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It is a significant piece of work produced over an extended period- about one year. It is a product of your own initiative and must reflect your experience of the MYP- especially the Areas of Interaction. This is your opportunity to undertake something truly personal and creative. ** 2. **** When do I begin the Personal Project? ** You begin your Personal Project when you start the Middle Years Programme! This is because that is when you begin to learn about the Areas of Interaction.The skills that you learn in all of your subjects from grade 6 to grade 10 will be used for your Personal Project.When you reach the middle of grade 9, you will begin working on the actual project, which is to be completed in grade 10.You should begin thinking about your Personal Project __now __ so that you have enough time to plan and execute your project over a year.
 * ** 1. **** What is the Personal Project? **

** 3. **** How do I choose my Personal Project? ** **A.** Look at the Areas of Interaction. Which one inspires you the most? Which one asks questions that you find interesting? These are the two most important groups of questions that you need to answer to begin choosing a Personal Project. You will be given guidance in making a final decision by your supervisor. ** 4. **** Who helps me with my Personal Project? ** There are three groups of people who will help you with your personal project: > a. The Personal Project coordinator: he/she will give you all of the information that you need and the Guide that you must follow. He/she will also help find you a suitable supervisor. > > b. Your Personal Project supervisor: this person will meet with you at regular intervals and will help you make decisions about your project. Your supervisor will also give you guidelines about keeping focused. You may ask your supervisor for help when you are struggling for ideas or experience difficulties. > > c. Your family and friends: you will need a lot of support and encouragement to work alone for a year and your family and friends will help you to keep on target but it is always your project. > ** 5. **** When do I do my Personal Project? ** You should work on your project in your free time and your holidays. You should plan this carefully so that you may take advantage of research opportunities presented by travelling to other countries. Your project should not destroy your social life! || ** 6. **** How is my Personal Project assessed? ** > i. Like all your subjects in the MYP, your personal project is assessed using published assessment criteria. These are used all over the world by every IBO school that offers the MYP. > ii.Once your supervisor has assessed your project, Then all the personal project supervisors will meet together to moderate it. > iii. You have 7 assessment criteria A-E- all out of 4 to give a total of 28. This is then converted to a score out of 7. > iv. **Your Guide contains all of this information in detail. **
 * B **What are your hobbies, talents, interests, dreams, loves and passion

** 7. **** Why is the Personal Project useful to me? ** > i. You may never have another opportunity of exploring something that is as much fun as this. Remember- it is what is of interest to YOU! ii. > You may discover skills and talents that you did not think you possessed. > ii. You may realise what you would like to choose for your career. > iii. You may realise what you would never ever like to have as a career! > i v. <span style="color: #4b5d67; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">The skills used in working on this project for over a year will help you with your IB Diploma work where you have to work on many assignments with limited supervision- this includes the compulsory Extended Essay and Theory of Knowledge essay.

** 8. **** In which language do I write my Personal Project? ** > You may write your Personal Project in one of the following languages because we have teachers who can work with these languages: > <span style="color: #4b5d67; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">English and Hindi > Where possible you should choose your best language. > ** 9. **** How important are the Areas of Interaction to the Personal Project? ** > ** // The Areas of Interaction are the HEART of your Personal Project. // ** > They are the reason for your choice of project. > No AOI = no PP!

** 10. **** Which skills will I use for the Personal Project? ** > <span style="color: #4b5d67; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">Applying the Research Cycle or Inquiry Cycle to conduct your research

> <span style="color: #4b5d67; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">The Process Journal/ Developmental Workbook from the Arts and Technology

> <span style="color: #4b5d67; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">Follow MLA style for bibliography and in-text citiation

> <span style="color: #4b5d67; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">Essay writing from Languages A and B, Sciences, and the Humanities

> <span style="color: #4b5d67; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">Using graphs, maps, photographs and tables from Mathematics, Sciences and Humanities

> <span style="color: #4b5d67; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">Using initiative and showing responsibility to your own learning process and showing self-motivation from Sciences, the Arts and Physical Education ||