MYP Personal Project
January 2015
How’s it going?
At this stage in your project, you should have:
• Created your final product/outcome or have met your
goal
• Written your four reflections and posted them on
ManageBac.
• Completed your research and tracked your process
using a method of your choice.
Uhhhhh…….
What if I didn’t do all of those things?
• Do not hide.
• Do not give up.
• Do not pretend you’re doing something when you’re not.
What should I do instead?
• Meet with your supervisor. Discuss how you will plan to
change your project in order to meet the deadline.
• Get a plan: see Ms. Clarkson if you need help or have
concerns about the feasibility of your project.
• Get real with yourself regarding what you can do.
All projects have three parts…
Process
Journal
Product
or
Outcome
Final
reflection
All projects have three parts…
Process Journal
Choose no more than
10 pages
Product or Outcome
May be product itself
or evidence of a
product
Final reflection
Collection and
revision of the four
reflections you’ve
written on ManageBac
Timeline for the remaining items
March
• Complete your final reflection and
coversheet before March 14th.
• Submit your final project, selected process
journals and reflection on March 14th.
• Attend the evening exhibition for parents and
families on March 21st (5:30-7:30).
• If your project is not received by the 21st, you
will receive an “NC” in the MYP Research
Seminar course for Marking Period 3.
April
• Projects will be graded by your supervisors
and your grades submitted to IB by April 10th.
• Exhibit your project in school during periods 67 on April 25th. Share your wisdom with the
current 9th graders!
Reporting the project
• The organization of the report is driven by the
assessment criteria.
• These are available in your Student Handbook.
• Pages 21-23 include the assessment criteria and the grade
boundaries.
• The four parts of the report also correspond to the four
reflections you’ve already written.
• You should take the paragraphs you’ve already written and
expand them out into sections of the report.
• Take into account your research and include this in your report.
Organization of a report
1.
Title Page (written)
•
Student name
•
The title of the project
•
Length of the written report (word count)
•
School name
•
School Year (2015-2016)
2. Table of Contents (listing sections of the report and page numbers)
• Introduction
• Investigating
• Planning
• Taking Action
• Reflecting
• Works Cited
Templates (Word and PowerPoint) are
• Appendices
available on the school website and
Google Classroom.
Reports may be…
Written
Verbal
Film
Multimedia
Reports may be…
Written – 1500 – 3500 Words
Verbal – 13-15 Minutes
Film – 13-15 Minutes
Multimedia – 1500-3500 words
Keep in mind
• Regardless of whether you go with a written, verbal or
multimedia format, you will need to cover the same
material.
• Oral and multimedia reports must be recorded.
• If you want to do an oral or multimedia report, you will
need to sign up for a time to present this on the school
website.
• Think about what reporting format best fits your learning
style and interests.
Introduction
• Explain why you were initially interested in the project
• Define what your goal was in undertaking the project
• Explain what you hoped to learn or achieve by
undertaking the project
• About your topic
• About your chosen Global Context – See Student Handbook Page 17
Consult your original proposal, as
well as your notes from Meeting #1
Investigating – Reflection 1
• In this section you should:
• define a clear goal and global context for the project,
based on personal interests
• identify prior learning and subject-specific knowledge
relevant to the project
• demonstrate research skills.
Consult your Source Evaluation
Sheets and Skills Chart.
Planning – Reflection #2
• In this section you should
• develop criteria for the product/outcome
• Student Handbook Page 15
• plan and record the development process of the project
• This is assessed using your process journal extracts.
• You can submit no more than 10 pages of extracts from your
work.
• demonstrate self-management skills.
• Need a reminder about what is involved in self-management?
Consult your ATL skills chart (see handout)
Taking Action – Reflection #3
• In this section you should:
• create a product/outcome in response to the goal, global
context and criteria
• This is where you will actually explain what you created and
how it meets the criteria you set for yourself.
• Student Handbook Page 16
• demonstrate thinking skills
• Student Handbook Page 18
• iii. demonstrate communication and social skills.
• Student Handbook Page 18
Reflecting – Reflection #4
• In this section you should:
• evaluate the quality of the product/outcome against the
criteria
• Student Handbook Page 19 – Same as the pink worksheet you
received for your last meeting.
• reflect on how completing the project has extended your
knowledge and understanding of the topic and the global
context
• reflect on your development as an IB learner through the
project.
Works Cited / Bibliography
• Must include all sources of information that are cited in
the report.
• Must use correct, MLA documentation.
• Please, please, please USE NOODLETOOLS OR
EASYBIB TO DO THIS!
• Additional sources consulted, but not cited in the report
may be included as a bibliography (as an appendix).
Process journal extracts (Appendix A)
• From among your informal journal entries, you need to
select 5-10 extracts that best represent your ongoing
work on the project.
• These may be turned in in hard copy, or as an additional digital
file.
• This appendix is required for all students. You may
choose to include other appendices as well.
Additional Appendices
• These may be necessary depending on the nature of
your project. Things that might be included may be:
• Photographs of your product.
• Transcripts of interviews / surveys / etc.
• Plans, illustrations or other documentation that might help your
supervisor to assess your completion of the project.
• A bibliography as distinct from the works cited in your paper.
• Your final product if it is a piece of writing.
Logistics
• All written components of the report get turned in on
Turnitin.com.
• If you have a written product (essay, story, PowerPoint)
this must also be turned in on Turnitin.com. You should
include it as an appendix to your report.
• Your supervisor must see your final product in order to
attest to its originality.
What’s next?
• Join a Turnitin.com class – See instructions on your
handout.
• You will be turning in your project, report, and process
journal extracts on March 14th in your English Classes.
• On this date you will be completing your project coversheets
and academic honesty forms.
• Fill in your project description on the school website.
This must be completed by March 14th.
• Evening exhibition – March 21 (6:00-7:30)
• In-school exhibition – April 25 (6th and 7th Periods)
Questions about the Project?
[email protected]
Room 300