Crit B Deep Dives
Choose how to analyse the creator's construction of an IDEA. The 3-Step Technique focuses on a specific authorial choice, PLANE examines broader choices across a whole work, and Comparative PLANE considers how two works construct the same IDEA.
Try a 3-Step deconstruction
Paste your own authorial choice, deconstruction and IDEA. The same examiner-informed coach used in the assessment labs will diagnose your reasoning and suggest one specific revision.
3-Step Technique Deep Dive
Paper 1, IO and HL Essay. Identify the AC, deconstruct the exact evidence and connect the implications to the IDEA. Your Criterion B examples and AI coaching are below.
Original teaching resources
Paper 1 walkthrough · Watch videoPLANE Method Deep Dive
Paper 2, IO and HL Essay. Trace how a broader authorial choice is constructed across a work. In the IO this supports analysis beyond the extract, and in the HL Essay it develops wider-work arguments.
Original teaching resources
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Comparative PLANE
Paper 2 only. Compare how two texts develop the same IDEA, deconstructing significant moments and constructing sustained, in-sentence comparisons. The existing Paper 2 comparative work remains available while this section is refined.
Original teaching resources
Developing a comparative PLANE
Select a specific IDEA and investigate the broader choices used by both writers. For each text, identify meaningful moments, deconstruct what those choices suggest, then integrate the similarities and differences in your analytical explanation.
The existing Paper 2 Lab provides the comparative PLANE editor, comparative TEEAL practice and the AI checker.
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