MYP: Personal Project & Service

MYP
Personal Project & Service and Action
Inquirers Knowledgeable Thinkers Communicators Principled Open-Minded Caring Risk-Takers Balanced Reflective

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For Students: Email "library.passwords@tciscommunity.com"
For Teachers: Email "library.password@tcis.or.kr"

Personal Project

KWL

Create a copy of this KWL Chart to begin your inquiry.
Rename it by typing your first and last name in the placeholders: "[First Last]'s Personal Project KWL"
Use this resource in an ongoing way.
Share with your PP Supervisor and Mrs. Marshall. (can edit)
Copy/Paste the link in your ManageBac Process Journal.

LC Resources

Search EBSCO's Student Research Center using the Explora interface

TCIS Catalogues

JSTOR is available ONLY while on the TCIS campus.

Citation

Citation happens on two levels: in-text and works cited. While you need to be familiar with both, for the purposes of the Annotated Bibliography, you will be using the Works Cited level.

Components - In-Text

In-text ie; In Gene Luen Yang's graphic novel, The Shadow Hero, he attempts to recreate a little-known comic book character by giving him the backstory of a Chinese-American immigrant.
Parenthetical ie; Finally, the main character emphasizes his new-found identity and acknowledges how it is similar to yet unique among the superheros of that comic age when he says "I didn't know how to answer Red Center back then, but I do now. Maybe being a superhero would make me a part of them. Maybe it wouldn't. Either way it didn't matter, because the Green Turtle had already become a part of me" (Yang and Liew 152).

What it is
In-text citations are used at the moment when you quote, reproduce, or paraphrase a source. It signals to your audience that you have borrowed that neighboring idea from a different source.

Components - Works Cited

Alone: It is the last page(s) of a work. Nothing else should appear on this page except for your citations. An annotated bibliography like this is, of course, an exception.
Header: In the top, right-hand corner, insert the header. Type your name and insert the page number.
Title: Works Cited, centred, not bold, underlined, italicized, or made bigger. Do not add extra space below.
Alphabetical: Your list of citations must be in alphabetical order. Do not bullet or number them.
In-Dent: Put each entry into hanging paragraphs. For the annotated bibliography, you will have to make sure your annotation paragraphs are in-dented normally.
Spacing: Double-spacing only. Do not put extra spaces between entries. For the annotated bibliography, place one extra space between the paragraph of an entry and the entry below it.
Font: Times New Roman, 12-point. The entire assignment must be in the same font.

What it is
A Works Cited merely lists all works by other authors/creators that you have quoted, reproduced, or paraphrased throughout your work. It is a list of the full-length citations for each of these sources, and it must be formatted in a specific way following specific rules.

After you used NoodleTools Express to create your citations, watch the following videos to make sure each entry and the whole page are formatted correctly.

Quiz game for reading citations.

Evaluation

Components

Reliability
Validity
Accuracy
Authority
Timeliness / Currency
Point of View / Bias

What it is
Evaluating your sources ensures that you are getting the best, most reliable information from your sources. In research, credibility is paramount. Just like your teacher judges your work's credibility based on your research process and sources used, so, too, should you evaluate the credibility of resources you use. In short, evaluating resources ensures that the information you are using is accurate.

Advanced-level, quick evaluation tool.

CRAAP Test
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File Type:	pdf

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Website Evaluation Form (Schrock)
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5Ws of Website Evaluation (Schrock)
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Website to Evaluate: Dihydrogen Monoxide

Annotated Bibliography

Components

Citation
Summary
Evaluation
Reflection / Justification

What it is
An annotated bibliography is your bibliography page with a few paragraphs explaining each resource and why you are using it. This allows your reader to know that you thought critically about the information resources you used, as well as how you used them. For the Personal Project, this satisfies the research strand of Criterion A: Investigating.

Directions

Create a copy of this Annotated Bibliography
If you would like it broken down visually, create a copy of the Annotated Bib Graphic Organizer
Rename it by typing your first and last name in the placeholders: "[First Last]'s PP Annotated Bibliography"
Share with your PP Supervisor and Mrs. Marshall. (can edit)
Copy/Paste the link in your ManageBac Process Journal.
Use this document as you research, then copy it into your Final Report at the end (?)

Watch the following video to explain the best way to read an Academic Paper.

Copyright

Directions

Use techniques (unless the technique itself is copyrighted, like the recipe and instructions for making Coca-Cola).
Do not recreate images or objects.
Do not use existing text, images, music, or video as part of your item without clearly identifying its original creator.
If you intend to use existing text, images, music, or video as part of your product, you MUST contact the owner and/or copyright holder and ask for permission.
If the owner and/or copyright holder doesn't respond OR denies you permission, DO NOT USE the item.
If you completely transform the item (for instance, Weird Al Yankovic transforms music, often through parody or satire), make sure that you completely change the meaning and purpose of the work. This is defensible in court, though the original creator may still take you to court.
Use items with a Creative Commons license, but STILL give credit, and still use the item in the manner the Creative Commons license allows.

What it is
Any creative work or performance that has been recorded in a retrievable format is automatically copyrighted. If you take out a post-it note and write a poem or draw an original picture, that is copyrighted (so long as you can present the post-it to someone else and prove its date and authenticity). If you perform a dance but you do not record it either by written word or a recording device, that dance is not copyrighted. In addition, techniques, processes, discoveries, and general ideas are not usually copyrighted unless the creator or owner patents or trademarks the information. For instance, recipes are almost never considered copyrighted unless the creator patents or trademarks the recipe.