This semester, you will be getting to know yourself better as a student, writer, and critical thinker through your writing. You will also end this semester by writing your first drafts of your college essays. This assignment is preparing you for that task.
This assignment will be in multiple drafts and is relatively easy. This will be an enjoyable assignment. You will love it. At least, you won't hate it. Well, I mean you may hate it, but if you do, I'm just saying, that seems a little harsh to me. That's all I'm saying.
Due Date: January 16
Assignment:
This assignment is an opportunity to begin exploring who you are as a person, student, and budding scholar. It will also help you with the other assignments you complete for this course.
Requirements:
1. You are to write a list of 100 things about yourself. Each "thing" must be a minimum of one (1) complete sentence. You must use auto-numbering to create your list.
2. Your writing must be engaging and germane.
3. Follow these guidelines in order for what to write:
A. Write 10 sentences about yourself.
B. Write 5 sentences about yourself when you were under 6 years old.
C. Write 5 sentences about yourself between the ages of 6 and 13.
D. Write 5 sentences about yourself that reference color.
E. Write 5 sentences about yourself that begin with "Unfortunately, "
F. Write 10 sentences about yourself that are about your future.
G. Write 10 sentences about yourself and your family.
H. Write 10 sentences about yourself that discuss times when you have faced a challenge, failed, or not succeeded.
I. Write 5 sentences about yourself that reference food.
J. Write 5 sentences about what you want to do after high school.
K. Write 5 sentences about what really scares you.
L. Write 5 sentences about what makes you laugh.
M. Write 5 sentences about things you love as compared to things you hate.
N. Write 5 sentences about how or where you fit into the world as a whole, either now or in the future.
NOTE: Think about all the ways in which you have a relationship with the people and their structures (human structures) around you.
Are you a daughter/son/sister/brother/friend/student/citizen/shopper/library patron/public transit
rider/taxpayer/voter/volunteer? Do you participate in religions/school clubs/organizations/teams? How do you imagine
doing/fitting into these groupings when you are older?
O. Write 5 sentences about things that make you unique or an individual (what makes you you?).
P. Write 5 sentences about yourself that use a metaphor.
4. You must draft this paper using the Google doc provided in CANVAS.
5. The Google doc that is waiting for you on Canvas is already set up. If it is not properly formatted when you turn it in, then YOU have done something to change the formatting. It will be your responsibility to maintain proper formatting for all your written work this semester. Follow all formatting standards for this and all written work for this class. See this page for more information. This is your responsibility. All requirements for this assignment constitute MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS, including Formatting Standards. Failure to complete any one of these MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS in your draft will mean that the draft is not finished and, therefore, not worth any credit.
6. No pasting is allowed for this assignment.