MYP Personal Project Brainstorming Guide
This 2-page guide helps 10th-grade students brainstorm ideas for their MYP Personal Project by prompting reflection on interests, skills, and challenges. It includes questions to spark ideas and a section to refine those ideas into a project concept and global context.
“Improve the questions on this brainstorming document that serves to help MYP personal project students brainstorm ideas: Part 1. Answer the questions. You can answer the questions in English or your own language. What do you like to do for fun? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What is your favorite subject in school and why do you like it? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Who is a person that inspires you? What do you admire about them? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Describe a challenge that you faced. How did you deal with it? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What do you do well? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What is one skill you would like to improve or learn more about? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What are you interested in learning more about? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Think of your local community and the wider world. Are there any things in your community that interest you, or make you angry because of inaction? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Part 2. Review your answers in Part 1. Use your answers to fill in the blanks: At this point, what is your favorite idea for your project?: _______________________________________________________ What makes this idea personal to me? This idea is personal to me because: ___________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Global Context I want to explore in my personal project is _________________________________________________.”
Teacher Guide & Tips
- Use this guide at the beginning of the MYP Personal Project process to help students generate initial ideas.
- Discussion question: How can your personal interests connect to a global issue?
- Scaffold for struggling students: Encourage students to draw or mind-map their ideas before writing.
- Extension for advanced students: Have students research potential global contexts related to their initial ideas.
- Estimated time: 45-60 minutes.
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Try Diffit for free“Improve the questions on this brainstorming document that serves to help MYP personal project students brainstorm ideas: Part 1. Answer the questions. You can answer the questions in English or your own language. What do you like to do for fun? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What is your favorite subject in school and why do you like it? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Who is a person that inspires you? What do you admire about them? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Describe a challenge that you faced. How did you deal with it? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What do you do well? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What is one skill you would like to improve or learn more about? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What are you interested in learning more about? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Think of your local community and the wider world. Are there any things in your community that interest you, or make you angry because of inaction? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Part 2. Review your answers in Part 1. Use your answers to fill in the blanks: At this point, what is your favorite idea for your project?: _______________________________________________________ What makes this idea personal to me? This idea is personal to me because: ___________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Global Context I want to explore in my personal project is _________________________________________________.”
Teacher Guide & Tips
- Use this guide at the beginning of the MYP Personal Project process to help students generate initial ideas.
- Discussion question: How can your personal interests connect to a global issue?
- Scaffold for struggling students: Encourage students to draw or mind-map their ideas before writing.
- Extension for advanced students: Have students research potential global contexts related to their initial ideas.
- Estimated time: 45-60 minutes.
MYP Personal Project Brainstorming Guide
This 2-page guide helps 10th-grade students brainstorm ideas for their MYP Personal Project by prompting reflection on interests, skills, and challenges. It includes questions to spark ideas and a section to refine those ideas into a project concept and global context.
What is Diffit?
Teachers use Diffit to get quality materials for their unique classrooms. Adjust difficulty, add scaffolds, or change the topic to get started.
Try Diffit for free