World Literature Assignments: Final Draft Formatting

BEFORE YOU GO ANY FURTHER: Have you read and followed all the guidelines in the

handouts (IB rubric and instructions)? Is this the very best work of which you are independently

capable? Have you faithfully cited any and all sources from which you obtained text OR IDEAS??

NOTE: While IB prefers that both papers be numbered together, starting with World Lit 1 and continuing sequentially through WL2, what's most important is that the pages are each clearly marked and numbered.

For example, suppose the examiner's burro is run off the road by the milk truck, and her briefcase of your papers is (heaven forbid) scattered to the winds; with clear headings and page numbers, your paper can easily be reassembled.

Bibliography and title page are NOT included in the word counts.

Excerpts for key passage and commentary are NOT included in the word counts.

Direct quotes, whether block or integrated into body of essay, ARE included in the word counts.

Statement of Intent for 2b IS included in the word count. (Recommended length 500 words, unless

creative work is, for example, a very short poem; the sum of both parts should not exceed the 1500

word benchmark.)

Word counts are done separately for each of the two WL assignments.

Do NOT number the lines of your submission copies.

WL2b creative

Statement of Intent

Paragraphs of statement
Use generous white space break OR page break OR title of your creative portion to distinguish from statement of intent.

Give your creative portion its own title

Bibliography (last page of WL1, and last page of WL2...NOT combined together)
Retain header

Centered, above references: Bibliography (or Works Cited)

Alphabetized, by author's last name, ALL works used, in MLA format.

Name of translator is crucial.

Bibliography guidelines for etext sources from IBO forum from Kurt Lucas, Kobe, Japan:

The six key aspects that our students include [in bibliography] are:

(1) Position one: The author's last name and first initials.
(2) Position two: The most recent revision date (listed on the website).
(3) Position three: The web page's name -- as written at the top of the web browser.
(4) Position four: The web site's name – also taken from the top of the web browser.
Finally--to address the issues caused by frequent updates to web-based materials--we include the standard information about the (5) retrieval date and (6) the URL. In theory, if the information under the URL address has been modified, the reader could contact the site's webmaster for access to an archived copy from the cited retrieval date.

(Lucas, Kurt. 1/19/2006. OCC/CPEL Forums)