IB Economics.
Prior to submitting your commentary, use this check list to make sure that you have done everything that you need to do to maximize your marks:-
Commentary Check List.
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Have I included a cover sheet? |
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Have I included the article? |
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Have I highlighted the relevant paragraphs (about five) in the article, if it is rather long? |
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Does the cover sheet have all the information required e.g. your name, the word count, the date of the article, the source of the article etc.? |
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Does my commentary start with an opening paragraph and finish with a concluding paragraph? |
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Have I included one or two diagrams in the commentary? |
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Are they described / explained in detail and fully labelled? |
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Have I defined (in the body of the text, not in the footnotes) some specialist economic terms used? |
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If I have quoted from, or referred to, information in the article, have I made referred to the relevant line or paragraph? |
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Have I utilised economic theory that we have done in class in the commentary to explain / analyse the situation described in the article? |
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Have I tried to give my own views / opinions about the situation described in the article? Are they mentioned, especially in the concluding paragraph? |
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Are my views and opinions backed up by relevant evidence (from the article, or another source)? |
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Is the word count (including footnotes) no more than 750 words?? |