Writing Assignment #1: Personal Purpose

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• Due Sunday by 11:59pm
• Points 10
• Submitting a text entry box or a file upload
• File Types doc, docx, and pdf

For this writing assignment you are to:

1) Identify the three attributes of meaningful work that are of greatest importance to you.

Next, ask yourself: What do I do that adds remarkable, measurable, distinguished, distinctive value? Then, think about what it is that you want to be famous for? (reference the text The Brand Called You):

2) draft a succinct statement of personal purpose, based on the three attributes of meaningful work you have identified for this assignment, that fulfills the five requirements for a good statement of purpose as outlined by Jim Collins' in his article What Comes Next download.

These are:

• • inspiring to you
  • valid for the long term
  • helps you think expansively about what you could be doing but are not doing
  • helps you decide what not to do
  • truly authentic to you

Finally,

3) Clearly elaborate how your statement of personal purpose meets each of these five requirements.

Rubric

Writing Assignment Rubric - Personal Purpose

Writing Assignment Rubric - Personal Purpose

Criteria Ratings Pts This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeThree attributes clearly identified 4.5 pts Full Marks 4.25 pts Almost got it! 4 pts Somewhat 3.5 pts Whoops...not fully complete 2 pts Rats...barely met requirement 0 pts No Marks 4.5 pts This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeStatement of purpose meets five criteria from 'What Comes Next' 4.5 pts Full Marks 4.25 pts Almost got it! 4 pts Somewhat 3.5 pts Whoops...not fully complete 2 pts Rats...barely met requirement 0 pts No Marks 4.5 pts This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeClearly elaborate how your statement of personal purpose meets each of these five requirements. 1 pts Great Job; student learning outcomes referenced and appropriately identified with respect to assignment 0.5 pts Satisfactory Job; student learning outcomes referenced but not clearly linked with assignment 0 pts No Marks 1 pts Total Points: 10