Task:

You will be writing a finalized draft of your manifesto for the year. This manifesto, a public declaration of beliefs, actions,
and goals. This mission statement section should be between 100 and 300 words. Your goals should be clearly stated
and include a large goal, smaller manageable goals, and action steps that allow you to work towards your goal weekly at
a minimum.

Learning Targets:
I can reflect on my desires and goals in order to create an actionable plan in order to successfully improve myself.
I can produce a document that is organized and appropriate to the task.
I can use technology to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products in response to ongoing
feedback.

Standards:
W4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task,
purpose, and audience.
W5: Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach,
focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience.
W6: Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products in
response to ongoing feedback, including new arguments or information

Special directions:
 Please make sure you have one inch margins and the proper headings
Please make sure you use Arial font size 12
You overall work should be no more than 2 pages double spaced.
Please turn in your typed assignment to Showbie.
You will need to sign up with Showbie and put in the appropriate class code. (Note we are testing this out for
the department, so if it doesnt work the way we like we may never use it again)
https://my.showbie.com/classes/
American Literature Code: FKFAA
British Literature Code: W8JWK
How you will be graded:

Exemplary 95 Proficient 85 Emerging 75 Incomplete 50

Ideas The mission statement The mission statement The mission statement The mission statement
discusses all of the discusses all of the discusses only some of discusses only one of the
following ideas thoroughly following ideas in some the following ideas following ideas
qualities that s/he detail vaguely qualities that
wants to cultivate qualities that s/he qualities that s/he wants to
people of value that wants to cultivate s/he wants to cultivate
s/he will center their people of value cultivate people of value
life around that s/he will center people of value that s/he will
areas of study and their life around that s/he will center their life
improvement the areas of study center their life around
student wants to and improvement around areas of study
focus on the student wants to areas of study and
focus on and improvement the
improvement the student wants to
 student wants to focus on
focus on

Ideas The goals section is The goals section is The goal is large, No larger or long term is
thoroughly discussed. With thoroughly discussed. With perhaps unclear, long stated or explored
a larger/long term a larger/long term goal term goal lacking explicit
goal broken into smaller goals planning
smaller short term but the action steps are
goals lacking. The goals are lacking in
action steps or tasks. The goals sometimes fail these areas
Make sure that they are to be Specific
Specific Specific Measarable
Measarable Measarable Actionable
Actionable Actionable Realistic
Realistic Realistic Time sensitive
Time sensitive Time sensitive

Structure Student organizes Student organizes

writing in a clear writing in a
manner where ideas jumbled, unclear
flow cleanly from one manner where
idea to another. ideas dont flow
The writing is cohesively.
complete with all The writing has
requirements several missing
addressed. components.

Use of The style of the The style of the The style of the
Language writing is writing is mostly writing is not yet
appropriate to task, appropriate to task, appropriate for the
purpose, and purpose, and task, purpose,
audience. audience, with and/or audience.
Writer applies some obvious Writers language
 knowledge of inconsistencies. does not yet
language to make Writer applies effectively convey
effective choices knowledge of meaning or style.
for meaning or language to make Writer does not
style. some choices for yet demonstrate
Writer demonstrates meaning or style, command of the
a skillful command of but with a limited conventions of
the conventions of effect. standard English
standard English Writer grammar, usage,
grammar, usage, demonstrates a capitalization,
capitalization, partial command punctuation, and
punctuation, and of the spelling.
spelling. conventions of The writing has
The writing has few standard English many significant
or no errors in the grammar, usage, errors in the
conventions that are capitalization, conventions that
identified as a focus punctuation, and are identified as a
for this assignment. spelling. focus for this
The writing has assignment.
many errors in the
conventions that
are identified as a
focus for this
assignment.