30-Day Challenge: GOAL CALENDAR

Prepping the Calendar Using the Calendar

 Add in your “life”: test dates, project due dates/other homework, sports schedules,
 If you complete the day the way you intended, check the box.
family events, etc. Make sure you know when your busy days are.
 If you do something different that day, use a different color
 In one color pen/pencil, write down what your GOAL is to accomplish each day.
pen/pencil than your goal-setting one to draw arrows or show
(Hint: Go easy the night before a test or when you’ll have a lot of other homework,
what you DID accomplish.
and give yourself harder or more time-consuming tasks on lighter days!)

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

    Draw a pine  01 draw a fir  02 draw a  03
tee spruce  Draw a
cedar
 04 Draw a  05 draw a  06  07  08  09  10
cherry tree

 11  12  13  14  15  16  17

 18  19  20  21  22  23  24

 25  26  27  28  29  30 
 30-Day Challenge JOURNAL
DIRECTIONS: Depending on the goals you had approved, use this journal OR another document to
record what you have learned or accomplished each day.

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Day 1

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Day 2

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Day 3

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Day 4

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Day 5

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Day 6

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Day 7

You’re doing great! Keep it up!

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You’re halfway done! Don’t stop now!

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In the home stretch! Finish strong!

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Day 24

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Day 25

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Day 26

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Day 27

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Day 28

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Day 29

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Day 30

Congratulations, you made it! How do you feel?

 Post-Project Survey: 30-Day Challenge
1. What have you learned about your TOPIC from this challenge?

2. What have you learned about YOURSELF from this challenge?

3. What have you learned about making or completing GOALS from this challenge?

4. What were your favorite and least favorite parts of this project?

5. Is there anything from this experience that you will repeat later in life? (Either knowledge, a skill,
or a habit?)

6. Is there anything else you want me to know about you or this project?
ELA Name: ________________

30-Day Challenge: Writing Extensions

Directions:
 Choose any TWO prompts that you want from the list below, and write ½-page (single spaced) in
response to EACH one.
 Choose wisely based on your project AND your strengths as a writer!
 Turn in your final draft along with all the other 30DC items on the due date.
 NOTE: These reflections can be informal (including using personal pronouns), but they should
still be thoughtful, well-written, and proofread.

Persuasive:
 Convince me that your 30-Day Challenge was successful. (This might be a good idea if your
challenge didn’t go according to plan or if your growth is hard to measure and show on paper.)

 Persuade me if 30-day challenges are a good idea, whether they’re academic or not.

 Argue what your biggest lesson or takeaway is from this experience and why you feel that way.

 Persuade other students why they should also study the same topic (or take the same action
steps) that you did during your 30-day challenge. (Why is that skill or knowledge beneficial to
other students, and not just you?)

Informative:
 Do light research on 30-Day Challenges (or challenges of other lengths), and tell me more about
them in an unbiased manner. Report on why they might be popular and what value others see
in them. If there are research studies about this or SIMILAR concepts, feel free to cite them.

 Do light research on terms like 20% Time and Genius Hour. Compare and contrast them with a
30-day challenge, and objectively report what the pros and cons of each one might be beneficial
to students like you.

Narrative:
 Tell me the story of a memorable moment from your challenge: perhaps an “aha” moment, a
moment of struggle that turned into a success, or another experience you had while working on
your goals. Make sure your narrative has dialogue and action (and is not just a summary of
events); “show” the moment and help us experience your narrative.

Other:

 Get teacher permission to write about something else. Make sure the genre and content are
appropriate for you and your project.