Personal Project

BRAINSTORMING: Choosing a Topic

Name ___________________________________ Date _________________ Team ____________
The personal project requires that you take charge of your learning. You are free to investigate a
project of your choice. The following questionnaire will help you think about the topics you might
like to pursue.

1. What do you enjoy doing in your free time?

2. What are some of your hobbies, interests, and favorite subjects?

3. What are some things you want to learn/investigate?

4. Think about your school and the wider community. Is there anything you would like to
change or improve?

5. List possible ideas for you project?

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Personal Project Guidelines

Name ___________________________________ Date _________________ Team ____________

STEP 1: IDENTIFY THE BROAD TOPIC SELECTED: _______________________________________

STEP 2: INVESTIGATE INFORMATION ON THE GENERAL TOPIC
EXPLORATION
What do you know

What you want to know

What did you learn

Where can you find more information on your topic? List your sources.

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STEP 3: NARROW THE FOCUS

Gather information on the narrowed topic.
STEP 4: DEVELOP THESIS OR PURPOSE STATEMENT:

STEP 5: IDENTIFY THE AREAS OF INTERACTION AND HOW THEY WILL BE USED
1.
2.
3.

STEP 6: DEVELOP A TIMELINE TO ORGANIZE AND GUIDE YOUR WORK.

STEP 7: FIND AND LIST SOURCES
STEP

STEP
STEP
STEP

8: COLLECTING EVIDENCE
Take notes
Compile bibliography
9: WHAT DID YOU LEARN?
10: CREATE AND PRESENT FINAL PRODUCT
11: WRITE REFLECTION/EVALUATION
Judge the product. Is it satisfactory?
Judge the process. Is the process journal satisfactory?

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Narrative Checklist
When writing your rough draft, use the following checklist to make sure that all the
important information is included in the personal narrative.

WHEN
COMPLETE

STRUCTURED PERSONAL NARRATIVE COMPONENTS

TITLE PAGE
INTRODUCTION
Did you
Introduce your personal project to your readers?
Tell when you started, how often you worked, and when you finished
it?
Introduce the adults who provided help and guidance?
Thank the people who helped you?
MAIN BODY OF THE WORK
Did you

Describe the personal project

Explain why you chose do the project?
Explain which areas of interactions inspired your project?
Tell what you hoped to learn?
Tell what you hoped to accomplish?

Tell about what you hoped to communicate to an audience?

Challenges/difficulties/solutions in planning and development
Describe the most important two or three things that you learned?
Tell what are you most proud of and why?
Describe what you would work to improve?
Tell what you might do differently if you were to continue working?
CONCLUSION
Did you
Assess the quality of your product?
Describe how the personal project project affected you?
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Did you
Include a bibliography?

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Student/Teacher Assessment
Student __________________________________________________________
Project Title/Topic__________________________________________________
Teachers Name_________________________________________________
Assess your IBMYP Personal Project using the criterion categories listed below.

MYP
Assessment
Criteria

See Assessment Criteria

for Achievement Level
Descriptors

Criterion A

Planning/Development

Maximum Point
Value Per
Criterion
Maximum 4
Maximum 4

Criterion B

Organization of Report

Criterion C

Review of process and

outcome

Maximum 4

Maximum 4
Criterion D

Personal Engagement and

Attitude
Maximum 4

Criterion E

Application of the Areas of

Interaction
Maximum 4

Criterion F

Collection of Information

Criterion G

Relevance of Approach

Criterion H

Analysis/Creativity

Maximum 4
Maximum 4

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Achievement
Levels

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