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Extended Essay Overview

The extended essay is a required element for the IB diploma.

Students must complete a maximum 4,000 word essay, supervised by a teacher-mentor with accompanying reflection journals. The extended essay is an independent endeavor outside regular IB coursework, and spans 11th and 12th grades, beginning second semester of 11th grade, and concluding first semester of 12th grade.

Extended essay students are placed in a cohort with the extended essay coordinator (librarian) and enrolled in a Google Classroom for instruction (and interim assignments). Interim assignments are also embedded into the TOK gradebook. 

Students should abide by all internal school deadlines. The extended essay is coordinated to align with the IB calendar, as well the local school and district calendars to assist with time-management, and alleviate student workload. Failing to meet deadlines may result in compromised work, or jeopardizing IB status.

It is not uncommon for students to need to access information outside the FCPS library databases. Students may wish to utilize public library offerings, and/or college/university collections. Major benchmark assignments include a rough draft essay due before summer break, and a final draft due Oct. 1, 2021.
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  • MVHS Library
    • About Us
    • In-person procedures
    • Library Collection Policy
    • 100 Things Kids Will Miss If They Don't Have A School Librarian in Their School
  • Ask a Librarian
  • Breakout
  • Curbside
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    • Personal Project
    • HOA Resources for IA
    • IB Film
    • NoodleTools
    • Subject Databases >
      • CTE databases
      • Eng Databases
      • Fine & P Arts Databases
      • Health & PE Databases
      • Math databases
      • Science databases
      • Soc Stud Databases
      • World Language Databases
    • Science Investigative Research Paper
    • Science Ethics
    • Style Guides >
      • Purdue MLA Citation Style
      • Purdue Citation Style Chart
      • Chicago Turabian Style Guide
      • BibMe APA style guide
    • CP Reflective Project
    • Extended Essay
    • Evaluating Sources
    • TOK research : Economic Perspectives
    • Install Gale Chrome Extension
    • General Information Databases
    • FCPS Databases Information
    • Citation Makers
    • Images and Sounds
  • Books
    • MVHS Library Catalog
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    • FinditVA
    • WorldCat
    • Which book genre are you? (Quiz)
  • Brain Breaks
    • Need a Brain Break-? Explore Here!
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