Activity: Personal Branding

Activity Title: Your 3 Word Self

Points: 30 points
Instructions:
Figure three dominant traits that you can describe yourself when you meet someone for
the first time. Then, contact a friend or a classmate and ask him/her about the first three traits that
they can see when they first met you. With these, carefully distinguish the similarities and
differences. Lastly, write a reflection containing at least 200 words about the similarities and
differences of the traits and how it can help you to create your personal brand.

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Criteria Exemplary (4) Above Average (3) Adequate (2) Inadequate (1) Score
ORGANIZATION Writing shows high Writing is coherent and Writing is coherent and Writing lacks logical
degree of attention to logically organized with logically organized. Some organization. It shows
logic and reasoning of transitions used between points remain misplaced some coherence but ____/10
points. Unity clearly ideas and paragraph/s to and stray from the topic. ideas lack unity. Serious
leads the reader to the create coherence. Overall Transitions evident but errors.
conclusion and stirs unity of ideas is present. not used throughout
thought regarding the essay.
topic.
LEVEL OF Content indicates Content indicates original Content indicates Shows some thinking
CONTENT synthesis of ideas, in- thinking and develops ideas thinking and reasoning and reasoning but most
depth analysis and with sufficient and firm applied with original ideas are ____/10
evidences original evidence. thought on a few ideas. underdeveloped and
thought and support for unoriginal.
the topic.
DEVELOPMENT Main points well Main points well developed Main points are present Main points lack
developed with high with quality supporting with limited detail and detailed development. ____/5
quality and quantity details and quantity. Critical development. Some Ideas are vague with
support. Reveals high thinking is weaved into critical thinking is little evidence of critical
degree of critical points present. thinking
thinking.
GRAMMAR AND Essay is free of Essay has few spelling, Most spelling, Spelling, punctuation,
MECHANICS distracting spelling, punctuation, and punctuation, and and grammatical errors
punctuation, and grammatical errors allowing grammar correct allowing create distraction, ____/5
grammatical errors; reader to follow ideas reader to progress making reading difficult;
absent of fragments, clearly. Very few fragments though essay. Some fragments, comma
comma splices, and run- or run-ons. errors remain. splices, run-ons evident.
ons. Errors are frequent.
Total ____/30

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