Educate yourself: Look at the information in the Subject pages of MyCis - Note - if you want further information on World Studies EE go to EW414 on Wednesday Jan 8th at SMART.
Create a folder for all your EE work: entitle this firstname_lastname_extended_essay2026. Share your folder: with Piers.Tainsh@cis.edu.sgandElsa.Baptista@cis.edu.sg. You will also share your folder with your supervisor once they have been assigned.** .
Link your folder to the Researchers Reflection Space on Managebac: In this area: -
a) Add the link to your EE folder.
b) Write down your initial ideas as to what you might want to do your EE in and what potential topics you want to do.
c) Add your mindmap of ideas (see below)
5. Sign the Extended Essay Essential Agreement: This is a mandatory formyou must fill in to show that you understand the expectations that we have regarding academic honesty, the use of the RRS and your Google Folder.
6. Come up with some Initial Ideas: Create a mindmap of all your initial ideas on a piece of A3 paper or use Google Diagramsmindmap maker. You should add this to your RRS and be prepared to show it to your teachers.
7. Read Example Essays: In subjects that you may be interested in download and read throughsome example assessed essays. Note - there are some from the IB and there are also A grade essays from past CIS students in thesubject specific areasof this site. Be ready to explain to your supervisor on day 1 all that is expected of a good essay.
8. Complete your proposal: You will need to download this planning proposal form . This should be completed by day 0 on Feb 3rd as well as possible showing that you have looked for sources of information that are not just from the internet but also using the school academic databases - https://cis.libguides.com/extendedessay/databases. Here is a document with examples of acceptable and unacceptable proposals. You will use this planning form to then create a full proposal using a google form that will be shared with you. Note you MUST have proposals for 2 subjects as we cannot guarantee your first choice.
9. AI use Note - if you have used AI at all to help you generate ideas you MUST have these in your RRS - this should be in the form of a google doc that has any prompts you have asked and responses from generative AI. In the proposal form you should create an MLA citation for this prompt. You can ask AI for the citation.
How and Where to Submit the Proposal
Deadline:February 10th - This will be on a google form. However you will also have your hard copy that you can show your supervisor.
NOTE - you must give options in two different subject areas as places are limited in some popular subjects e.g. business, psychology.
Please note, some subjects are more popular than others, and not everyone can have their first choice. You are more likely to get your first choice if your proposal is excellent.
