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Chatsworth Year 11 MYP 5 Overview 2018-19

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Year 11 Team

Year level Coordinator and Personal Project coordinator: Dan Smyth dmsyth@chatsworth.com.sg MYP Coordinator Phavana Silva phsilva@chatsworth.com.sg

Homeroom teachers

• Mr. Tim Shelly
• Mr. Kamlesh Ballgoblin
• Ms. Laura Staple

What is the Personal Project?

• Required piece of coursework 1500-3500 words, plus

10 page appendices

• Unique to the personal interest of the student
• Develop student ATL skills
• DP bridge
• Inspire them to connect their passions to the real

world with a clear outcome

• Must challenge the students
• Work towards exhibiting the product and process to

the public

• Write the report
• Whole process is an independent undertaking

self-managed. No timetabled lessons. Examples:

• Personal history and genealogy exploration
• Photography exhibition
• Cycle Singapore - physical challenge
• Design and Engineer

Personal Project Report - The breakdown

The Personal Project Report is split into distinct sections. Students will work through these and be assessed for each criteria.

Criterion A - Investigating Identify goal, global context, prior knowledge, research Criterion B - Planning Develop success criteria, action plan steps to achieve goal, demonstrate self-management Criterion C - Taking Action Construct product/service, design and resource your exhibition, run exhibition Criterion D - Reflecting Reflection on new knowledge and experiences gained, evaluation of how this project has developed you as an IB learner

What will my son/daughter need to do be successful in this project?

• Self-managed
• Organised
• Communicate - with supervisors and public
• Work consistently in their own time
• Have a clear action plan to manage their

work flow

• Attend catch up sessions at lunch, or work on

this in Academic Support

• ATL skills emphasises - organisation,

communication, time management and research

What can I do to support my son/daughter through this process?

• Communicate - progress

checks, overview of goal

• Be aware of deadlines
• Independent project - so give

them space in the process

Deadlines

29th-30th October - Interim project exhibition at PTSCs 7th January - Personal Project Exhibition 11th January - Personal Project Criterion C and D Write-up Day 1st February - Deadline for report submission on Managebac All resources and deadlines will be shared through the Personal Project Google Classroom and Personal Project Google Site.

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MYP 5 eAssessment

MYP Results May 2018

Summary

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5 On-screen exams

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Language and literature exam can be taken in the following languages:

English Spanish Mandarin Dutch French Korean German Arabic

The IB plans to add more languages over time.

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3 portfolios moderated by the IB

Language Acquisition Personal Project Arts - music, drama, or visual art

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How are we preparing for eAssessments?

1. Semester exams mimick the style of questions and testing conditions of the eAssessment. 2. The eportfolio subject teachers use the specimen unit planners to prepare the curriculum. 3. The skills and command terms in the the exam are taught and reinforced in classes. 4. MYP 5 students take mock on-screen exams in November. 5. Interdisciplinary Units are taught in every MYP year. Students will read the ID texts prior to the exam.

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Blue prints for eAssessments

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Language and Literature

Three key components in eAssessment:

• Analysis
• Producing literary text - response to an

image

• Producing non-literary text - related to

global context

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Language and Literature

Language and Literature eAssessment demo video

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Individuals and Societies

• Demographics and human

movements

• Settlement and urban

morphology

• Superpowers, empires and

supra-national alliances and organizations

• Significant individuals
• Warfare and

peacekeeping

• Rights and social protest
• Trade, aid and exchange
• Economic agents, their

interests and role in the economy: consumers, producers, governments, banks

• Measurements and trends
• Ecological relationships
• Industrialization and

technological developments

• Resource management

Integrated Humanities Topics:

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IS eAssessment demo video

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Mathematics

Each assessment will be split into three tasks, each of which have a suggested time around 33 minutes. Total time allocated to the test is 100 minutes. Students enrolled in extended and standard will sit for the standard e-assessment May exams. Sources of information could include:

Data tables Animations Static images Simulations Videos Graphs

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Math eAssessment demo video

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Science

MYP sciences on-screen examinations are aligned with understanding and skills that prepare students for high levels of achievement in IB Diploma Programme courses in sciences. On-screen examinations are formal external examinations, and are available in biology, chemistry, physics and integrated sciences. Topics explored in MYP sciences on-screen examinations include: atomic structure and bonding, cells, cycles, electromagnetism, evolution, interactions between

• rganisms, forces, states and properties of matter,

metabolism, organisms, and waves.

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Science eAssessment demo video

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Interdisciplinary

The interdisciplinary learning on-screen examination is based around an exploration of the global context chosen for each assessment session through disciplinary and interdisciplinary lenses of two of the following subject groups: language and literature, individuals and societies, science, mathematics. SOURCES Static images Photomations Videos Animations Charts Graphs Primary/secondary Fiction/non-fiction Articles Journals Blogs Data tables

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Interdisciplinary eAssessment demo Video

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Language Acquisition

❖ e-Portfolio Unit to begin in January 2019 ❖ Comprised of 4 tasks: Task 1 - Listening Comprehension - Criterion A: comprehending spoken and visual text Task 2 - Written Comprehension - Criterion B: comprehending written and visual text

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Language Acquisition

Task 3 - Interactive Oral Task - Criteria C & D - Communicating in response to spoken, written and/or visual text; using language in spoken and/or written form Task 4 - Writing task - Criteria C & D - Communicating in response to spoken, written and/or visual text; using language in spoken and/or written form

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ARTS-ePortfolio

• November 1st-a partially completed unit planner is
• released. In 2017 the Unit name was “Art for a purpose

(and not for its own sake.)”

• A list of stimuli is given also: Music structured the unit

around the theme of the social and cultural impact of Rap music; Drama took the theme of war creating a show called “Voices of Violence”; and Art students engaged in projects around Art through the ages engaging in projects as diverse as Da Vinci, Bio Art and Drones!

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ARTS-ePortfolio tasks

• Task 1 Presentation: research into a theorist and piece
• f art (5 mins or 10 pages)
• Task 2 Proposal: Arts Process Journal entries exploring

the topic (3 mins or 6 pages)

• Task 3 Process/Product: three recorded examples

(audio, video, prints) of work at beginning, middle, end

• f unit showing progress (3 mins or 6 pages)
• Task 4 Commentary: 4 mins or 8 pages/6 images

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Important MYP results

Internal: Semester grades (year 10-13) are used for School transcript, Chatsworth high school diploma and university applications. External: MYP eAssessment results are used for DP Placement at the start of Year 12.

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Advice to Parents

• Breathe
• Help your child stay balanced
• Help them manage their time and
• rganization
• Be positive and encouraging

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Key Deadlines

October 29-30 Interim project exhibition at PTSCs November 12-16 Mock eAssessment on-screen exams January 7 Personal Project Exhibition January 11 Personal Project Write-up Day February 1 Report submission on Managebac February-March ePortfolio submissions May 8-18 eAssessment on-screen exams

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Resources

eAssessment The Why eAssessment The How MYP General Regulations (article 10 Specifics of grade award) MYP Certificate requirements 10 tips for successful personal projects

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MYP Fees

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For further questions Please email Phavana Silva phsilva@chatsworth.com.sg For Personal Project: Dan Smyth dmsyth@chatsworth.com.sg