GLC 2O: Personalities, Success and the High-Fives, Oh My! Choice Assignment

Name: _________________________________Task: Your job is to complete one of the options below. Each assignment requires a different commitment level, and accordingly, a different number of marks will be available. Choose carefully!

1. My Personality Profile You will create a personality profile for yourself using at least five of the following categories: Spheres of success, the High-Five principles, the 7 habits of highly successful people, learning styles, personality type, interests, knowledge, motivation and compatibility.

Mark Opportunity: 0 – 80%Steps:

Step 1: Identify the five categories you want to cover and how.Step 2: Make notes on each category using course handouts.Step 3: Create your written/visual personality profileRequirements:Written: At least 350 words.Written/visual combined: At least 5 images and 200 wordsPresentation Method: Written reflection, photo/word collageEvaluation: Knowledge - __/10- Are all of the requirements present?- Do I address at least five areas?Thinking - __/10- Do I provide specific examples to support my ideas?Communication - __/10- Writing: Do I have spelling, punctuation and grammar errors?- Writing: Do I use proper sentence/paragraph structure?- Visual: Are the visuals I have chosen/created appropriate to the project, neat and attractive?Application- __/10- Do I provide a detailed personality profile, which gives a sense of my strengths and areas that need improvement?

2. Super MeUsing what you know about yourself through multiple intelligences and the Big 5, learning styles, personality type, interest, knowledge and motivation, you will create a poster of a superhero who best represents your strengths and weaknesses.

Mark Opportunity: 0 – 100%Steps:

Step 1: Create a list of the qualities you would like to highlight.Step 2: Design a new superhero whose powers, strengths and weaknesses reflect your own (From the list). Some ways your hero should reflect your strengths and weaknesses are their:

a. Physical appearanceb. Costume/armour/mask/etc.c. Powers/abilitiesd. Tools/weapons/gadgets/etc.e. Create a back-story for your hero. Batman has the death of his parents, Superman has Krypton… What is the story of your

hero’s beginning?f. Associates, side-kicks, enemies or anyone else they hang around with.

Step 3: You must write a 2-4 paragraph response explaining the choices you made in designing your hero, and how they relate to your sources.Requirements: A poster with each quality set out in a-f. Ther should be at least 300 words altogether.Presentation Method: - You may create a superhero, using an 11x17 piece of paper, Glogster or digital software such as Photoshop or Comic LifeEvaluation:Knowledge - __/10- Are all of the requirements present? - Do I include copies of the assessments I used (Big Five, Multiple intelligences) as proof?Thinking - __/10- Do I demonstrate thinking about my strengths and weaknesses through the superhero I created?Communication - __/10- Do I have spelling, punctuation and grammar errors?- Do I use proper sentence/paragraph structure?Application - __/10- Do I demonstrate knowledge of Multiple Intelligences and my personality (Based on tests) by accurately applying the meanings of my scores to my superhero?

3. Analysis of a Popular PersonalityYou will research a person that you regard to be successful. You should investigate at least

three sources (YouTube clips, articles, etc.). You should describe the way in which your person lives by at least 3 of the High-Fives.

Mark Opportunity: 0 – 100%Steps:

Step 1: Conduct research. Provide an MLA style bibliography that details how I can find your sources.Step 2: Create your written/visual profile.Requirements:

Written: At least 450 words

Written/visual: At least 250 words and 5 imagesPresentation Method: Written reflection, PowerPoint (Or other presentation software)Evaluation:Knowledge - __/10- Are all of the requirements present?- Do I provide a properly sourced bibliography?

Thinking - __/10- Do I provide a detailed explanation of how my celebrity lives by at least 3 of the High-Fives?

Communication - __/10- Writing: Do I have spelling, punctuation and grammar errors?- Writing: Do I use proper sentence/paragraph structure?- Visual: Are the visuals I have chosen/created appropriate to the project, neat and attractive?

Application - __/10- Do I provide an overall sense of why my celebrity is successful, using course concepts such as personal qualities, spheres of success and the High-Fives?

4. Interview and Case Study You will conduct an interview with a person at that is least five years older than you about success in life and careers.

Mark Opportunity: 45 – 100%Steps:

Step 1: You must construct/ask at least five questions, inspired by each of the High-Five principles.

Step 2: Conduct your interview. Take at least one page of notes to submit with your final product.

Step 3: You must write a 3-4 paragraph response talking about what you learned from your interview.

Requirements: At least 5 questions based on the High-Five principles. Write at least 400 words for the reflectionPresentation Method: Written interview and reflectionEvaluation:

Knowledge - __/10- Are all of the requirements present?- Are my interview notes detailed (At least one page long)?Thinking - __/10- Do I use the High-Five principles to create at least five-engaging questions?Communication - __/10- Do I have spelling, punctuation and grammar errors?- Do I use proper sentence/paragraph structure?Application - __/10- Does my reflection integrate multiple “lessons learned” from my interview?- Does my reflection give an overall sense of what is needed to be successful?