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2. Agenda Missing A LOT of questions Go over process Work Time No Weekly Reflections End Goal: Understand your own personal goals for Extended Essay and be able to communicate them.

3. Extended Essay What are you trying to prove?!!?!

4. Organization It is best to think about sections, not paragraphs Think: What do you need to define? What do you need to show? How are you going to do that?

5. Outline Drafts Friday – Bare First Draft It can change as you do more research and read more books September – Completed and Detailed Final Draft You should be able to jump right in to the writing and editing process

6. Draft Intro Thesis Why is this topic important? Section Breakdown 1 Main Point of Evidence Section Breakdown 2 Main Point of Evidence Section Breakdown 3 Main Point of Evidence Section Breakdown 4 Main Point of Evidence Conclusion What is the answer to your question

7. Example Compare and contrast Atticus Finch from To Kill a Mockingbird and Holden Caufield from Catcher in the Rye. Evaluate which one is more courageous.

8. Example. Intro Important – two great pieces of lit Atticus/Holden – similar Atticus is more courageous Section 1 Definition of courageous Section 2 Similarities (Character Traits) Section 3 Differences (Character Traits) Section 4 Situations where they showed courage Conclusion Atticus and Holden are more similar than different Atticus is more courageous

9. Outline Friday – Bare Outline Due I just want to see evidence that you have a plan, that you know what you are doing, and that you have not been wasting time over the past month.

10. Next Week Monday – Work Day Tues – Nat Science Wed – Nat Science Thurs – Wrap Up Nat Science Friday – Library Day Monday 6/8 and Tuesday 6/9 – Final Exam 6/10, 6/11, 6/12 – Practice for TOK Essay