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What makes up the Extended Essay?
• An academic piece of writing within a subject you are already studying as part of your IB program
• Maximum word count: 4,000 words
• “Researcher’s Reflection Space” – no more than 500 words based on three meetings with Wojciechowski
• Will take about 40 hours between now and next January
General timeline – now through August
• Before summer: Familiarize yourself with the assignment.
• Before summer: Choose a Diploma subject for your essay and begin developing a workable research question.
• Before and during summer: Conduct your preliminary reading in your topic area; compile an annotated bibliography.*
• During summer: Meet with Wojciechowski for the 1st of three 30-minute reflection sessions.
• Before you return in the fall: Read and confirm the sources you intend to include in your essay.
*Annotated bibliography
• For each source you review:
• Provide the MLA works cited citation with date of access included.
• Write a 1-3 sentence summary of the source.
• Write 1-3 sentences about how this might be useful for your essay.
• Will be due during your first reflection session with Wojciechowski
General timeline – Term 1
• Develop your argument from your notes on your source materials.
• Compose a (working) formal outline with a works cited page.
• Conduct the 2nd of your three reflection sessions with Wojciechowski.
• Develop the outline to determine your argument, evidence, and overall organization.
• Revise and refine the outline to prepare for drafting.
General timeline – Term 2
• Develop your rough draft from the formal outline.
• Continue drafting, revising, and reevaluating sources as you prepare your final draft, which will be due near the end of January.
• Conduct the third reflection session (10-15 minute viva voce) with Wojciechowski.
1st: Subject and topic
• Which subjects have you really enjoyed?• For example: Literature, History, World Religions
• Which topic areas or central ideas or periods have intrigued you within these subject areas?• For example: 19th c. novels, love and marriage, Ancient Greece
2nd: Designing a research question
• This is an on-going process that will be shaped by your preliminary reading within your subject and topic areas.
• Workable research question: question with clear focus that can be successfully answered within the given word limit• Apply “limiting factors” to the broad topic you initially select.
• Limiting factors: relevant sub-areas for investigation that help limit the scope of the research question
2nd: Designing a research question (cont.)
• You will change your research question as your interest shifts or as you encounter obstacles.
• You should set yourself the deadline of school beginning in August as the cut-off point at which no more changes are permissible so that you do not fall behind in your preparation.
• Your research question should, ultimately:
A. Reflect what your essay is about
B. Be the question your conclusion responds to
3rd: Locating sources
•At first, try to locate at least 5-10 sources • to prove that your topic is feasible
• to provide a starting basis for your investigation
• to situate your work in a wider body of research
By the next time we meet: Tuesday, 5/7
• Through the session with Mrs. Ganger, familiarize yourself with best practices in conducting research and locating academic sources.
• Narrow down the Diploma subject you want as the focus of your Extended Essay.
• Begin background reading in your subject area.