Text: Textbook Grammar Instruction Sheet
Text: Grammar Assignment Sheet for Noun Plurals
Video: Grammar Chapter 2 Tutorial
Video: Chapter 2 Answer Key
Text: Introduction to Adjectives
Video: What You Need to Know About Adjectives
Handout: Adjective PowerPoint Slides
Quiz: Adjectives Lesson
Video: Time Out! Motivational Moment: German Landscapes From Around The Country
Text: Introduction to Pronouns
Video: You Don't Need To Memorize
Video: What You Need to Know About Pronouns
Handout: Pronouns PowerPoint Slides
Quiz: Pronouns Lecture
Text: Introduction to German Verbs
Video: What You Need to Know about Verb Conjugations
Handout: Verb Conjugations PowerPoint Slides
Quiz: Verb Conjugation
Video: What You Need to Know about the Present Tense + "seit"
Quiz: Present tense + seit
Video: What You Need to Know about "Haben" & "Sein"
Quiz: Haben & Sein
Video: What You Need to Know about "Magnificient" Modal Verbs
Quiz: Modal Verbs
Video: What You Need to Know about "zu" + Infinitive Verb
Quiz: "zu + infinitive"
Video: What You Need to Know about Reflexive Verbs
Quiz: Reflexive Verbs
Video: What You Need to Know about Separable Prefix Verbs
Quiz: Separable Prefix Verbs
Video: What You Need to Know about Commands
Quiz: Commands
Video: What You Need to Know about the Simple Past Tense
Quiz: Simple Past Tense
Video: What You Need to Know about Word Order
Quiz: Word Order
Video: What You Need to Know about the Conversational Past Tense
Quiz: Conversational Past Tense
Text: Introduction to Adverbs
Video: What You Need to Know about Adverbs
Handout: Adverbs PowerPoint Slides
Quiz: Adverbs
Text: Introduction to Prepositions
Video: What You Need to Know about Prepositions
Handout: Prepositions PowerPoint Slides
Quiz: Prepositions
Audio: Accusative Preposition song
Audio: Two-way Preposition Song
Audio: Dative Preposition Song
Audio: Genitive Prep Song
Text: Introduction to Conjunctions
Video: What You Need to Know about Conjunctions
Handout: Conjunctions PowerPoint Slides
Quiz: Conjunctions
Video: German Comma Rules
Video: Advanced "Monster Chart" Grammar Lesson (30 minutes!)
Handout: Advanced Side of the Grammar Monster Chart
Giant Table Of Adjectives (Use These Instead Of "interessant" Or "langweilig")
Handout: "Holy Grail" Sentence Starters (Use 10 In Your Writing Task)
Handout: Disagree At Least Once With Something
Handout: Alphabetical List Of German Cohesive Words (Pick 6)
Handout: Cohesive Words By Function (Pick 6)
Handout: Plow The 7 Fields With This TRACTOR (Include Each Feature In Your Writing Task)
Handout: Sprinkle On Some German Idioms (You Can Adjust The Subject Pronoun To Make It Fit Your Context)
Handout: Climb The Grammar Skill Ladder (Demonstrate Each In Your Writing Task)
Handout: Final Check of Top 25 Mistakes (Assume You Have At Least 1 Error In EVERY Sentence. Now Go Find Each & Fix It)
Video: A Tour of Many Different Types of Texts You May Need To Write
Handout: Text Type Features Guidebook
Handout: The 2020 Approved Text-Types for the IB Lang B Paper 1 Written Production Exam
das Blog
die Broschüre
das Flugblatt (the flyer)
das Interview
das Plakat
Wie passt man viel Text auf einem Plakat? (How To Fit Lots Of Text On A Poster)
die Rede (looks like an essay but has 6 special elements)
die Werbung
Handout: Instruction Sheet For the 7 Week Writing Assignment
Visual: Overview Of The Learn How To Write In German Process
Video: Explanation of the 6 Step Writing Process
Handout: Overview of the 6 Step Writing Process
TIME TO DO IT: Your 75 Minute Timed Writing Starts Here
Handout: The List of the 25 Most Common Writing Errors To Fix
Handout: Checklist Of Complex Grammar Features (For Earning the Highest Language Score)
Text: Play with Your Vocabulary Words on Quizlet
Handout: How To Color Code and Label Parts of Speech
Handout: Color Code Grammar Tips
Text: How To Create Your Errors Report
Handout: Self-Correcting Grammar Codes
Handout: Tally Sheet
Handout: Example of a Completed Errors Report
Handout: Written Production Scoring Rubrics
Handout: Cover Sheet SL & HL
Handout: Cover Sheet For Ab Initio Only
How to Convert an IB Essay Score To a Predicted Production Grade and a School Grade
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