Assignment:
COMN 1200 Small Group Experience & Outlook Essay
Objectives:
• Reflect on your past experiences with small groups.
• Situate your experiences as a student in a small group communication class.
• Identify your value in small group settings.
• Explore what you hope to learn and what you expect out of yourself in small groups.
Description of Assignment
For this short reflective assignment/paper, you will reflect on your own small group experiences and outlooks. This paper is intended to help you, and me, better understand what your past experiences are in relation to working in small groups. This assignment/paper is also intended to help you better grasp onto what you would like to get out of the class and identify where you are at in terms of knowledge about small group communication. Finally, this assignment serves to help you express how your identity and experiences may be valuable and enriching to a small group environment. There is a place for everyone in a team and everyone is a valuable aspect of a group.
Assignment Directions & Outline
This assignment should be double spaced and in times new roman font. APA formatting should be utilized. This means including a title page. See the syllabus for APA resources. Please do not use sources. This assignment is for reflective purposes only. You will need to address the following prompts:
1) A brief introduction and reflection of your past experiences in groups.
2) A discussion surrounding what your assumptions are about working in small groups.
3) A discussion surrounding how your identity would be valuable to a group. What makes you standout? What makes you who you are? How would these aspects of the self play out in a group setting? Be descriptive here.
4) A brief conclusion on what you hope to learn from this class.