Planning, drafting, rehearsing and preparing materials are all necessary steps, and students should be aware of the amount of time required to complete the report. Students should be careful to ensure that their report is a distinct component of the MYP personal project and is not simply a collection of evidence. If a personal project involves group work, each individual student must create his or her own report, clearly demonstrating his or her contribution in all stages of the personal project. Further, each student must collect his or her own evidence of the process.
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Objective A: Planning
Students should be able to:
i. state a learning goal for the project and explain how a personal interest led to that goal
ii. state an intended product and develop appropriate success criteria for the product
iii. present a clear, detailed plan for achieving the product and its associated success criteria.
Objective B: Applying skills
Students should be able to:
i. explain how the ATL skill(s) was/were applied to help achieve their learning goal
ii. explain how the ATL skill(s) was/were applied to help achieve their product.
Objective C: Reflecting
Students should be able to:
i. explain the impact of the project on themselves or their learning
ii. evaluate the product based on the success criteria.