Extended Essay - Course Companion

1: The basics
Extended Essay skills and attributes
Extended Essay components
Extended Essay subject availability
Artifacts in language B essays
Extended Essay quiz
2: Getting started
Subject and topic
Designing a research question
Limiting factors
Comparisons
Question vs. title
Question starters
Feasibility
Locating sources
Disproving a research question
Changing your research question
Worksheet: Design your own research question
3: Locating, organizing and evaluating
Primary and secondary sources
Subject-specific source lists
Locating relevant sources
Organizing source material
How do we go from numerous works to a single essay?
Organizing chapters or paragraphs
A. Mind maps
B. Progression charts
C. Branches
Evaluation
Value and limitations
Evaluating methodology
4: Research
Research overview
Research and the research question
Primary research
Key issues and concepts in research
Methodology
Ethical considerations
Literature review
Conclusions (research findings)
5: Writing essays
Introduction
Main body
Paragraph writing
Analysis

Analytical structure: How to demonstrate analysis in writing
Conclusion
Worksheet 1: Meeting the introduction requirements
Worksheet 2: Organizing the main body\'s key points
6: Supervision
Criterion E (Engagement): Key to success
Exemplar calendar
Overview of forms
Supervisory support emails
The first meeting
The second meeting
Extended Essay cafe (coming soon) [optional]
The third meeting
The three mandatory sessions
Guidance for mandatory sessions
The Extended Essay cafe
Extended Essay cafe checklist
Exemplar EE cafe presentation
7: Assessment (maximizing marks)
The Extended Essay assessment criteria
The strands
Criterion A: Focus and method (6 marks)
The introduction
Criterion B: Knowledge and understanding (6 marks)
Knowledge and understanding checklist
Criterion C: Critical thinking (12 marks)
Critical thinking skills
Criterion D: Presentation (4 marks)
Title page (cover page)
Table of contents
Page numbers
Fonts
Spacing
Referencing (citations and bibliography)
Referencing basics
How to add citations and bibliographies using Microsoft Word on a PC
How to add citations and bibliographies using Microsoft Word on a Mac
Word count
Criterion E: Engagement (6 marks)
Towards meaningful reflection
Getting the most out of reflection
Exemplar Reflections on Planning and Progress form
8: Academic honesty
What is academic honesty?
Plagiarism
Plagiarism test