1. ECONOMICS INTERNAL ASSESSMENT

2. INTEGRAL PART OF THE COURSE ENABLES CANDIDATES TO DEMONSTRATE THE APPLICATION OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE TO REAL-WORLD SITUATIONS

3. OTHER ADVANTAGES UP-TO-DATE SITUATIONS REWARDS ENTHUSIASM AND ACHIEVEMENTS DURING THE LEARNING PROCESS MOTIVATING FACTOR ENABLES TO FOLLOW ASPECTS IN WHICH CANDIDATES HAVE INTEREST

4. REQUIREMENTS FOUR COMMENTARIES 650-750 WORDS EACH BASED ON PUBLISHED EXTRACTS FROM DIFFERENT NEWS MEDIA (NEWSPAPER, JOURNAL, WEB BUT NOT TELEVISION OR RADIO BROADCASTS)

5. CONTENT EACH COMMENTARY MUST : EXPLAIN THE LINKAGES BETWEEN THE EXTRACT AND AN ECONOMIC THEORY TAKEN FROM THE SYLLABUS DEMONSTRATE ECONOMIC INSIGHTS INTO THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE EXTRACT (SHOW ABILITY TO EVALUATE CURRENT EVENTS)

6. FOCUS 3 OUT OF THE 4 COMMENTARIES MUST HAVE AS THEIR MAIN FOCUS A DIFFERENT SECTION OF THE SYLLABUS THE 4TH COMMENTARY CAN FOCUS EITHER ON A SINGLE SECTION OR CAN FOCUS ON TWO OR MORE SECTIONS OF THE SYLLABUS

7. SOURCES FOUR DIFFERENT SOURCES CONTEMPORANEOUS WITH THE COURSE : CURRENT EVENTS

8. INDIVIDUAL WORK CANDIDATES SELECT THEIR OWN ARTICLES TO ANALYSE COMMENTARIES MUST NOT BE PREPARED COLLABORATIVELY

9. LANGUAGE FOR ECONOMICS : ENGLISH

10. AUTHENTICITY THE PORTFOLIO MUST BE THE CANDIDATE’S OWN INDIVIDUAL WORK GUIDANCE WILL BE GIVEN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS FIRST DRAFT IS REVIEWED BUT NOT REDRAFTED BY TEACHER

11. PRESENTATION COMMENTARIES ARE WORD PROCESSED INTERNAL DEADLINES ARE NON- NEGOTIABLE WORD LIMIT REQUIREMENTS ARE EXACT.

12. INTERNAL ASSESSMENT (20 MARKS) A) RUBRIC REQUIREMENTS (2 MARKS) B) ORGANIZATION AND PRESENTATION (4 MARKS) C) USE OF ECONOMIC TERMINOLOGY (5 MARKS) D) APPLICATION AND ANALYSIS OF ECONOMIC CONCEPTS AND THEORIES (5 MARKS) E) EVALUATION (4 MARKS)

13. RUBRIC REQUIREMENTS 2 MARKS (OUT OF 20) WORD LIMITS SYLLABUS COVERAGE OF THE PORTFOLIO

14. ORGANIZATION AND PRESENTATION 4 MARKS RANGE OF SOURCES USED ORGANIZATION PRESENTATION USE OF DIAGRAMS

15. USE OF ECONOMIC TERMINOLOGY 5 MARKS ABILITY TO USE ABILITY TO DEFINE ECONOMIC TERMINOLOGY

16. APPLICATION AND ANALYSIS OF ECONOMIC CONCEPTS AND THEORIES 5 MARKS ABILITY TO APPLY THEORIES AND CONCEPTS ABILITY TO ANALYSE ECONOMIC THEORIES AND CONCEPTS

17. EVALUATION 4 MARKS ABILITY TO EVALUATE ECONOMIC CONCEPTS AND THEORIES IN THE CONCEPT OF REAL-WORLD EXAMPLES

18. EXAMPLE P1/3

19. EXAMPLE P2/3

20. EXAMPLE P3/3

22. Checklist for students