Reflective Journals
Daily Assignment
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.
“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!