1. The Research Proposal The Research Proposal is the preliminary steps to writing the extended essay. All students enrolled (AP, IB or neither) in IBAP English 11 will write an extended essay. Those students going on to complete the full IB Diploma will continue to develop their extended essay with the help of an advisor. If you do not go on to English IBAP 11, you will complete a different research project that year.

2. Your research proposal is a written presentation: 1) Convincing the reader that the topic you have chosen is worth discussion 2) Showing the research that has already been done in this area. 3) Discussing the questions/ problems your extended essay hopes to answer.

3. FULL DIPLOMA CANDIDATES ONLY You are expected to be taking the class/subject and testing in it as a junior or senior. Science topics require an original experiment by the student. Experiments typically start junior year. Talk to a science teacher if there is any question regarding the achievability of an experiment. Economics is discouraged because students will not be taking this class until senior year.

4. Psychology is discouraged unless it deals with abnormal psychology focusing on figures in literature or history who have exhibited the psychosis. Then it becomes a history or literature topic ALL STUDENTS History topics must be at least 10 years back – not more recent than 2004 Choose topics carefully. Topics will be further developed (not changed) junior year