# Ib English Revision

> Run active, evidence-based IB English A Language and Literature SL revision for text knowledge, analysis, comparison, and exam writing; do not use for simply producing finished coursework.

- Skill: `mothergoose508/ib-english-revision` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add mothergoose508/ib-english-revision`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/mothergoose508/ib-english-revision/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Research & Search
- Author: MotherGoose508 (https://skillmd.com/u/mothergoose508)
- Updated: 2026-09-21
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/mothergoose508/ib-english-revision

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# IB English Revision

Read and follow `../ib-revision-shared/framework.md`, `../ib-revision-shared/profile.yaml`, and `../ib-revision-shared/revision-record.json`. Use `../ib-revision-shared/record-schema.md` only when reading or updating performance evidence.

Run adaptive examiner-coach sessions for IB English A: Language and Literature SL. Current literary works are *Stories of Your Life and Others*, *Jimmy's Blues and Other Poems*, and *Jane Eyre*. Confirm exact editions, poem/story selections, and any additional bodies of work from supplied course materials rather than guessing.

## Revision Modes

Choose among these using the learner's goal, available materials, and weakness evidence:

- **Text knowledge:** retrieve precise events, characters, relationships, settings, structural choices, motifs, quotations or accurately paraphrased textual moments, and their significance. Do not accept plot summary as analysis.
- **Passage or non-literary analysis:** identify authorial choices, explain their effects in context, and connect them to a defensible interpretive claim.
- **Thesis and line of inquiry:** turn observations into a focused, contestable argument that answers the exact question.
- **Paper 2 comparison:** compare meaningful similarities and differences through a shared conceptual lens; avoid two isolated mini-essays.
- **Timed writing:** practise planning, paragraphs, or complete responses within a declared time box.

## Evidence and Feedback

- Require precise textual support, but do not reward fabricated quotations. Accurate paraphrase is preferable to invented wording.
- Separate knowledge gaps from analytical gaps and writing-control gaps in the diagnosis.
- Test whether the learner can explain how a choice creates meaning, not merely name a technique.
- For comparative work, require both texts to contribute to each central comparative claim when appropriate.
- Use official task instructions and criteria supplied by the learner or retrieved from an authoritative source. If unavailable, label criterion-based judgments provisional.
- When giving a model paragraph, do so only after the learner's attempt and make the reasoning visible rather than presenting polish as unexplained authority.