August 18, 2025
Agenda
Starter: 8/18
IB Students:
1: Current Stage — What part of the EE process are you working on right now (research, writing, revising, finalizing, etc.)?
2: Progress Check — What’s one concrete task you completed for your EE in the last week?
3: Next Step — What’s the very next thing you need to do for your EE, and when will you do it?
4: Support Needed — What’s one area where you feel stuck or could use guidance (research, structure, citations, analysis, etc.)?
5: Confidence Rating — On a scale from 1–5, how confident are you that you’ll meet your next EE deadline—and why did you give yourself that score?
Non-IB Students:
1: Current Focus — What’s the biggest project or assignment you’re working on right now?
2: Recent Win — What’s one thing you’ve accomplished this week that you feel good about?
3: Next Step — What’s the next academic or personal task you need to tackle, and when will you do it?
4: Support Needed — What’s one challenge you’re facing right now that a teacher, counselor, or classmate could help with?
5: Confidence Rating — On a scale from 1–5, how prepared do you feel for your next big deadline or milestone—and why?
Video: “Why We See Faces in the Clouds”
Jot notes on how this could relate to Knowledge & the Knower
Respond: What implications does this video have for discussions of bias (or lack thereof) in academic writing and research? Do you agree or disagree?
Assignment: Positionality Statements
Read the Positionality Statements Notes
Complete the three activities in red listed afterwards.
Work Time: Work Session Tracker
Directions: Write a clear goal for today’s work time, list the steps you’ll take, and stay focused until the end. When time is up, check your progress and note what you accomplished and your next step.
