Get your child exam-ready for IB DP Literature and Performance.
One-to-one sessions with a specialist IB Literature and Performance tutor, built around your child's set texts and target grade. Book a trial in minutes.
What every parent should know about IB DP Literature and Performance.
IB DP Literature and Performance is a unique Diploma Programme course that bridges literary study and live theatrical practice. Students analyse texts and realise them as performance, making both analytical and creative skills central to their final grade.
Literature and Performance is an IB DP subject that combines close reading of literary texts with the collaborative creation of performance pieces. It sits within the Arts and Language and Literature groups, giving students a dual pathway through both disciplines.
Assessment combines internal and external components. Students complete a solo oral commentary, a written assignment, and a collaborative performance project. Grading runs on the standard IB 1 to 7 scale, with the final mark drawn from both internal assessment and written examinations.
IB DP examinations take place in the May and November exam series. Most GCC schools follow the May session. Students typically begin serious preparation six to twelve months before their exam session, with performance work assessed throughout the two-year programme.
A group class can't do this.
Lessons built around the gaps
Your tutor identifies exactly which texts, performance conventions, or written tasks are holding the grade back, then targets those areas directly each session.
Real past-paper and assessment technique
Sessions use real IB mark schemes and past solo-oral and written-assignment prompts, so your child rehearses the exact moves that earn marks.
Parents kept in the loop
After every session, parents get a progress note covering the texts or performance work practised, what improved, and what to focus on next.
The IB course where literature meets live performance.
IB DP Literature and Performance is an International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme course offered at standard level only. It integrates literary study with performance practice, and is designed for students who want to explore texts through both written analysis and theatrical realisation.
Assessment includes a solo oral commentary on an unseen passage, a written assignment comparing a literary text with its adaptation, and a collaborative performance project marked by an external examiner. Grades run on the IB 1 to 7 scale, combining internal and external marks.
Tuitional tutors work from the student's exact IB school syllabus and text list, so every session reinforces the precise works, performance conventions, and assessment criteria the examiner will apply.
What a one-to-one IB Literature and Performance lesson actually looks like.
Every session follows a tested four-phase structure: recap, teach, apply, then review. Your child leaves each lesson with clear notes and a focused task to complete before next time.
Book a trial lessonA typical 60-minute session
- 0-5 min
Recap and quick diagnostic
The tutor opens by going over last session's homework, checking what has stuck and what still needs work before moving forward.
Example: Reviewing the student's written notes on Brecht's gestus in Mother Courage, checking whether the concept is secure before applying it to a new scene.
- 5-25 min
Teach the target topic
The tutor teaches or deepens the key concept, working directly with the student's set texts and the IB assessment criteria for the upcoming task.
Example: Teaching how to structure a solo oral commentary on an unseen passage from a prose fiction text, using IB criterion C (organisation and development) as the guide.
- 25-50 min
Apply it to assessment tasks
The student practises under timed conditions on real IB assessment tasks, with the tutor giving live feedback aligned to the published mark scheme.
Example: Completing a timed 10-minute written assignment planning exercise on the adaptation of a prescribed literary text, then reviewing against the IB written assignment rubric.
- 50-60 min
Review, set homework, report
The tutor summarises what improved, sets a focused task such as a performance-journal entry, and sends the parent a session note right after the lesson.
Example: Setting a performance journal entry on staging choices for the collaborative project, with a specific prompt linking to the IB performance criteria.
After the lesson
Parents receive a written note covering the texts or performance work practised, progress made, and the exact homework set. Recordings stay on the platform, so your child can revisit any part of the lesson at any time.
Four simple steps.
Tell us the goal
Share the syllabus, target grade, and exam date.
Get matched
We pair your child with the right IB specialist.
Trial lesson
One session to confirm the fit before committing.
Start weekly sessions
Book at times that suit your family's schedule.
The IB course that earns marks through both the page and the stage.
IB DP Literature and Performance is set by the International Baccalaureate and offered at standard level only. Students study literary texts and realise them through performance, assessed across a solo oral commentary, a written assignment, and a collaborative performance project.
The course suits students who combine analytical writing ability with an interest in theatre and physical performance. GCC schools following the IB Diploma Programme offer it as part of the Arts or Language and Literature group, sitting alongside the full DP subject suite.
Why families across the GCC trust Tuitional for IB tutoring.
My daughter was struggling to connect her textual analysis with the performance component. Her Tuitional tutor made both feel natural together. She went from a 4 to a 6 in her mock assessment within two months. The sessions were structured, patient, and genuinely effective.
The tutor understood the IB rubric inside out. My son finally understood what examiners want from the solo oral. His confidence in speaking about texts has completely changed.
I used to dread the written assignment. After four sessions my tutor had me planning and drafting properly. The feedback was specific to my actual texts, not generic advice.
Scheduling was simple and sessions ran on time every week. We saw a clear grade jump in the end-of-term assessment. Really happy we started early in Year 12.
IB DP Literature and Performance tutoring, your questions answered.
The things parents and students ask us most, answered in plain language.
?What exactly is IB DP Literature and Performance?+
It is an IB Diploma Programme course offered at standard level only. Students study a selection of literary texts and create performance pieces based on them. Assessment combines a solo oral commentary, a written assignment on a text and its adaptation, and a graded collaborative performance project.
?How is IB Literature and Performance different from Language A: Literature?+
Language A: Literature focuses entirely on written analysis and does not include a performance component. Literature and Performance requires students to both analyse texts in writing and realise them physically on stage or in a performance context, making it a hybrid arts and language course.
?Which texts do students study for IB Literature and Performance?+
The texts are chosen by each school from the IB prescribed list of authors. Your child's school will set the specific works. Tuitional tutors work from your child's exact school text list, so sessions focus on the actual books and playtexts being examined.
?How do Tuitional tutors help with the solo oral commentary?+
Tutors practise timed oral commentaries on unseen passages with your child, then give live feedback using the IB assessment criteria. Sessions build the habit of structuring a response quickly, identifying literary features, and linking them to meaning, all within the time limit the exam requires.
?Can tutoring help with the collaborative performance project?+
Yes. Tutors help students grasp the IB performance criteria, plan their own role in the group project, and write the reflective journal entries that count towards the internal assessment. They can also coach staging choices and how to discuss them analytically.
?How much do IB DP Literature and Performance sessions cost?+
Tuitional offers flexible per-session and package pricing for IB DP subjects. See the tutoring packages page for the current rates. There is no lock-in, and you can cancel at any time.
Book a trial IB Literature and Performance lesson today.
Tell us your child's year group, their set texts and their target grade. We'll match the right tutor and get a trial session booked within one working day.
- Matched to your child's exact IB text list
- Live, one-to-one sessions, not pre-recorded classes
- Flexible times across Gulf time zones
- No commitment until you're happy with the tutor
3 of the tutors who teach this
Every lesson is live and one-to-one with a subject specialist. These are real members of the teaching team — read their full profile before you decide.
Meher Gul
Tuitional Certified Tutor
English Language & Literature Specialist — MSc King's College London
15+ years teaching
Muniba Naeem
Tuitional Certified Tutor
English Language & Literature Specialist — O-Level & IGCSE Expert
7+ years teaching
Irum
Tuitional Certified Tutor
English Language & Literature Specialist — PhD, Cambridge O-Level & IGCSE
21+ years teaching