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Ok so I’ve finally gotten around to doing this highly requested post based off this post and I’m sorry to all those who had been waiting for ages for it to come out but here it is!!!

How to Annotate a Novel Efficiently

Look I’m actually doing the play Medea at the moment so this can be used for other texts apart from novels too!

Like I’ve said before, I know lots of people don’t want to taint their texts with writing and highlighting, but to me, it is so so satisfying when I finish with a fully annotated book with tabs flying out of every page and all that, plus it acts as a sweet resource once it’s done.

((Hopefully by the time you’ve gotten around to this level of annotating, you’ve read through your text already and maybe even put down some initial thoughts in the margins.))

To put it simply, I have three levels of coordination when it comes to annotating a novel: words, tabs and sticky notes.

1. Sticky notes

2. Tabs (and highlighting)

  3. Words

As an optional step, I highly recommend making use of the back cover or spare pages in the book. I use them for writing definitions of recurring words, good vocabulary to use in the future when writing the essay and also character maps, explaining the relationship between each character.

I hope you all find this helpful!

((disclaimer: this is just how I do it so don’t shank me pls))

Kate xx

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sept. 4, 2016 – enjoying my morning blogging before studying for my ap gov test and going to work :-)

future apartment goals:

- small but not cramped - balcony - has a bath + shower - big kitchen - good wifi - big windows - located close to a 24/7 corner store

oct. 1, 2016 // 2.37pm

// june ‘16 spreads

hi!! i’m alive!!

i am very aware that its august but as you may or may not have noticed i have pretty much been dormant here (except for queue) for the past 2-3 months or so 😅😅  so now i’m back i thought i might as well share the spreads i completed in the mean time!! july spreads will come along shortly as well as an update!!

so in june i went on a grad trip with my pals to tokyo so most of these pages are travel related! um also before i get asked this, no, i didn’t do those pages while travelling because that would actually be impossible 😂  i did them after i got back home!

and also because i feel kinda guilty taking people’s pictures off the internet, pasting them in and kinda reposting them back on?? i’m going to include a reference list in the cut below from now on!!

Keep reading

The “theme” of this week’s spread was super girly and pink because 1) any excuse to use pink is one that I’ll gladly take any time 2) our USA Women’s Gymnastics team absolutely KILLED IT at the olympics and it gets me SO PUMPED 3) boys are stressing me out atm and I needed some empowerment 4) I just really love and appreciate girls. Girls who are there for you. Big girls, small girls, athletic girls, artistic girls. Girls who are into girls. Girls who are into studying. Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t. Prove them wrong. Do it like a girl; you’re badass. ✨

How To Write An Extended Essay

A) Subject Decide from which subject your EE will be on. It is most advisable that its from one of the subjects you’re studying. B) Topic Which area in the subject you’ve chosen are you interested in? E.g: History: Cold War E.g: English: Pride and Prejudice E.g: Chemistry: Acids and Bases C) Research Tres important mes aimies! It’s through research you will find out what you do like, and what you don’t like. E.g: I rather like World War Two, but I do not like the involvement of the US. This means I will not focus on US involvement in WWII. Gather as many resources which are relevant, even if it’s just a sentence. You never know when your EE focus point might change. D) Question The focus point of your essay. In most cases, it continues to change slightly, until a pinpoint focus in a topic is found and liked by both the supervisor and student. E) Planning Decide on the relevant subtopics. Are diagrams needed? Gather resources. A basic dot-pointed list of what will be included in the essay for each sub-topic F) Drafting Place butt on suitable surface and type/write. There are two ways to go about this: i) Set a goal and write an x amount of words every ‘session’. ii) Type/write until you can no more! At this point it is the introduction, background information abour the topic and the body of the essay which is being written. G) The First Complete Draft 4000+ words have been put to paper. This is an Accomplishment. Reread it and edit. Then show your supervisor, who will provide you with feedback. Do not ignore the feedback (unless your supervisor is clueless and has no hell of an idea what you’re doing- which is very bad). It is not necessary that a conclusion and an abstract are written, since they come at the end. H) Continual drafting Edit and rewrite and improve your essay as much as you can. Keep track of ALL sources used. The correct presentation of the essay (formatting, font, etc…) can be implemented at this point. I) The Final Draft A viva voce (oh, the IBO and its fancy Latin!) is conducted. This is an interview with your supervisor regarding any more changes which can be made. Your supervisor actually records points they’ve noticed about your essay and other notes about the interview. The essay is checked for plagiarism. J) SUBMISSION! Your EE component is done and dusted. The IB warlocks will give you a mark. This mark, along with your TOK essay will contribute your final IB diploma mark, with a maximum of three. Links Here are a few much more thorough guides regarding the Extended Essay (in order of usefulness) IBO official Extended Essay Guide (click on the other pages listed on the right hand side of the page to view criteria, regulations, presentation guidelines, etc…) City Honours School EE guide IB Survival EE for Dummies

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school starts in about a month for me and i thought it’d be helpful to compile everything i’ve collected in the span of a year into one giant masterpost ! :]

back to school tips!!

get organized!!

notetaking methods

gr8 study methods !

essay writing

optimize your productivity

manage your time! 

web resources

put yourself first !

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i hope this helps ! & check out my studygram for studyspo pics + my bts blog for me fangirling tbh :] good luck! x