After listening to my IOC practice, I scored myself at an 18/30 on the IB rubric. I feel that I spoke with a fairly confident tone, including many examples to support my argument, and that I was able to structure my argument decently. I had trouble with organizing my argument with proper examples, but feel that I did a good job of explaining the plot in relation to what the reader understands.
A: Knowledge & Understanding of Text
I gave myself a 6 on the rubric because I was able to adequately describe where in the play this extract came from and explained the significance to the overall play. I introduced the main characters and described their relationship. I constantly referred to examples that showed this as well as other plot points.
B: Understanding of Use & Effects of Literary Features
I gave myself a 6 on the rubric because I did include literary devices used by the reader but had difficulties with picking out how many I wanted to talk about. My question to Mrs. G is how many literary devices should we focus on talking about to make a strong argument versus just talking about literary devices? I was able to talk about how the devices used impacted the character in the text.
C: Organization
For me, this was the hardest part to formulate. I tried to make my structure through separating the asides from the dialogue between the characters. Within that, I talked about plot significance and how it related to audience understanding of the text. I wouldn't say it was well organized though so I gave myself a 3 on the rubric.
D: Language
I was surprised by how calm and collected my tone was when listening back to the recording. I thought my register was appropriate and engaging. I did notice that I often said uh/uhm during various points in my recording which is a nervous tic I tend to have when speaking. Thus, I felt like some of that hindered the clarity of my argument so I gave myself a 3 on the rubric.
I analyzed the following passage from Macbeth:
