Based on personal interest, the student develops a clear goal that:

• Presents a detailed plan for achieving the product
• Presents a detailed plan for achieving ALL of it’s associated success criteria

A plan that includes:

• short- and long-term planning broken down into detailed, logical steps
• a strong focus to the student’s project
• specific dates, deadlines and clear records of adjustment to the project’s timeline.

The record of the development process includes:

• a comprehensive account of the process from start to finish that corresponds closely to the plan
• changes that are clearly described and justified.

Task Specific Clarification:

• Present a limited or partial plan
  • A brief plan that is not specific to the stated goal
• Present an adequate plan
  • A plan that includes:
    • long-term planning that is not broken down to specific steps
    • vague connections to the student’s project
    • very general dates and deadlines
• Present a substantial plan
  • A plan that includes:
    • short- and long-term planning that has not been broken down into specific steps
    • clear connections to the student’s project
    • specific dates and deadlines
• Present a detailed and accurate plan
  • A plan that includes:
    • short- and long-term planning broken down into detailed, logical steps
    • a strong focus to the student’s project
    • specific dates, deadlines and clear records of adjustment to the project’s timeline

Questions to Consider/ Ideas:

• Detailed and Accurate Week by Week Plan
• Plan for 3 weeks worth of activities each month with an extra week as a buffer if you don’t finish
• Break the project down into small, achievable goals
• Constant work in process journal documenting what you are doing. (Can be digital or paper, Everything goes in one place, Date all your entries)
• Make sure you have evidence of your work as you go (Photos, notes etc)

Suggested Report Section Titles

• Developing a Plan
• Changes to the Plan

Evidence Suggestions:

• Initial Plan, Revised Plan

Common Missing Pieces in the Report

• Provide evidence of planning (see appendix ??)
• Discuss the changes to your plan.
• Talk about WHY you made the changes to your plan

Planning Tips and Tricks

• SHOW how you did your planning
• Make sure your plan has short and long term goals broken into steps
• Make sure your plan has specific action dates
• Show us the start to finish of your project
• Add captions to your photos to describe what is going on

Examples of ways to Plan