Jane Eyre Written Task Results!

Dear IB Language and Literature students,

Here are the results of the Written Tasks you have produced, based on the Literary Option “Jane Eyre”, by Charlotte Brontë.

As a general comment, I would have to say it is still necessary to emphasise the connection between the task and the option being covered at the time of the writing process. In this case, we are looking at Jane Eyre through the glass of “Critical Study”, which focuses on what the text itself presents, such as the formal elements included in it (in this case: narrator’s voice, point of view, characterisation, themes, register, style, etc) and the effect of these on its readers!

I suggest you examine the way in which you explore all these elements through your Written Task, and especially how you present them in the Rationale. Nobody was able to achieve the highest score in this criteria, since there was always a component missing that needed to be explained more thoroughly. Ponder upon the following questions:

“Does the rationale for the written task explain how the task is linked to the aspect of the course being
investigated?”

“Does the rationale present quotes from the Written Task as supportive evidence? Are they explained?”

Also, as this is part of the module “Critical Study”, the use of register and style in the Written Task is essential and it must be coherent with the text-type chosen and the context of the literature work studied. Most of you decided to write Diary Entries, letters, and new chapters of the novel. If you think about it, in all these cases the narrative voice is “Jane” herself. Would Jane have used contractions such as “isn’t”, “doesn’t”, “till”, etc., especially considering the times in which she lived, and the kind of narrator she was? CONSISTENCY!

Cristóbal Léniz

Criterion A: Rationale 0/ 2
Criterion B: Task and content 6/8
Criterion C: Organization 4/5
Criterion D: Language and style 3/5
Total Score: 13/20

Mark: 44

Dan Eidelstein

Criterion A: Rationale 0/ 2
Criterion B: Task and content 7/8
Criterion C: Organization 5/5
Criterion D: Language and style 3/5
Total Score: 15/20

Mark: 51

Daniel Schiefelbein

Criterion A: Rationale 1/ 2
Criterion B: Task and content 8/8
Criterion C: Organization 5/5
Criterion D: Language and style 3/5
Total Score: 17/20

Mark: 60

Javier Elgueta

Criterion A: Rationale 1/ 2
Criterion B: Task and content 8/8
Criterion C: Organization 5/5
Criterion D: Language and style 4/5
Total Score: 18/20

Mark: 63

José Kitzing

Criterion A: Rationale 1/ 2
Criterion B: Task and content 8/8
Criterion C: Organization 5/5
Criterion D: Language and style 5/5
Total Score: 19/20

Mark: 66

José Tomás Gré

Criterion A: Rationale 1/ 2
Criterion B: Task and content 8/8
Criterion C: Organization 5/5
Criterion D: Language and style 5/5
Total Score: 19/20

Mark: 66

Matías Weitz

Criterion A: Rationale 1/ 2
Criterion B: Task and content 7/8
Criterion C: Organization 5/5
Criterion D: Language and style 3/5
Total Score: 16/20

Mark: 55

Pablo Romeu

Criterion A: Rationale 1/ 2
Criterion B: Task and content 8/8
Criterion C: Organization 5/5
Criterion D: Language and style 3/5
Total Score: 17/20

Mark: 60

Vicente Rehbein

Criterion A: Rationale 1/ 2
Criterion B: Task and content 8/8
Criterion C: Organization 5/5
Criterion D: Language and style 5/5
Total Score: 19/20

Mark: 66

Alberto García

Criterion A: Rationale ____/ 2
Criterion B: Task and content ____/8
Criterion C: Organization ____/5
Criterion D: Language and style ____/5
Total Score: _____/20

Mark: PENDING