Spiritual and Character Goal -- My Semester Goal

I have a character goal for myself. I want to achieve this goal in this semester. My goal is to become more polite to others. I used to make fun of those people who do not know as much as I do, and ignore them when they express their thoughts or so. There are few who do not know as much as I do, though. I used to make fun of a student who couldn’t speak English well at that time, although I was not good at it either. In the movie The Lord of the Rings, Gandalf the wizard says to Frodo, “Don’t judge the lives so recklessly!” when Frodo stated that Bilbo should have killed Smeagol at the time he obtained the ring. So, I decided not to make fun of people just because they do not know much.

My Learning Resolution

Standard 1
Goal: I am going to use strategies to address writing to different audiences.
Method: I will include explanations and definitions according to the audience's background, age, or knowledge of the topic, adjusts formality of style, considers interests of potential readers.

Standard 2
Goal: I am going to use precise and descriptive language that clarifies and enhances ideas and supports different purposes.
Method: i will stimulate the imagination of the reader, to translate concepts into simpler of more easily understood terms, to achieve a specific tone, to explain concepts in literature.

Standard 3
Goal: I am going to use standard format in written composition
Method: I will include footnotes; use italics for works of art, for foreign words and phrases; use bold or underlined headings.

Standard 4
Goal: I am going to use a variety of primary and secondary source information
Method: I will write the motives, credibility, and perspectives of the author; date of publication; use of logic, propaganda, bias, and language; comprehensiveness of evidence.

6 Traits
Goal: I will work more on the voie than any other traits
Method: I will try to put my personality and individuality into my writings and make them unique and interesting.