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The 10 Stages of Writing your Extended Essay
Every IB student does it. Writing your Extended Essay is unavoidable. This doesn’t mean, however, that there aren’t a few bumps along the way. I find the process of writing an EE goes like this for most people: 1. Confidence Starting strong is always a good position to be in. You’ve got your idea set. You’ve […]
The Extended Essay Step-by-Step Guide 8: Motivation
This week we have some short and sweet prompts to remind you all about that thing you may or may not have been putting off until now. Although it’s easy to lose momentum in the depths of summer when all you really want is to find a beach and drink lemonade and swim with dolphins, […]
The Extended Essay Step-by-Step Guide 6: How to Write It
With summer either already here or very near, it’s time for our next step in the Extended Essay Step-by-Step Guide. This one will help give you that push to put all of that essay preparation to use. Yes, it’s time to bite the bullet and write the thing. To recap, this is the stage that […]
The Extended Essay Step by Step Guide 5: Structure and Planning
When it comes to writing a brilliant first draft of your Extended Essay, or any essay, I fully believe that a solid structure is one of the surest guarantees of success there is. It’s the skeleton of the essay that makes it into a fully formed being instead of a pile of jelly. And the […]
The Extended Essay Step-By-Step Guide 4: The Question
Welcome back to our step-by-step guide to the Extended Essay! So far in this series, we’ve covered how to choose your topic and get on with your research. Here in Part 3, I want to talk all about how to make sure you have the perfect question. I know. I’ve mentioned the question before. Some […]
The Extended Essay Step-By-Step Guide 3: The Research
The Easter Break is nearly upon us. Ten years ago this might have been a cue to eat more chocolate than you can handle. But if you’re in DP1 of the IB that small thing called the Extended Essay will be hovering on the horizon. You know that you should think about it over the […]
The Extended Essay Step-by-Step Guide 2: Your Topic
There is a secret that could help all you first year IB students out there. It is the key to making next year a whole lot easier. It will reduce stress, make the workload easier to handle, and give you time. What is the secret? It’s that you’re better off starting the Extended Essay as soon […]
5 Simple Steps for Redrafting your Extended Essay
You poured your heart and soul into it. You gave it your sweat, blood and tears (hopefully not blood). It took you a full year just to come up with a question in the first place. I’m talking, of course, about your Extended Essay. DP2 students, the time has come when schools are asking for […]
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