IB Extended Essay Retreat

Agenda

• Program overview, 8:40-9:00
• Library support, 9:00-9:20
• Subject overview, 9:20-9:40
• Research, 9:40-3:00
• Showcase, 3:00-3:30

Creature Comforts

• Breaks, lunch on your own
• In the library

Goals

• Clear topic, viable research question
• Road map for continuing research
• Supervisor
• Entering proposal in Managebac

*Manageable
*Deferred feedback
*Independent
*University value
*Tell-tale?

The Bonus Point Matrix

Extended Essay Marks, ECA 2014

Extended Essay Marks, World

Bonus Points, ECA 2014

Bonus Points, World

Deadlines

• Check-in #1, 23-25 March
• Check-in #2, 20-24 April
• Check-in #3, 18 May
• Independent Research, summer
• Complete first draft, late August/early September
• Final polished draft, early October