Reflective Journals
Daily Assignment

 

Ya Think?

Planning Sheet

This is a sample planning sheet to help you organize your writing in a logical sequence and answer all questions in each journal. You can create similar ones for your other journals based on this model.

Journal #1: Risk Taking

“An entrepreneur is someone who is willing to take risks”.
Describe a time when you took a risk. How did it turn out? Which Essential Skill(s) was involved that is most related to being a risk taker? Explain. (provide 2 examples)

Step 1:

Underline or highlight the things you have to answer. How many are there?

 

Step 2:

The 1st and 2nd questions require you to tell a story or give examples. Stories are written in order of the events occurring. List the events that took place in your example.

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Step 3:

The 3rd question requires you to take a look at your story (the events) and decide which Essential Skills were used. HINT: Look at the tasks and decide which ones are most related to risk-taking. Compare these risk-taking tasks to the Essential Skills chart and choose the one Essential Skill that is the best match.
Most related Essential Skill is

 

Step 4:

Lastly you are required to explain why you chose this Essential Skill.
Find two (2) examples from your story to support this.

Example #1

Example #2

 

Now you are ready to write your journal!