This was the essay that I wrote for my Individual Oral Presentation (IOP) in IB English HL (might also be called Interactive Oral Presentation?). It was for the short story “Exiled” by Shizuye Takashima. It is approximately 2000 words. I read this in about 12-13 minutes, which left me a couple of minutes to answer questions [...Read more...]
For most IB students, the next step in life is university (or college), and thus it is often asked if the IB has helped IB alumni in their undergraduate studies. After all, the IB is a huge investment of time, and thus it is important to know whether the IB is actually useful. As an [...Read more...]
Good afternoon comrade IBers, comrade teachers, administrators, parents, Khang, and individuals who are really awesome but do not fall into any of the aforementioned categories: In my young and reckless Grade 10 year, I remember Lord Kindrachuk telling us that “there was nothing wrong with 1/5!” on our first history essay. And as a freshman [...Read more...]
For other articles on the Extended Essay on Intense Cogitation, please see our helpful articles on The Extended Essay Outline and Sample sources for an Extended Essay – The American Civil War. Please also check out my extended essay exemplar about the American Civil War. As I’m sure you all know, the Extended Essay is a 4000 word essay that is [...Read more...]
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The Group 4 Project is an interdisciplinary project for IB students taking Group 4 sciences, which are usually Biology, Chemistry and/or Physics. The goal of the project is to develop a broad and practical understanding of science, and to provide a personal interaction mark for your Internal Assessment in Group 4 classes. For many IB [...Read more...]
In our early days in IB English, we were encouraged to write practice essays in order to improve our own essay-writing skills. Our teacher gave us an excerpt from Jack and the Beanstalk, and we had to devise individual topics. I decided to choose the idea of Jack being rewarded as my central focus. As [...Read more...]