This assignment serves as the final exam for the course
Reflective Writing AssignmentThis assignment serves as the final exam for the course.InstructionsThis course comprised many learning activities, each of which was designed to help you achieve oneor more of the seven learning outcomes listed in the syllabus. The final exam asks you to think backover the course, the activities and exercises, the readings, the assignments, and any other aspect ofthe course. Choose at least three of the learning outcomes and write at least one paragraph for eachin which you evaluate specifically how you were helped or not helped to achieve the learningoutcome. (There’s no wrong way to do this; you will lose points for this ‘exam’ only if you don’t do it!)To help you review the course, the activities are grouped under each learning outcome in thisdocument.Here are some questions to help you think:What was most effective for you to help you achieve this learning outcome?What wasn’t effective for you?Were some assignments or exercises too difficult or too time-consuming?Were some assignments too basic?Were you surprised at what you learned from doing any of the assignments or exercises?What do you think might have been helpful that we didn’t do?Did we do too much of something?Learning Outcomes and Associated Activities1. Respond orally and in writing to evaluate, analyze and critically assess the ideas and meanings ofdiverse texts.Activities1.3 – Identifying Problems and Asking Questions2.2 – Making Rhetorical Choices3.1 – Wallowing in Complexity: A Social Exercise3.2 – Reading as a Believer3.3 – Reading as a Doubter3.4 – Responding Critically3.5 – Summary and Strong Response4.4 – Points and Particulars5.4 – An Overview of Evaluation6.3 – The Research Log6.4 – The Dialectic Process6.5 – Preview: Exploratory Research Log and Paper6.6 – Preview: Research Progress Report7.1 – Post Your Research Progress Report7.2 – Learning About Sources7.3 – Complete Your Research7.5 – Exploratory Research Log and PaperENGL 123 Reflective Writing Assignment 10142. Compose reasoned responses to course readings, discussions, and visual prompts, by including aclear, engaging thesis statement and supporting that statement with well-organized, detailedevidence.Activities1.2 – The Bold Truth1.3 – Identifying Problems and Asking Questions1.4 – Risky Statements1.5 – Using Details1.7 – Microtheme: Posing a Question2.2 – Making Rhetorical Choices2.3 – Using All Our Senses3.1 – Wallowing in Complexity: A Social Exercise3.2 – Reading as a Believer3.3 – Reading as a Doubter3.4 – Responding Critically3.5 – Summary and Strong Response4.2 – The Thesis with Tension4.3 – Generating a Topic4.5 – The Informative and Surprising Essay6.3 – The Research Log6.4 – The Dialectic Process6.5 – Preview: Exploratory Research Log and Paper6.6 – Preview: Research Progress Report7.1 – Post Your Research Progress Report7.3 – Complete Your Research3. Make appropriate rhetorical decisions to achieve the purpose of a written work, based on anunderstanding of ethical issues and underlying assumptions and values in the argument.Activities2.1 – What Do We See?2.2 – Making Rhetorical Choices2.3 – Using All Our Senses2.4 – How the Brain Sees2.5 – Two Descriptions Paper3.1 – Wallowing in Complexity: A Social Exercise3.3 – Reading as a Doubter3.5 – Summary and Strong Response4.4 – Points and Particulars4.5 – The Informative and Surprising Essay6.2 – Your Starting Point6.3 – The Research Log6.4 – The Dialectic Process6.5 – Preview: Exploratory Research Log and Paper6.6 – Preview: Research Progress Report7.3 – Complete Your Research7.5 – Exploratory Research Log and Paper8.1 – Formulating a Claim and Reasons8.2 – Learning About Evidence8.3 – Examining the Power of Unstated Assumptions8.4 – Identifying an Objection and Constructing a Counterargument8.5 – Putting it All TogetherENGL 123 Reflective Writing Assignment 10148.6 – Ethos and Pathos9.1 – Classical Argument Position Paper, Draft9.3 – Classical Argument Position Paper9.4 – Reflective Writing Assignment4. Deepen understanding of a topic by conducting research that leads to a documented paper withappropriate documentation.Activities1.6 – Where to Find It Exercise5.1 – References Exercise5.2 – In-Text Citation Exercise5.3 – Avoiding Plagiarism5.4 – An Overview of Evaluation5.5 – Annotated Bibliography6.1 – Choosing a Research Question6.2 – Your Starting Point6.3 – The Research Log6.4 – The Dialectic Process6.5 – Preview: Exploratory Research Log and Paper6.6 – Preview: Research Progress Report7.1 – Post Your Research Progress Report7.2 – Learning About Sources7.3 – Complete Your Research7.5 – Exploratory Research Log and Paper8.1 – Formulating a Claim and Reasons8.2 – Learning About Evidence8.3 – Examining the Power of Unstated Assumptions8.4 – Identifying an Objection and Constructing a Counterargument8.5 – Putting it All Together8.6 – Ethos and Pathos9.1 – Classical Argument Position Paper, Draft9.3 – Classical Argument Position Paper5. Revise their writings to improve clarity, content, tone, and style, addressing such issues asaudience, structure, and voice.Activities4.1 – Revision4.6 – Two Descriptions Paper, Revised5.6 – Summary and Strong Response, Revised6.7 – Informative and Surprising Essay, Revised7.1 – Post Your Research Progress Report7.5 – Exploratory Research Log and Paper9.1 – Classical Argument Position Paper, Draft9.2 – Review Instructor Feedback of Draft9.3 – Classical Argument Position Paper6. Edit writing so understanding is not impaired as a result of errors in grammar, mechanics, orsentence structure.Activities4.1 – RevisionENGL 123 Reflective Writing Assignment 10144.6 – Two Descriptions Paper, Revised5.6 – Summary and Strong Response, Revised6.7 – Informative and Surprising Essay, Revised7.5 – Exploratory Research Log and Paper9.1 – Classical Argument Position Paper, Draft9.2 – Review Instructor Feedback of Draft9.3 – Classical Argument Position Paper7. Demonstrate understanding of the interdependent relationship of reading, writing, and thinking,and reflect on their thinking as part of a larger community of thinkers.Activities1.3 – Identifying Problems and Asking Questions1.4 – Risky Statements2.2 – Making Rhetorical Choices2.5 – Two Descriptions Paper3.1 – Wallowing in Complexity: A Social Exercise3.2 – Reading as a Believer3.3 – Reading as a Doubter3.4 – Responding Critically3.5 – Summary and Strong Response5.4 – An Overview of Evaluation6.1 – Choosing a Research Question6.2 – Your Starting Point6.3 – The Research Log6.4 – The Dialectic Process6.5 – Preview: Exploratory Research Log and Paper6.6 – Preview: Research Progress Report7.1 – Post Your Research Progress Report7.2 – Learning About Sources7.3 – Complete Your Research7.4 – Research Assignment Questions7.5 – Exploratory Research Log and Paper8.1 – Formulating a Claim and Reasons8.2 – Learning About Evidence8.3 – Examining the Power of Unstated Assumptions8.4 – Identifying an Objection and Constructing a Counterargument8.5 – Putting it All Together8.6 – Ethos and Pathos9.1 – Classical Argument Position Paper, Draft9.3 – Classical Argument Position Paper9.4 – Reflective Writing AssignmentENGL 123 Reflective Writing Assignment 1014
