This document provides examples of rationales for written tasks related to course texts. It includes guidelines for what to include in each paragraph of the rationale. The examples demonstrate rationales for tasks such as a blog, magazine interview, and speech. They describe the task, text it relates to, how the task format and conventions demonstrate knowledge of the text, and context about the speaker/audience. The rationales explain why the task format was chosen and how it fits the purpose of interpreting and analyzing themes from the course texts.

1. Written Task 1 SL- RATIONALE & TASK max 400 words
In paragraph one ofyour rationale,include:
❏ The part of the course your task relatesto. For example:PartIV- English:IBGlobal issues.
❏ The text(s)/authoryourtaskrelatesto. For example:eitheraHemingwayshortstory(ies)orAtwood’s The
Handmaid’sTale.
❏ Briefly(1-2sentences)describeyourwrittentaskincludingitstexttype andpurpose.
❏ An explanationof howyourwrittentaskdemonstrateswhatyoulearnedaboutthe text(s) and/ortopic(s)
relatedtothe text(2-3 sentences).
❏ For example,yourwrittentaskmightdemonstrateyourknowledgeof specificliterarydevices,elements,
themes,orpatterns.Yourwrittentaskmightdemonstrate yourabilitytocriticallyanalyze textsand
draw inferencesfromtextualevidence.
In paragraph two of your rationale, include:
❏ An explanationof whyyouchose the the texttype youdid. How doesthisspecifictexttype demonstrateyour
knowledge of the textandrelatedtopics?(1-2sentences).
❏ A descriptionof the conventions(style,structure,languagetechniques) of the texttype youchose andhowthey
relate tothe aims/goals/purposesof yourtask.(2-3sentences)
❏ Some contextforyourwrittentask. (2-4 sentences)
❏ Who isthe narrator/speaker/author?
❏ Who isthe intendedaudience?
❏ Where/whenisthe taskshared?
❏ Give backgroundinfothatyour audience willneedtofullyunderstandthe purpose of the task.
Checklist:
❏ 300-400 words witha rationale 80 -100 words
❏ Words are well chosenandrationale isclearandconcise.
❏ At leastthree paragraphs.

2. Example 1 :
I have chosen to write a blog to show how beauty in the eye of the media influences the lives of teenage girls
around the world. It is based on Part1 of the Literature & Language course. My character represents a
stereotypical anorexic teenage girl.
Writing a blog contributes personal opinion of the dangerous impacts of theme
dia. “TheRiotous Belle” is an honest, intriguing blog dedicated to girls that are
misunderstood by the society.Belle, an anorexic model writes her blog in her perspective that is clearly shownin
her writing whichfits perfectly to conventions of a blog. It consists of personal experiences and interests in the
view of the author, hence creates a discussion by her readers, which can be seen through the comment section
indicating authenticity.
The task I willbe writing is inspired by a theory by Naomi Wolf entitled, “TheBeauty Myth”.By taking one of the
big ideas in the book,whichis the
stereotypical viewsof feminists perpetrated by the media, which includes the belief where teenage girls feel the
need to wear make up or too lose extra pounds purposefully, to fitthe beauty perspective that has been
constructed around them. The target audience is teenage girls whoadmire Belle, that they feel the need to have
specific beauty standards and the socially constructed ideologies relating to beauty and body image. It is set during
present time, where plus sized models are starting to be looked upon by the society.Therefore, this blog will
powerfully express the view that is rarely heard through its strongly opinionated content.
Example2 :
This written task relates to Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, one of the texts we read in Part IV -
Literature: A Critical Study. My written task is an interview with Offred,the protagonist in The Handmaid’s Tale. I
imagined the interview wouldbe published in a women’s magazine. In the task, my aim was to show the
conventions of a women’s magazine interview while incorporating Atwood’s literary devices to mimic Offred’s
voicein The Handmaid’s Tale.
The content of the interview is based off of the novel’s events and the future I created for Offred from the point that
the book left off.I chose to do an interview because I thought it wouldgive me the chance to both make the task
more personal toOffred and allow me to use the similar devices as Atwood.
I tailored the task to reflect a magazine interview; I included a few introductory paragraphs to give context to how
the interview happened and the person being interviewed. Then, the interview followsthe traditional question
and answer format. Written with the female audience in mind, the reporter’s questions are based on whatthe
specific magazine audience wants to hear. When writing Offred’sresponses, I followedthe conventions Attwood
used. In The Handmaid’s Tale, Offred is the first person narrator. She is long winded with her ideas, has a jumpy
stream of consciousness, and uses short sentences as her mind works.I translated these same devicesinto the
interview so the reader would get the real voiceof Offred.
Example 3
This written task relates to Hamlet, a play we read during PartIV- Literature: A Critical Study. I chose to writea
speech fromthe perspective of Horatio, Hamlet’s close friend. My task demonstrates my ability to interpret and
analyze several themes in Hamlet, including revenge, grief, confusion, and sneakiness.
I chose to write a speech because I thought it would be a challenge. I am not naturally talented and creative in the
area of writing anything other than straightforward essays. I tookthe opportunity to write something out of my
comfortzone.
The speaker of my written task is Horatio, Hamlet’s close friend. He is speaking to a public crowdin Elsinore, at the
Festival of Harvest, after Hamlet’s death. Horatio is explaining to the public about the moment when Hamlet saw
the Ghost and the events that followedafter it. In his speech, Horatio reveals that Hamlet acted crazy to distract
people that he was plotting revenge against King Claudius.
In Horatio’s speech, I incorporated ethos and pathos in order to engage the citizens of Elsinore. I used many
allusions referring backto what Hamlet said to Horatio about the ghost. I used varied sentence lengths to help the
public understand what Hamlet was feeling at the time. I also used anaphora to make sure that Horatio got his
point across to the public.