SEMESTER 2 Oral Presentations will commence on FRIDAY MAY 4TH

Second Semester Assessment will consist of an essay and oral presentation of 10 minutes maximum.
Students will have the opportunity to present a second oral in Grade 12.
There will be a sign up sheet on the TOK notice board by Monday 23rd April for each class. Students should use the weekend to decide on their topic and whether they wish to present alone or with a partner. Orals will begin on FRIDAY MAY 4TH. Students are reminded that there is no school for students on Monday and Tuesday of that week, so you will have a four day weekend to complete your work.

Essay Deadline on Turnitin Thursday May 3rd and hard copy to your teacher on Friday May 4th.

Write an essay of between 1200 and 1600.

·         the word count includes the main part of the essay and any quotations but it does not include the footnotes, any maps, charts, diagrams, annotated illustrations or tables used and the bibliography;

·         footnote every reference used and include a bibliography at the end. In cases where factual claims are fundamental to the argument such claims should always be checked and a proper, traceable source supplied;

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TITLE : Compare and contrast the four ways of knowing. 

(Use the rubric for the TOK Essay to guide your examples and give your essay structure and focus. )

For both the essay and the presentation there are many resources on Mr Hoye's website.
Our sincere appreciation to Mr. Hoye, whose website has aided us and no doubt many students around the world.

http://mrhoyestokwebsite.com/

The Presentation – The Rules

You must:

·         give a presentation that explores the knowledge issues raised by a substantive real-life situation that is of interest to you, this issue can be on an international / national scale or be from the more limited domain of your particular community, school or personal life;

·         present for approximately 10 minutes, or 10 minutes per student in groups up to a maximum of 30 minutes;

·         learn your presentation, under no circumstances, should the presentation be simply an essay read aloud to the class;

·         be prepared to discuss issues raised by your presentation with the class afterwards;

·         prepare an official planning document (available on this webpage) to be handed in before the presentation starts, alternatively you can replace this with a plan of your own on one A4 typed up sheet;

·         assess your presentation using the official assessment document (available on this webpage) and discuss the marks that you would have given yourself with your teacher.

You can:

·         work in groups of up to 5 with each presentation, bearing in mind that you will be marked individually not on the performance of the group as a whole;

·         present in a variety of forms, such as lectures, skits, simulations, games, dramatized readings, interviews or debates;

·         use supporting material such as videos, MS PowerPoint presentations, overhead projections, posters, questionnaires, recordings of songs or interviews, costumes, or props;

·         invite audience participation during the presentation but you must do the majority of the work;

·         not do a presentation that someone else in the group has already done.

You should:

·         plan thoroughly using the more detailed Planning by Perspective or Planning by Knowledge Issue forms (available on this webpage) and only fill in the official planning form when you have a firm idea of what you will do;

·         choose a highly focussed topic and make sure that you can explore it in depth;

·         avoid topics so unfamiliar to the class that a great deal of explanation is needed before the underlying knowledge issues can be appreciated and explored;

·         make sure that you demonstrate your own personal involvement in the topic;

·         make sure that you explain why the topic is important / significant;

·         make sure that you explore how it relates to other areas of TOK / life.