Personal Project

Report Writing Workshop - Dec 11 2019

PP Report Writing Workshop
10:00 - 10:10 Introduction & Set Up
10:10 - 10:50 Session 1: Focus on Criteria A
10:50 - 11:30 Session 2: Focus on Criteria B
11:30 - 12:15 Session 3: Focus on Criteria C
12:15 - 13:05 Lunch
13:05 - 14:00 Session 4: Re-asses & Criteria D
During the sessions, your supervisors will be coming in for a 10-15 minute meeting to help set you up for
success over the winter break.
 Where am I?
● I've started and I feel like
I know what I'm doing.

● I haven't started and

I'm not sure where to begin.

● I've started but gotten stuck.

 Helpful Hints
● Write in sections focused on the criteria and standards.
(Use Haiku & Marking Guide to help you).

● Write 120 - 300 words per section

● The report is an ANALYSIS,

so focus on:
■ why
■ how
■ what you learned
Refer to the MYP PP Cycle:
● Investigating
● Planning
● Taking Action
● Reflection

Focus on:
● Why
● How
● What you learned
 Introduction
Give a brief overview.
You can:
● describe your product/outcome
● explain why you chose to create your
product/outcome
● how you feel about your product/outcome now that
you've finished
● describe what you've learned in the process

i. Challenging Goal
& Global Context
● Justify why your goal/product
is challenging to you
● Justify why the topic
interests you and why it is
personal
● Justify why your goal/
product connects to your
chosen Global Context
State Outline
Criteria A
ii. Prior Knowledge
link to MYP subject
● Justify how prior learning
and subject specific
knowledge was relevant and
helpful to your project:
○ Link to learning in at
least one subject
○ Optional: link to
experiences in and out
of school
Describe
iii. Research Skills &
Academic Honesty
● Include in-text citations to
support your writing
● Include an alphabetical
bibliography (from PJ)
● Show your
Source Evaluation
(CRAAP/OPVL)
Explain Justify
 Criteria B - Planning
i. Develop Success
Criteria
● Justify your
research-informed success
criteria used to assess your
product’s final quality:
○ Criteria should be
challenging,
observable and
measurable
● Justify any changes and
why you made them
ii. Plan & Record the iii. ATL Skills:
Development Self-Management
● Justify your action plans
and timelines (long and
short) for the course of action
● Justify any changes or
revisions you made and why
you made them
○ Describe what
happened because of
the changes
● Justify your time and
resource management
○ Organization Skills
How and why did you
manage your time &
resources.
What did you learn?
○ Affective Skills
How did you manage
your self?
■ Resilience,
perseverance,
mindfulness

Present State Demonstrate Describe Justify

 Criteria C - Taking Action
i. Create Product or
Outcome
● Evaluate the development of
your product through the
success criteria
● Evaluate your
product/outcome in relation
to goal and global context
*Submit evidence of your product
on ManageBac (5 good photos,
screenshots on 1 page A4 as pdf.
OR 30-sec audio/video)*
ii. ATL: Thinking iii. ATL: Communication
Skills
● Evaluate the effect that your
critical and creative thinking
skills had on the product and
project:
○ Use examples in
Marking Guide to help
and Social Skills
● Organization of report.
Subtitles, readability/flow,
citations/quotes, evidence of
product, bibliography,
appendices (10 page max).
● Evaluate how well you
developed your
communication & social skills
○ focus on people
relevant to your project

Outline Describe Explain Analyze Evaluate

 Criteria D - Reflection
i. Reflect on the
PRODUCT.
● Reflect on and evaluate the
success of your product.
○ refer to your success
criteria & reasons for
success/failure.
Outline Describe
ii. Reflect on the
PROCESS
● Reflect on and evaluate how
completing the project has
extended your knowledge
and understanding of the
topic and of the global
context.
○ Use meaningful,
detailed explanations,
descriptions and
support with specific
examples.
Explain Analyze
iii. Reflect on you as
IB Learners
● Evaluate how the process
has impacted your learning.
○ Use the IB Learner
Profile to discuss your
strengths and
development against
the IB Learner Profile.
Evaluate
 Editing
TITLE PAGE BIBLIOGRAPHY APPENDIX
and CONTENTS and CITATIONS ITEMS
Include: Use Purdue OWL's MLA Appendices should be:
1. Title page: Guide to help create your ● Organized by name
● Project Title list of sources used in your and/or number e.g.
● School Name Appendix-A, 2a, 2b
research.
● Year: 2019/20
● Word Count ● Up to 10 extracts or 10
It is best if you can include pages (no more).
2. Table of contents: cited quotes from your
research in the report to ● Clearly referenced in the
3. Page Numbers support your claims and report.
provide evidence.

Read Re-read Friend Supervisor Feedback

 Key Deadlines
Dec 12th - Report Writing Workshop
Well done! I am so impressed with the work you did today. I hope you feel

BEFORE Jan 15th - Draft Submitted to on MB.

You can submit before. The sooner you submit, the sooner you will get feedback
and can act on it.

BEFORE Jan 29th - Meet Supervisor to discuss draft.

Arrange a meeting to discuss draft.

BY Feb 14th - FINAL SUBMISSION

Submit your final report to you supervisor on ManageBac for final grading.
Keep Warm & Write Well