Essay Assignments

These summative assessments conclude each unit and are designed to allow students to demonstrate content knowledge and key skills independently. Each assignmeet is aligned to the IB-required TOK Essay for external assessment that we will work on in January/February.

Essay Criteria - Instructional Version (PDF 251 KB)
This file provides the instructional version of the official IB criteria I will use to evaluate your first semester essays.
Model Essay (PDF 260 KB)
This file will give you a good idea of what writing for TOK is supposed to be like. See the final page of this file for an activity that asks you to apply the assessment criteria to this model.
Methods - Essay Assignment (PDF 339 KB)
This is the assignment for Essay #1.
Arguments - Essay Assignment (PDF 220 KB)
This is the assignment for Essay #2.
Argument - Essay Addendum (PDF 182 KB)
See this file for two additional math-specific prompts for Essay #2.
Stories - Essay Assignment (PDF 274 KB)
This is the assignment for Essay #3.
Purposes - Essay Assignment (PDF 322 KB)
This is the assignment for Essay #4

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