The document outlines a project for students to select a single word that defines their ideal self for the year 2015. It guides them through the process of choosing, defining, and reflecting on this word, ultimately culminating in a written and visual presentation. The final project will be compiled into a digital book for the class and saved to personal digital portfolios.

1. One Word, One World
Defining Our Year Together
by Janet Ilko
Room 207
January 2015

2. The Question: What if someone said that you had to trade
in your name for a word that best describes you as your
"ideal self?"
What word would you choose and why?
Why One Word?

3. What word will
define your
year?
Daniel Pink: One Word

4. The first step is to decide what kind of person you want to be at the end of the
year.
What are the qualities or character traits you admire about yourself and others?
What actions do you want to take in 2015? Can you define that in one word?
Make a list of words in your journal.
How To Choose Your Word

5. Character Traits
Make a list
Action Words
After you have divided
your paper and listed your
words, sit and reflect.
Select one word to explore

6. Now it’s time to define your word.
Start with www.dictionary.com and use both the definition page and thesaurus
page to develop your own definition of the word.
Using Pinterest or Google Safe Search, find quotes and images that use or
further define your word.
Save those images in a folder on your desktop.
Define Your Word

7. The University of the Pacific has
a project that we will use as our
mentor text for our own class
work. Please go to this link, and
view some sample pages and
words.
http://www.pacificoneword.org/
community/
One Word Mentor Text

8. You now have images, quotes and definitions of your word. Write about your
word. What does it mean to you? Why did you select it? How does it reflect
your hopes for 2015?
Share your rough draft with a partner and be prepared to share with your
teacher by the end of the period.
Mrs. Ilko wrote a post on her blog that defines her word, check it out here:
http://writinginmyhand.org/?p=1339
Write Your Rough Draft

9. As a final project for our class, we will compile our words into a book, and a
digital movie.
Please create a page that includes:
Your Word
A definition
A paragraph or two about why this word represents who you are
A photo that enhances an image
*optional photo of yourself
*Use the rubric to score your work
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?screen=ShowRubric&rubric_id=25021
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Our Final Project: Create a Page

10. Using our Google Classroom or Edmodo site, please submit your page to our
class.
We will have a team of students pull together our words and create a digital
book of our work. It will be posted on our school webpage, and on our public
site www.writingforchange.net
This page will also be saved to your personal digital portfolio.
Final Notes

11. One Word 365
http://oneword365.com/
University of the Pacific Project
http://www.pacificoneword.org/community/
Gordon, Britton, Page One Word That Will Change Your Life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oetiY0EkdQE
Mrs. Ilko Blogpost Her One Word Post
http://writinginmyhand.org/?p=1339
Rubric Creator:
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php
Rubric
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?screen=PrintRubricDownloadFile&rubric_id=2502107&
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