Write Your IA - Student Instructional Booklet- International Baccalaureate (IB)

This is an extremely comprehensive booklet designed for students who are writing their IA. This booklet guides them from start to finish - beginning with initial proposals and writing questions, to the "how to write section 1-3", and ends with referencing guides and marking criteria.

Supportive instructions are present throughout the entire booklet to guide students on how to meet all of the IA criteria and write an investigative and critical essay. It also includes a proposed timeline for completion. The reflection sections allow students to consider feedback from the teacher and areas that need to be edited and changed.

Providing students with this will ensure that their progress is monitored and they meet the required IA criteria. The reflection and proposal pages ensures that they consider the feasibility of their topics and questions before they start.

This booklet has many features including:

• Planning Proposal pages (Initial and Final)
• Timelines for checkpoints and due dates
• Instructions on how to write each section (1-3)
• Exemplars of each section
• Feedback sections for teachers
• Reflection sections for students
• IA marking criteria
• Referencing guidelines
• Historical Concepts
• Evaluation on Significance

This guide also provides a visual tracker on the front page so that students can get each section signed off. This ensures that students are meeting each deadline and regularly checking in with their teacher.

This is focused around a History IA but is a perfect template for all IA's and only one or two pages would need to be substituted (ie Historical Concepts).