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EXTENDED ESSAY TIMELINE

Date  Task  Student and Supervisor

Responsibilities What is next? 

Feb. 24-

March 2 

  Student reads through the “IB

Prepared EE” resource in the

Library 

  Student reads chapters 1 and 2 of 

the “IB Prepared EE” book G√Z√ 

March 7

(15.00-

15.45) 

EE introductory

workshop   Student attends the EE workshop    Student reads the Ionios EE guide

and the “Choice of topic”

document G√ Z√ 

  Student identifies topic(s) of 

interest and contacts teachers to

find an EE advisor G√ Z√ 

  Student prints out the general and

the subject-specific criteria from

the Online Learning Platform

  Supervisor agrees to supervise the

student’s EE G√ Z√ 

  Student reads chapter 3 of the “IB

Prepared EE” book, “What should I

write about?” Z√ 

March 19-

23 (all

classes will

devote one

period, or

one part of 

one period,to this) √ 

Subject specific

workshop Subject-specific

assessment

criteria Examples of 

good vs badresearch

questions √ 

  Student and supervisor discuss

their responsibilities 

  Student and supervisor discuss

Chapter 3 of the “IB Prepared EE” 

book 

  Supervisor shares with the

student examples of good and

bad research questions 

  Supervisor orients the student on

how to narrow the research √ 

  Student reads and researches

about the topic Z√ 

  Student prepares a list of questions

that interest them and then

narrows down the list to one

question: the research question Z√ 

  Supervisor directs the student to

read exemplars of good EEs. These

will be made available on the

Online Learning Platform Z√ 

March 26-

March 30 

Individual

meeting(s) with

supervisor √ 

  Supervisor assists the student to

focus the research question 

  Supervisor advises the student

on how to research and to

analyze the topic 

 Student and supervisor discussthe subject-specific criteria 

  Supervisor assigns reading from

the “IB Prepared EE” book 

  Student reads the assigned

chapter(s) from the “IB Prepared

EE” book 

  Student prepares a list of possible

varied resources (books, journals,

internet, etc.)The choice of eachsource should be justified: based on

the table of content, based on the

book review, etc.

  Students are encouraged to seek

the help of the Librarian, Ms. Sideri,

to get resources

  Student completes the “ Focus

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Identification form” 

By April 2  Complete form outlining the EE choice of subject, topic and research question which must be

agreed by your supervisor and returned to the IB coordinator 

April 3 - 20  Two scheduled

meetings with

supervisor

 First meeting:

Student and supervisor discuss

the “ Focus Identification form” 

 Second meeting:

Student and supervisor discuss

the brief outline

  Student writes a brief outline 

 Student writes a detailed outline Z√ 

 Supervisor assigns reading from the

“IB Prepared EE” book 

May 4  Detailed outline is due to advisor. Z√ Complete the related form, get it signed by the teacher and then include it in the EE portfolio 

By May 14  Get feedback

on the detailed

outline 

  Supervisor gives feedback on the

detailed outline 

  Supervisor shows the student

samples of previous good EEs and

discusses with student the format

and the structure of the essay. 

  Supervisor assigns reading from

the “IB Prepared EE” book 

 Student should consult previous EE

exemplars

 Student reads the assigned chapters

from “IB prepared EE” book. 

May 15-

June 13 

Meeting with

supervisor to

discuss summer

plans 

  Supervisor and student discuss

the reading from the “IB

Prepared EE” book 

  Supervisor and student discuss

the mini-report requirements and

set summer plan 

 Over the summer, the student

writes the mini-report: 

o not less than 2000 words 

o Follow closely the EE criteria 

o Should include: 

o An introduction o At least one argument fully

developed 

o At least one argument partially

developed 

o Proper citations 

o Bibliography 

  The student should constantly refer

to the “IB Prepared EE” book when

writing the mini-report. 

August 20-

31 

Labs will be accessible for the students doing their Extended Essay in Science 

September

Submit the mini-report. Any report that does not fulfill the requirements will not be

accepted.

Complete the related forms and show the IB coordinator your EE portfolio. At this point it

should include: The research question form, the detailed outline, the mini-report and the related form. 

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By

September

21 

Meet with your

supervisor to

get feedback

about your

mini-report and

set plans for

the 1st draft.

 Supervisor gives feedback on the

mini-report

 Supervisor guides the student to

move the work forward 

 Supervisor advises students on

writing the bibliography 

 Student works on the 1st

draft. This

stage is very critical. THE ONLY

WRITTEN COMMENTS THE

STUDENT WILL RECEIVE ON THE

COMPLETE ESSAY WILL BE ON THIS

DRAFT. Student refers constantly to the “IB

prepared EE” book to understand

how marks are awarded. 

 Student uses the general and

specific criteria to write their 1st

 

draft.

 Student meets with supervisor as

much as needed 

 Student checks the EE checklist to

make sure that all criteria are

met. Student checks the sample pages

(title page, content page) from

the Ionios EE student guide.

  1st draft must be complete except

for the abstract. 

Sept 21-

November

Meet with

supervisor to

show

progress/seek

feedback 

 Student comes with specific

questions 

 Supervisor assigns chapters from

the “IB Prepared EE” book 

 Student uses the supervisor

feedback to write the 1st

draft. 

 Student constantly refers to the “IB

Prepared EE” book 

November

14

Complete 1st draft is due:

Submit your first draft to turnitin.com Submit a hard copy of your draft and the originality report of turnitin.com to your supervisor.

Incomplete drafts will not be accepted. 

November

21-

December

21 

Meet with

supervisor at

least twice 

 Supervisor gives feedback and

explains how the 1st

draft was

marked according to the

IB assessment criteria 

 Supervisor suggests

improvements 

 Supervisor advises the student on

writing abstracts 

 Student incorporates the feedback

of the supervisor to write the final

draft. 

 Student uses the checklist to make

sure that all criteria are covered 

January 11  Congratulations! You have survived the EE! It is over. Submit the essay to turnitin.com Submit to the IB coordinator your EE portfolio. It should include: All the forms, the detailed outline, the mini-report, the first draft, 3 hard copies of the final

essay, the originality report and the CD 

By January

31 2013 

Concluding interview (The Viva Voce) 

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