Tests and ASSESSMENT FOR GRADE 12 Q1 Reports

These notes will be used by all teachers towards common assessment across the year group.

In addition, students are expected to participate whenever possible in class discussions and questions. They are published here to make the process transparent and help you manage your revision and positive outcomes in the first quarter and beyond.

JOURNALS - WILL BE COLLECTED ON FRIDAY  5TH OCTOBER

ENTRIES SHOULD INCLUDE 80-100 WORDS REFLECTION ON EACH CLASS - SHOW DATES ON EACH ENTRY (for the month of September only for my students.)

Write a reflective paragraph on at least 3 of the TOK ESSAY TITLES MAY 2013 suggesting what real-life issues you could link to the title. (This does not commit you to any title yet, it is to start the process of reflection.)

VAN de Laagemat TEXTBOOK -JOURNAL ENTRIES DUE OCT 5TH

WRITE 200-250 WORDS REFLECTION ON EACH CHAPTER

HISTORY CHAPTER PAGE 300-322

   and

ETHICS CHAPTER PAGE 363-396

GRADE 12 TOK TEST September 28th

Students should revise Chapters 1 and 2 in the textbook.

Here are the key topics: prepare and memorise short definitions from Chapter 1 and Chapter 2.
These chapters are the foundation of the whole course and will help you identify knowledge issues for your essay and oral presentation.

Page 8 - what is certainty?

Page 10 -What is Relativism?

Page 12-Are extreme skepticism and extreme gullibility are both obstacles to the pursuit of knowledge?

PAGE 14 -Explain the relationship between evidence and coherence in knowledge?

Chapter 2

Page 24-26 What do we mean by the phrase that ‘knowledge is justified true belief’?

What is the relationship between ‘Justification’ and ‘reliability’ and belief? (P26/27)

Explain the relationship between knowledge and information – P29

What role does cultural knowledge play in our way of knowing and thinking about the world? P31

Grade 12: marking scheme/weighting

--TOK Journal (class notes, reflections on class discussions, reflections on the essay titles): 20%
--Journal Reflections on the chapters entitled Ethics and History from Lagemaat: 30% 
--Test on chapters 1 and 2 of Lagemaat: 30%

--Class participation (includes getting to class on time, having the required material etc): 10%

 --Focussed Oral Activity 10%
 (presentations made from matter in the text, extra research etc on topics being dealt with in class):   October 3rd and October 5th - there will be open-ended discussion on the HISTORY and ETHICS chapters with students working in groups. Students may also discuss essay topics with teachers and their peers.
For Mr C's class the oral discussion will take place on Friday 5th and Wed 10th. Students will work in groups exchanging ideas on Ethics and History which have been recorded in the journals. A good way to focus is to check the KEY IDEAS pages on these chapters and also LINKING QUESTIONS at the end of both those chapters. Please have your journals in class Wednesday so that you can use class time well and ask me any questions you have regarding assessment.
ESSAY SELECTION and DRAFTING:
On Friday OCTOBER 12th I will address all students on the process of essay selection.
We will want to see 1000 words after Diwalli.
The first full draft will be due in  December 28th and fine tuning will continue into January to make sure everyone has the support they need to complete a super essay.