5 tips for Responding to Draft ToK Essay Comments to max your ToK Score.
So your teacher gave you written feedback (ToK essay comments) on your ToK Essay, the question is what should you do next ?
Taking action on the Draft ToK Essay Comments is key to achieving a high score in ToK, here are 5 tips to help you to get the most out of the written feedback from your teacher:
1. Act upon them immediately.
Time is One of the scarcest resources for DP students, it is better to deal with things in the immediate then to put them off for the future. If you leave dealing with the Tik commands until the deadline and then you find you didn't understand the comments it's going to be difficult for your teacher to help you so act upon the comments as soon as you receive the essay back.
2. Have a face to face session with your teacher.
Hopefully your teacher will accompany the comments with 1:1 verbal feedback. If this is not offered then (politely) ask your teacher for such a meeting - verbal feedback in addition to written feedback gives you a far more holistic understanding of the feedback. Also, you can use the feedback meeting as one of the 3 interactions that you have to record for the essay process.
3. Seek clarification.
As you work on the comments if there is anything that you don’t understand then seek clarification from your teacher immediately. Don’t just let misunderstanding sit, your teacher has spent time writing the comments - they want you to understand all of them, and will welcome your further enquiry.
4. Get more feedback.
Continue to seek support and guidance from your teacher as you continue redraft the essay. Your teacher can only give you written feedback once, but they can give you continuous verbal feedback on your subsequent drafts.
5. Explain your essay to a non-Toker
Added max value tip - once You have have redrafted your essay, find somebody who's willing to listen such as your mom, or a willing friends and explain the essay paragraph by paragraph to them. Don't read the essay verbatim, but rather explain it to them this will help you to clarify your understanding of the essay and may help you to catch some final issues.
So there we have it, I hope that that's useful for you to improve your ToK Essay, and I hope that you get a great score in ToK
If you need help planning / writing your essay you can check out the ebook 'How to write the ToK Essay in 6 Easy Steps'.
if you need any more help than please don't hesitate to go to ToKtoday or contact me at Daniel at ToKtoday,
have a great day stay ToK-tastic.
Daniel, Lisbon, Jan 2023