Small and Simple Change Assignment
This assignment will help you develop your capacity to apply the gospel into your life by making small
and simple changes.
Part 1: Developing Your Plan
Step 1: Mark one of the following areas that you would like to strengthen.
ur faith in Jesus Christ
our testimony of the Prophet Joseph Smith
Your testimony of the restoration of the gospel
Step 2: Identify Small and Simple Behaviors
Identify 7 small and simple behaviors (something you could do in 30-120 seconds) that would
strengthen the area you identified in Step 1.
1. ____________________________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________________________
4. ____________________________________________________________
5. ____________________________________________________________
6. ____________________________________________________________
7. ____________________________________________________________
Pick one behavior that you think would be easiest to do as part of your daily life.
Step 3: Make it Part of Your Daily Routine
Identify something in your daily life that will prompt you to do the small and simple behavior you
identified in Step 3. What do you do daily that would prompt or remind you to do your small and simple
behavior?
Complete the following:
After I ___________________ , I will _______________ .
Step 4: Identify a Simple Way to Celebrate
Identify a simple way to celebrate after completing your behavior. This is key to helping you change and
form a new habit.
Complete the last part of your recipe for change:
After I __________ ______ ___, I will ________ ________.
I’ll immediately celebrate by __________ _________.
Part 2: Develop Your Small and Simple Habit
Track how many days you complete your small and simple behavior over the next three weeks. I like the
app “Habits” to track my progress.
I started my plan on __________________.
I completed my plan on __________________.
What percentage of days did you do your small and simple habit?
Part 3: Describe Your Experience and Lessons Learned
Describe your experience. What changes to your plan did you make? What challenges did you
encounter? What positive changes did you recognize? What was your overall experience?
Lessons learned. What were three lessons you learned from your experience of trying to develop your
small and simple habit?
Part 4: Self-Evaluate Your Assignment
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Student’s Teacher
Evaluation Evaluation
Yes No Points
Small and Simple behavior: (7 pts)
✓
Identifies a behavior they can do in 30-120 seconds.
Identifies a prompt: (7 pts)
Identifies something in their daily life that will prompt them to do their ✓
simple behavior.
Identifies a celebration: (7 pts)
Identifies a simple celebration they can immediately do after ✓
accomplishing their simple behavior.
Tracks their progress: (10 pts)
Provides the start and end dates (4 pts) and the percentage of days they ✓
completed their behavior (6 pts).
Describes experience: (24 pts)
Summarizes the experience they had by describing
(1) any changes to their plan (6 pts)
✓
(2) the challenges they encountered (6 pts)
(3) positive changes they saw (6 pts)
(4) their overall experience (6 pts).
Lessons Learned: (30 pts)
Describes three lessons they learned from trying to develop their small ✓
and simple habit (10 pts per lesson described).
Completed the Student Evaluation of Assignment (5 pts) Check the
“Yes” or “No” box for each item on this rubric. ✓
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