✏️ Context and Critical Thinking (IB DP Higher Level, A-Level Literature)
🔹 Key Skills:
- Understand cultural, social, political backgrounds.
- Apply critical lenses (e.g., Feminist, Marxist, Postcolonial readings).
- Integrate critics’ opinions subtly into essays.
🔹 Revise:
- Make mind maps: author → major events in life → how it influenced their writing.
- Practice adding short context sentences into body paragraphs (“At the time, women had little autonomy…”).
🎯Quick Cheat Sheet for Each Course:
| Course | Focus Tips |
|---|---|
| IB MYP | Analysis basics (theme, audience, purpose) + Creative Writing. Practice Paragraph Building. |
| IB DP | Deep textual analysis. Know your global issues. Precise quote analysis. |
| Edexcel A-Level | Strong comparative skills + contextual integration. Detailed quote commentary. |
| IGCSE | Clear comprehension, short quote analysis, creative writing skills. Focus on structured, simple, strong answers. |