6 steps to a really good TOK essay
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6 steps to a really good TOK essay
• Modified from Eileen Dombrowski
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Step one
Choose a title from the list
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Do not instantly seize upon a title that sounds appealing and plunge into it
headlong.
Which one allows you todemonstrate best your understanding of
ToK issues and your own critical skills?
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What are the key words or concepts?
Are you clear about what they mean?
Give these words some thought.
Check your notes to clarify.
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What are the key words or concepts?
Are you clear about what they mean?
Give these words some thought.
Check your notes to clarify.
Put the title into your own words to make sureyou understand what is being asked.
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Step two
Read the Instructions and the Assessment Criteria
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Read the general instructions for the essay. AND read the essay title you've chosen: what are
the key words?
Read the assessment criteria – focus on the top band!
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Step three
Gather your ideas
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Read your title and start to identify the knowledge issues it raises.
Which Areas of Knowledge and Ways of Knowing are relevant here?
Give it some personal thought
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Step four
Organise your ideas
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Put your notes in related groups and then start to put them into some sort of order.
E.g.Introduction
Argument/counter argumentstrengths/weaknesscomparisons of AOK
ExamplesConclusion
There is no set formula but it must fulfill the criteria
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Step five
Write the essay!
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Keep your notes in front of you.
Keep it relevant.
Do not use clichéd examples.
Do not use dictionary definitions.
Make sure you understand what you have written.
Check your facts.
Identify your sources.
Read it out loud.
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Step six
Hand it in and celebrate!