Writing Assignment Due Monday, 3 March.

In our workshop, we began looking at ways you can analyze, critique, and refine your five year plan so it is realistic and sill ambitious. As part of your writing this week, I want you to revise the draft of the five year plan you completed this week. Revise it so it reflects a set of realistic achievable goals; in doing so, narrow and focus your goals in each area you discuss--personal, professional, civic, and academic. One way to accomplish this last is to try to figure out what two or three five year goals are the most important to you in terms of developing the kind of life you ultimately want to live. This revision should be completed by Friday.

In addition to revising the draft of your five year goals, I want you to develop and draft two other sections of the same "paper." Drafts of these sections should be finished by Monday, and you should bring them to class.

In the second section of your "paper," I want you develop and describe a set of one year goals which will move you toward your five year goals. Here, focus on specific, doable goals you can realize this year. Go on to explain how they move you toward your five year goals.

Finally, in the third section of your "paper,"I want you to identify and describe specific actions you can take over the next three weeks to move you closer to your one year and five year goals. Perhaps it is doing some research. Perhaps it's as easy as finding some extra time to write, read, or do homework. Maybe it's working on acquiring a new habit or getting rid of one which has prevented you from accomplishing your goals. What you are looking for hear is a specific set of small tasks you can take to move you toward your one year and five year goals.

In the drafts you end up bringing to class, I want you to pay particular attention to weeding out vague thought and wording and replacing each with specific verbs, names, and adjectives.

As always, develop and share your work with the class using google docs.

Steve