The Report

Your supervisor will assess your Personal Project by applying the MYP Personal Project Assessment Criteria and Rubrics to your Report.  If you need to make improvements to meet a minimum level of achievement on the Personal Project,  your supervisor will use the rubrics to provide feedback.   This page includes the following to guide you in writing your Personal Project Report:

• Technical Specifications for the Report - including a template that you can copy and use.

• Required Contents for the Report - including required sections and suggestions for each section.

• Allowable Formats and Examples for Each Format - including a written report that achieved an 8 on all three rubrics and  a written report that achieved a 3 on Rubric A: Planning, a 3 on Rubric B: Applying Skills, and a 4 on Rubric C: Reflecting, 

The Report: Technical Specifications

To ensure that your report can be read easily, your written report should be:

• double-spaced,

• with a font no smaller than 11-point, 

• margins no smaller than 2 cm, and

Evidence presented as images must be clearly visible at the size included in the report

The maximum page limit for your report is 15 pages, including all images and excerpts from your journal.  The bibliography does not count toward the maximum 15 pages.  If you choose to include a recorded oral report, the minute and page limits for your report are shown at the bottom of this page.  For example, a ten-minute recorded oral report can include a short written report with up to five pages of supporting documents.

If you would like, you may make a copy of this Personal Project Report Template or this Personal Project Slides Presentation and use the copy to write your report.  The template includes the same bulleted list for each section as listed in the section below.   For each section on the template, use the bulleted list in red font as a guide while you write and delete the directions text when you are finished.

The Report: Required Contents

Your report should be divided into three sections, Planning, Applying Skills, and Reflecting:

• • • The Planning Section: In this section you should

      • state your learning goal and explain how a personal interest led to your goal

      • state your intended product goal and your success criteria for the product

      • present a clear, detailed plan for achieving the product and its associated success criteria

      • include supporting evidence such as

        • screen shots or excerpts from brainstorming forms or journal entries where you list your interests and possible related goals

        • your timeline for completing project tasks

        • a list of steps you planned to take to complete your product

    • The Applying Skills Section: In this section you should

      • explain how you applied Approaches to Learning skills to help you achieve your Learning Goal

      • explain how you applied Approaches to Learning skills to help you achieve your Product Goal

      • support your explanations with detailed examples or evidence, such as

        • a summary of prior learning that was relevant to your project (an example of applying Critical Thinking Skills).

        • sample emails with your supervisor, community members or family members (an example of applying Communication Skills)

        • screenshots of daily reminders or alerts to complete Personal Project tasks (an example of applying Self-management Skills)

        • descriptions of printed or internet resources, including links and/or MLA references (an example of applying Research Skills)

        • descriptions of your responses to setback or challenges (an example of applying Affective Skills)

        • screenshots or photos of prototypes or concept sketches (an example of applying Creative Thinking Skills)

        • samples of to-do lists, your timeline, and calendar entries (examples of applying Organization Skills)

        • pro vs. con lists or data analysis (examples of applying Critical Thinking Skills)

    • The Reflecting Section: In this section you should

      • explain the impact of your project on yourself or on your learning

      • evaluate your product based on your success criteria

      • support your comments with specific evidence or detailed examples, such as

        • an evaluation of your product against each success criteria

        • images that show key features of your product

        • an analysis of the causes of any successes and/or failures

        • a summary of new knowledge or insights you developed related to your learning goal.

The Report: Allowable Formats and Examples for Each Format

Your Personal Project report can include two possible formats: a written report and/or an oral report.  This means you can choose from among these options:

• You can choose to write your report.  Type your report in Google Docs or Google Slides.  Name your report: FirstnameLastnamePersonalProjectReport (example: SophiaWalkerPersonalProjectReport).  Submit your report to the due date on through the provided form, either as a pdf or as a GDoc.  Your report will include images and excerpts from your journal of evidence of your Planning and Applying ATL Skills to meet your Learning and Product Goals.  Your report will also include your Reflections and a written bibliography of your resources.

  • • For this example written report, the student was inspired by their interests in drawing and stop-motion animation.  The student's Learning Goal was to learn about how to turn drawings into animation.  The student's Product Goal was to create an animated short film to tell a story about space travel.  This student achieved an 8 on each of the three Personal Project Rubrics: Planning, Applying Skills, and Reflecting.

    • For this example written report, the student's Learning Goal was to learn about whether video games cause violence.  The student's Product Goal was to organize an awareness campaign, to highlight the dangers of violent video games and the effects they can have on the brain.  This student achieved a 3 on Rubric A: Planning, a 3 on Rubric B: Applying Skills, and a 4 on Rubric C: Reflecting,

• You can choose to speak all or some of your report.  In this case, you will create Google Slides that include your main points and you will submit a video recording of yourself speaking as you show your slides and explain your project.  Your slides can include images and excerpts from your journal of evidence of your Planning and Applying Skills to meet your Learning and Product Goals and also include your main points about your Reflection.   You must also create a short Google Doc with supporting documents like your success criteria, timeline, and bibliography to submit the report, along with your video recording.

  • For this example oral report, the student was inspired by their interests in drawing and stop-motion animation.  The student's Learning Goal was to learn about how to turn drawings into animation.  The student's Product Goal was to create an animated short film to tell a story about space travel.  The student's short supporting written report includes their success criteria, timeline, evidence of their research, and their bibliography of resources.  This student achieved an 8 on each of the three Personal Project Rubrics: Planning, Applying Skills, and Reflecting.

  • This table shows the maximum page limits, if you choose to include a recording: