An Interview With Queen Latifah

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Assignment 1

An Interview With Queen Latifah Due week 3 and worth 135 points Purpose: Queen Latifah uses her star power to share her thoughts, messages, and confidence through radio, magazine, and television interviews. Now it’s your turn to get interviewed by the queen! For this assignment, Queen Latifah has recorded a series of video questions to help you reflect on what confidence is, why you need it, and why it’s an essential skill for your career. You’ll also get a chance to discuss someone in your own life who demonstrates confidence and explain how it has impacted their career success! In this assignment, you will...

● Explain what confidence is and why it is an essential skill for career development. ● Explain how someone in your life demonstrates confidence. ● Explain how confidence has had an impact on the success of that person. ● Reflect on what you’ve learned from the person in your life who demonstrates confidence.

Follow the instructions below to get started on your interview with the queen!

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Instructions: Step 1:

Complete the activities in your Webtext for Weeks 1, 2, and 3. ● Use the Webtext to answer interview questions for weeks 1-3.

Step 2:

Download and edit your work ● Download

○ After completing all the activities and templates in your Webtext, download your completed assignment from the Webtext.

○ (*** You will need to finish all writing templates before you are able to download the complete assignment)

● Edit Your Work ○ Use the Strayer University Writing Standards (SWS) to ensure your writing is clear, professional and

ethical. For more information on the SWS, refer to the SWS link in the left side menu of Blackboard. Step 3:

Submit to Blackboard Wait! Before you submit your assignment, did you…

❏ Review the scoring guide? The scoring guide will give you a clear understanding of the assignment’s expectations. If you are unclear on what is expected of you, please reach out to your instructor for support.

❏ Check your assignment for grammatical errors? ❏ Review what you’ve written for clarity? ❏ Reach out to your instructor if you have any questions?

Now that you’re ready…

● Go to week 3 in Blackboard and click on “Submit” and upload your assignment ● Congratulations, you have successfully submitted your first assignment for this course!

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Scoring Guide Assignment 1: An Interview With Queen Latifah

Criteria Exemplary 100% A

Proficient 85% B

Fair 75% C

Meets Minimum Expectations

65% D

Unacceptable 0% F

1. Explains what confidence is and why it is an essential skill for career development. Weight: 20%

Thoroughly and completely explains what confidence is and why it is an essential skill for career development.

Satisfactorily explains what confidence is and why it is an essential skill for career development.

Partially explains what confidence is and why it is an essential skill for career development.

Insufficiently explains what confidence is and why it is an essential skill for career development.

Did not submit a response to the question or submitted so little work that no credit can be given.

2. Explain how someone in your life demonstrates confidence. Weight: 20%

Thoroughly explains how someone in your life demonstrates confidence. Provides an example.

Satisfactorily explains how someone in your life demonstrates confidence. Provides an example.

Partially explains how someone in your life demonstrates confidence. Does not provide an example.

Insufficiently explains how someone in your life demonstrates confidence. Does not provide an example.

Did not submit response to the question or submitted so little work that no credit can be given.

3. Explain how confidence has had an impact on the success of someone in your life Weight: 20%

Thoroughly explains how confidence has had an impact on the success of someone in your life.

Satisfactorily explains how confidence has had an impact on the success of someone in your life.

Partially explains how confidence has had an impact on the success of someone in your life.

Insufficiently explains how confidence has had an impact on the success of someone in your life.

Did not submit response to the question or submitted so little work that no credit can be given.

4. Reflect on what you’ve learned from the person in your life who demonstrates confidence. Weight: 20%

Thoroughly reflects on what you’ve learned.

Satisfactorily reflects on what you’ve learned.

Partially reflects on what you’ve learned.

Insufficiently reflects on what you’ve learned.

Did not submit response to the question or submitted so little work that no credit can be given.

5. Responds to interview questions. Weight: 15%

Responds to 9 questions.

Responds to 6-8 interview questions.

Responds to 4-5 interview questions.

Responds to 1-3 interview questions.

Did not respond.

6. Write in a professional manner using proper grammar and spelling.

Writing is excellent. Tone is professional and sophisticated. Shows logic,

Writing is mostly good. Tone is professional. Shows logic, clarity, and

Writing is satisfactory. Tone is somewhat professional. Shows moderate

Writing meets minimal standards. Tone is not professional. Lacks one or more of logic, clarity,

Writing does not meet minimal standards. Tone is not professional. Wholly lacking in

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Weight: 5% clarity, and consistent formatting. Contains no spelling or grammatical errors.

consistent formatting. May contain few or no spelling and/or grammatical errors.

logic, clarity, and/or consistent formatting. May contain 2-4 spelling and/or grammatical errors.

and/or consistent formatting. May contain more than 4 spelling and/or grammatical errors.

logic, clarity, and/or consistent formatting. Contains many spelling and/or grammatical errors.