Extended Essay Skeleton Outline Template



Final Exam – Junior Semester Theory of Knowledge

Craig-Salmon

Spring 2013

Your mission: complete the first draft of your outline of the extended essay and the most current list of your sources. You will turn everything in to your by the end of the exam period for your class:

|5850556 |TOK A1 |

|5850558 |TOK A2 |

|5850581 |TOK B6 |

My expectations for your outline (follow the template and read the rubric):

• Outline written in complete sentences

• Thesis statement clearly displayed at the top center

o Three parts of thesis:

▪ 1) Your knowledge claim/argument,

▪ 2) What you are using to support that argument, and

▪ 3) How you will be presenting/organizing that information throughout the paper.

• Several points that provide significant support for your thesis

o Clear details/specifics for each major point

• Addresses counterargument(s) – who disagrees with you, what do they have to say about it, and why is your argument (and not theirs) the correct one?

• Incorporates the research you have done so far (sources you have found that support your claims)

• Has a conclusion with a defense of your thesis, a thorough and objective evaluation of the work, and new or unresolved questions. Since it is early in the essay writing process, this will be incomplete, but indicate that you will develop it later.

If your outline does not meet all of these expectations, then you have not finished it! It is only once you are finished with your outline, you begin developing the body paragraphs of your paper.

Have you talked to your supervisor about your research question yet? You were supposed to have set up an appointment to do that if you have not already done so. If you have not done this yet, do it. In fact, you should email your supervisor right now to set up a time to meet. Don’t have his/her email? Why not? Wasn’t that one of the things I told you to do so you can communicate over the summer?

For the Final Exam I also expect you to turn in your most current bibliography, also by the end of your scheduled exam time, as a separate upload to .. I am looking for you to have at least 12 print/web sources by this point. Read the rubric! (a teacher can dream…).

All of this will be turned in to by the end of your scheduled exam time. Any late papers will be docked points according to the Extended Essay Outline Rubric.

Extended Essay Skeleton Outline Template

Note – this is a generic template and may need to be adjusted for your particular topic

Introduction (usually written last):

• You will be able to write an introduction if you can make the following statements/claims about your paper:

o Why the topic is interesting, important or worthy of study

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o Some background information to put your topic in context (why is it personally significant?)

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o Indication of how your topic has been focused on something that is manageable within 4000 words.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

o A clear and precise research question (it may change slightly throughout the draft stage):

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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o A clear concluding thesis statement and argument (response to the research question. It also may change slightly)

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Body:

• It is here where you will craft and support your argument. For the EE, you may decide to divide the paper into multiple parts or sections.

• Each part should have a clear focus; each paragraph within each part should have a purpose, make a point, and be supported by research.

• For your outline you should be able to:

o Distinguish the order in which you will make your argument:

▪ Part One:_________________________________________________________

▪ Part Two: ________________________________________________________

▪ Part Three: _______________________________________________________

▪ Part Four: ________________________________________________________

Part One will likely be methodology and justification for the approach you’ve taken for your research (ie – sources, data collection etc...)

Part Two/Three/Four will present your case, support it with data/research and will present counter-arguments and refute them.

Feel free to add more parts of you feel you need them

Within each part, you should be able to state the following (Note: This is a simplistic model for what your final product should be.):

▪ Part One:

• Paragraph One:

o Argument: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

o Supporting Research and Source: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

• Paragraph Two:

o Argument: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

o Supporting Research and Source: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

• Paragraph Three:

o Argument: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

o Supporting Research and Source: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

▪ Part Two:

• Paragraph One:

o Argument: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

o Supporting Research and Source: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

• Paragraph Two:

o Argument: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

o Supporting Research and Source: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

• Paragraph Three:

o Argument: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

o Supporting Research and Source: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

▪ Part Three:

• Paragraph One:

o Argument: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

o Supporting Research and Source: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

• Paragraph Two:

o Argument: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

o Supporting Research and Source: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

• Paragraph Three:

o Argument: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

o Supporting Research and Source: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

▪ Part Four:

• Paragraph One:

o Argument: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

o Supporting Research and Source: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

• Paragraph Two:

o Argument: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

o Supporting Research and Source: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

• Paragraph Three:

o Argument: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

o Supporting Research and Source: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

• Analysis and Conclusion: Here you will bring together your research, restate what you’ve outlined in your body and systematically present your finding that supports your thesis.

• To conclude you should be able to:

o Clearly state the conclusion(s) of your work

o This conclusion should directly relate to the research question and be substantiated by the evidence presented

o Indicate issues, unresolved questions and new questions that have emerged from research

• For your outline conclusion, you should be able to state:

o Key arguments or information that contributes to your research question

o Demonstrate how it all ties together to prove your thesis. In other words:

▪ what is the point of your essay: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

▪ What key research do you have to support this: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

▪ What can you deduce as a result of writing this paper (ie: your insight, discovery, argument): ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

▪ What kinds of new questions arise from your work/research? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Next, reread the rubric. Have you covered all of the criteria for both content and Form? Have you earned the points you want for Content and Form?

Next, create and type your actual outline (this handout is just a basic beginning template, for organization purposes only! This is not your outline!)

Lastly, upload your outline to with your bibliography (again review the rubric)

If you seek help from me you must be familiar with this template and the rubric.

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