Year 12 ​SUMMER LEARNING

HOW: WRITING YOUR MACROECONOMICS IA, PERSONALIZED ASSIGNED READING AND WEEKLY PRACTICE TESTING
WHY: TO CONSOLIDATE YEAR 12 CONTENT AND SKILLS SO THAT YOU CAN BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE MID-COURSE ASSESSMENT (MCA)
INTRODUCTION: Over the summer​ you are going to complete 3 tasks to prepare you for year 13 and the mid-course assessments that will be completed on return to school. It is important that you are able to demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of the Year 12 content in a summative assessment. This enables you the opportunity to review all material covered during the first 3 units and have a realistic experience in which to demonstrate your exam technique.


KEY POINTS:
  1. The main focus of summer learning is to ensure that you are ready and prepared to start Year 13 and for the mid-course assessment, therefore all activities have been designed to this end. We have also designed them to be mobile and technology friendly so that you can complete them anywhere.
  2. The coverage will include the 2 units of the course covered so far which will be assessment by the MCA (Microeconomics and Macroeconomics.)
  3. Summer learning in Economics should not take more than one hour a week. If it does then you should contact me.
  4. You should complete additional revision in economics as the MCA draw closer.
  5. You will be examined through a full Paper 1 .

Completing your macroeconomics ia commentary

TASK 1  WRITING YOUR IA COMMENTARY IN MACROECONOMICS: Over the summer you will write your MACROECONOMICS IA COMMENTARY. All the resources you will need to complete this can be found on the dedicated IA page:

IA's

Internal Assessment.pptx The Mark Scheme is on page 93-95 of the IB Economics Subject Guide What you need to know before you write: 1) Avoid writing anything that isn't going to earn you marks. You're going to need all the words you can get for your analysis and evaluation.

Please do read through the IA page before you begin the writing process. Remember you have already completed a practice IA commentary and a microeconomics commentary so this is your 3rd writing of an IA commentary and you should find this task relatively straightforward. It should not take you any more than 4-5 hours from beginning to end and may take less if you write it in a single sitting. I will give you a quick recap of the process, bu this is not a substitute for reading back over the IA's materials above!!! Find an article from a new sources with a macroeconomic problem identified e.g. inequity, unemployment, low growth, then download the planning sheet which can be found on the IA page, complete the plan IA planning sheet in detail, make sure that it is no more than 750  words and then cut and paste it together, copy and paste the front sheet to the beginning and include screenshots of the article to the end of the commentary. Then email your completed macroeconomics IA. If you have any questions, queries etc please do email me!

PREPARING FOR THE MID-COURSE ASSESSMENTS

TASK 2 FOCUSED REVISION: I will allocate you 5 reading assignments for the summer to help you BRIDGE LEARNING GAPS, I have identified these based on your Kognity results during the course of the year. At the end of each reading assignment you will complete the strength tests. You will find the these reading assignments on Kognity.

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TASK 3 PRACTICE TESTING: Every Monday I will  set you 15 multiple choice questions on Kognity. You have the week in which to complete these. Practice testing is shown to be one of the two most effective forms of revision as it allows you to audit your current knowledge and provide prompts for identifying learning gaps and an opportunity to review content that requires additional coverage. Make sure that as you complete the practice test you have a pen and paper available to make a note of any key terms, ideas, diagrams or discussions that you will need to revise. Your teacher will review results by Friday and may give suggestions of additional reading assignments for you to complete.
ADDITIONAL REVISION RESOURCES: As the mid-course assessments (MCA's) draw closer you will likely need to increase the time that you revise economics. Remember that there is a page devoted to revising the first 3 units and you will find more helpful advice about strategies for revision here:

IB ECONOMICS REVISION PAGES

1A. KNOWLEDGE AUDIT

ADDITIONAL ECONOMICS LEARNING: In this section we suggest some ideas for additional Economics learning including a story of the week section that will be updated on a Monday and will relate directly to one of the 2 units you have already covered. You will also find some suggestions for summer reading.
Story of the week:

Seven charts on the coronavirus jobs market

Millions of people across the UK have had their working lives upended because of the coronavirus pandemic. While many are working from home, others have been furloughed for weeks or even made redundant. So who has been affected most to date by job losses? And which sectors have been worst hit?

Summer suggested reading list:

Digital library

Summer Reading List A student emails me asking for a summer reading list. Here are ten very different books I like that are fun enough that you would not be embarrassed (well, not too embarrassed) reading them at the beach: Milton Friedman, Capitalism and Freedom Robert Heilbroner, The Worldly Philosophers Paul Krugman, Peddling Prosperity Steven Landsburg, The Armchair Economist P.J.