Do's and Don'ts of IB Global Politics Paper 2 by Ruben Alberto Moreno Zavala

10 minutes

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Do not waist more than 10 minutes making the plan for paper 2

Do the draft

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It could give you a point

Do’s

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Give more details about what you are taking about

examples

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develop your examples

resources

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you should use news and examples to study

The draft

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Don’t skip the draft

do write a draft

a01711073 — 2024-09-17 14:15:59 UTC

it really helps you to organize you ideas.

Buddies

a01711646 — 2024-09-17 14:15:59 UTC

Share notes and examples with classmates of other modules

topic

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master a topic in particular so you can confidently answer a question about it

do’s

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leave your draft in the paper (do not erase it)

unknown concepts

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don’t chose a question with unknown concepts

Do's

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Making the draft is really important for structuring your ideas and concluding as it is needed.

Don't forget to do the draft

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Do it 😭

Read

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Read and analyze the questions given before choosing one.

Easy topic

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Select the easiest topic for you (the one you know the most)

Question 😵‍💫

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Make sure you write down which question you choose

Contra Argument

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You should do a contra argument

Question

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Yo should always remember to link every paragraph to the question that you’re answering.

Terms

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While studying understand the terms instead of memorizing everything

Do not generalize anything

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Don't waste your time

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waste your time, or spend a lot of time at the beggining, since you'll need it later

don’t think that not looking at the time helps

a01711073 — 2024-09-17 14:17:29 UTC

it is quite useful to look at the time in order to manage how much time you take in each thing

Time

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Do not be so focused on the time, it distracts a lot.

contradiction

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make sure you don’t contradict yourself at any point of the paper

Read examples

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Read and analyze internet examples

Choose a question which you clearly understand and that you have vocabulary about

Organize

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Make a mind map to organize your information and vocabulary

Do a draft

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Time

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Don’t take too much time sketching the draft

Zoning out

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Do not zone out thinking of several answers, stick to one.

Specify which authors said what

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👍

Don't

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Don't choose a question you have to studied yet, because you will not know the correct vocabulary and arguments that are needed for answering the question.

Study all the terminology

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Time👀

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Don't miss use the time🕜⏳

Exampleees!

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If you mention something like “IGO’s” it’s better if you add examples of IGO’s

For example: instead of saying “different IGO’s help children get education” you could say “different IGO’s like UNICEF, Safe the children, Vision road among others help children get education

Don’t over analyze

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Don’t take too long at analyzing the question, have a clear idea and immediately start to write (so you don’t get short of time)

Vocabulary

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Don’t Choose a question you don’t have the vocabulary to answer it

Study vocabulary

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Don’t use common vocabulary

Don’t write right away

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Don’t take that long in the introduction or conclusion

Don’t write right away, make a plantation first.

Simple tips

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You should do a draft

You shouldn’t write your essay with pencil first, writing it again on pen is to hard.

Dont be afraid, be confident about what you write

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re read your answers before giving the teacher the exam

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Question

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Select question #3

Stick to a question

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Just stick to it

CONCLUSION

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If you are running out of time, prioritize the conclusion instead of completely finishing an argument. (Ideas are better than nothing)

Planning

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Continúe doing the planning even if it is without extrapoints

Examples

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Use all examples in any posible ocasion

Long examples

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Dont use too long examples, they can contradict your point.

Don’t avoid planning

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Don’t forget to include the planning!!!

Structure

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Maintain the IBC structure. It helps to organize and maintain a clear idea of what you want to say.

Don’t explore new ideas

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Don’t try exploring new ideas and point of views during an exam. They’re good debate topics for class but not for the exam.

Small plan

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do a small plan in which it goes over the main ideas

Choose the topic in which you know the most

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Do's

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Remember to read news articles before the exam so you have enough examples.

Time

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Dont take much time planning or thinking

Stress

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Be calm, do not get stressed

You should...

a01711500_ — 2024-09-17 15:45:43 UTC

You should understand completely the question before start answering because if not your essay won't be concrete.

Conclusion

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Never conclude with something different or a slight variation of the original question.

Do‘s

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Include vocabularies learned in the class in the paragraphs to be able to prove you understood the concepts seen in the class.

Literary devices

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Use imagery or other literary devices to support your arguments while at the same time making the reading more enjoyable.

play it safe

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At the exam, do not choose a question that hasn’t been covered DEEPLY during class, just stick to the ones you’re 100% sure you’ll be able to answer.

Give 1 example per argument and contra-argument

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Give an example for everything you write, try to make your argument to revolve around your example.

Take any info for given

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Give all the info necesary

Dont’s

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Dont spend so much time choosing question for your essay 😭😭

DON'T

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Don't mess up the topics.

CONTEXT

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Avoid writing too much context in the introduction. Spend more time in the body of the text (the actual arguments).

Don't

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Don't generalize. Give very specific examples about your topic.

Elaborate

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Elaborate thoroughly all of the stated argument. Don’t abandon any arguments.

Lack clarity

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Know what your are talking about

Dont

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Don't avoid taking a stance when choosing a "discuss" question

Plan, but don’t get stuck in it

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Make sure that your planning doesn’t restrict you too much, let your ideas flow and don’t get stuck in the planning

Don't hook yourself.

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Don't spend too much time in making a good Hook.

Get caught in a single point of view

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You need to prove you are a open minded person so don’t get engaged with a single point of view

previous to the exam, research examples!

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Make sure to research some specific examples of each topic before class, always good to have examples just in case

Not keeping in mind an international reader

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Refer to examples that your international reader can easily verify. If you want to put an example seen in class, remember the exact name of the example so that the reader can give you credit. Also avoid using coloquial language

Be indecisive

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Do not take too much time on deciding which question to develop, don’t overthink

Plan your arguments

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Make a small plan containing all of your ideas in order

Time

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don’t waste your time, breath and try to remember every example and write it on your draft to organized your ideas.

Don’t

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Don’t be too aware of other people’s time and concentrate in what you’re doing

Do

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Address the question in the introduction of your text

Ideas

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Write key ideas before and during the text

Map

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-Make the plan for what you are going to write

Don't give examples that move away from your point

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Use examples that will make your argument stronger and gives it direction, don't gove examples you can't detail within your argument.

THINK

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Think of the argument beforehand.

Mix different topics

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Do not mix the questions between each other because you should answer only one

Soup of Ideas

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Dont mix ideas or arguments in the same paragraph.