Year 10 Assessment Booklet 2019

IB MYP YEAR 10 – PERSONAL PROJECT

AWARD OF GRADES Grades are awarded for the Personal Project in the same way as for the other subjects of the MYP curriculum using a set of prescribed criteria. For students to receive their Somerset College MYP Certificate of Completion on Scholar’s Day they must pass their Personal Project. This is a minimum of 13. Students who receive below 13 will receive “Participation in The MYP” on scholar’s Day. SUPERVISION Grades are awarded for the Personal Project in the same way as for the other subjects of the MYP curriculum using a set of prescribed criteria ASSESSMENT The Personal Project is assessed according to the criteria provided to the students. House Tutors are responsible for the formative and summative assessment of the projects. Internal standardization of assessment among the supervisors will occur using a panel system to ensure comparable and fair application of the criteria to the individual projects. THE PERSONAL PROJECT REPORT The Personal Project report, organised in identifiable sections that follow the project objectives, will be assessed against all strands of all criteria. In addition to the maximum time and/or word limits for the report, students should include an appendix, bibliography and evidence of the product/outcome. The appendix to the report will consist of a maximum of ten pages/screenshots containing: • Carefully selected process journal extracts that exemplify the knowledge, process and skills developed through the project • (in the case or oral reports only) visual aids used when delivering the report. Evidence of the product/outcome may be one of the following: • A copy of the product/outcome • Extracts from the product/outcome • Up to 5 images or 30 seconds of video of or from the product/outcome. Each student must also upload data previously included in: • The completed Academic Honesty form plus your Turnitin receipt • The Personal Project cover sheet. LENGTH The length of the written work within a Personal Project varies, given the variety of types of projects that is acceptable. The IBO expects students to express reflective thinking in a concise and precise manner. Where students write an essay to analyse an issue that they have investigated, the essay must be incorporated into the required structure. Even in that case the written work must not exceed 3500 words. However, where a student chooses creative writing (for example, a set of short stories) as a project, the length of the work will be agreed between the student and the supervisor, and the written presentation of the project (following the required structure) will be shorter, as will other projects of a creative nature. The IBO states that the Personal Project report must be between 1500 – 3500 words. WEBSITE Students must use the website’s Year 10 Students tab as a reference for the essay format and criteria. The website is also the location of all student’s compulsory only journals. Students must make entries into their Journals between November of Year 9 and July of Year 10 PERSONAL PROJECT IB EXTERNAL MODERATION Official external moderation of the College’s Personal Project grades awarded to students is mandatory for all MYP students in Year 10. Students who pass their Personal Project will receive an official IB Certificate and grade for their achievement in their projects. Students who receive a grade of 4 or above will receive their MYP Certificate of Completion on Scholars’ Day.

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