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DP1 - Essay Examples and Shared Grading
Each group is going to be put together based off of the subject examples that you chose first in Task 3. Not everyone will be getting their first choice (or, they may be getting an essay in their group, but not in the particular single-subject you thought about. In groups of four-ish, you will be asked to read the essay and the reflection, and using the rubric given to you, try and apply a grade to that section - AND WRITE A JUSTIFICATION OF WHY THAT grade is the best! I hope that doing this will not only help you better understand what expectations are for the EEs, but also see how every DP subject uses this same kind of grading structure. Now, there are some things to remember about these essays.
Each group is going to be put together based off of the subject examples that you chose first in Task 3. Not everyone will be getting their first choice (or, they may be getting an essay in their group, but not in the particular single-subject you thought about. In groups of four-ish, you will be asked to read the essay and the reflection, and using the rubric given to you, try and apply a grade to that section - AND WRITE A JUSTIFICATION OF WHY THAT grade is the best! I hope that doing this will not only help you better understand what expectations are for the EEs, but also see how every DP subject uses this same kind of grading structure. Now, there are some things to remember about these essays.
- These essays are not all exemplars. This are a mixture of good essays and bad essays. Being able to spot what a good essay looks like and what a bad essay looks like is an important skill.
Each person should not just take one criterion and just look at that - I am hoping for a level of discussion and compromise on what each grade is going to be. The goal (and hope) is that four heads are better than one here.
From the IB itself, when creating these examples:
"Please note that marks and commentaries for example extended essays are to be used for guidance only. They are not definitive and have not been generated through the IB’s process of standardization. These interim examples, produced using essays written in accordance with the assessment criteria in the previous Extended essay guide, will be replaced with authentic examples following first assessment in 2027.
In addition, please note that the examples of the new RPF, which have combined the three separate reflections from the legacy reflections on planning and progress form, may not address the new assessment criterion E as closely as will an authentic RPF written for the 2027 assessment session onwards."
So what does that mean? These essays were written for the old rubric and re-graded for the new one. The IB doesn't have essays specifically written for your new rubric, and won't until kids start submitting them. So things may look slightly off, but in reality, the old essays, if done well, would still score well in the new rubric.
You can click on the folder link below to find your selected essay. Please look at your google doc to remember which one you are assigned!
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