Module 5 - Weeks 15 -16 Introduction

Overview

This week you will complete your Reflection Essay, which is an organized essay expressing who you are as a writer, how this class has influenced your writing, and how past life experiences have shaped your attitudes and beliefs about writing. It is an analytical essay that combines specific descriptions of the experiences and/or lessons with an evaluation of those experiences/lessons, and a look to the future – how you’ll use what you have learned. Instead of completing the steps of the Writing Process in a structured, teacher-guided manner, I am going to take ownership over the steps and complete them independently. Your Writing Process Assignments - First Draft, Peer Editing, Self-Editing - will be "Mark as Done" assignments, with the only assignment you turn in being the Final Draft. However, before you just click through and turn in a last minute draft, please BE AWARE that I will be assessing this essay with the highest of expectations, based upon watching your growth as a writer this semester, knowing the learning outcomes of this class, and expecting your will complete the steps of the Writing Process. I'm really excited to read these reflections!

Expectations

Complete the Reflection Essay First Draft
Obtain at least two (2) Peer Reviews of your Reflection Essay. Your "peers" can be friends or family members, but they can also be English 101 classmates you've come to know through the discussions and peer reviews we've done this semester.
Complete the Reflection Essay Final Draft.

See calendar for due dates.

Learning Outcomes

rhetoric and reasoning: analyzing style in various texts; identifying and applying claims, supporting reasons, evidence, assumptions, and counterarguments; recognizing, analyzing, and applying ethos, logos, and pathos; identifying and avoiding logical fallacies; synthesizing of information from sources and writer’s own experience and ideas; and evaluating texts.
the writing process: prewriting: invention techniques; identifying audience and purpose; thesis development; drafting: organization: outlining; organizational patterns that may include: comparison and contrast; cause and effect; classification; argument; essay development: introduction techniques; paragraph development; conclusion techniques; revision: peer review; revising for: purpose and audience; thesis and support; coherence and organization; language editing: grammar; sentence structure and variety; word choice; punctuation; mechanics; format; proofreading: spelling; incorrect words; missing words; minor errors; minor details;
research: selecting topics; locating credible database and internet sources; evaluating sources; avoiding plagiarism; understanding difference between common knowledge and original ideas; quoting, summarizing, paraphrasing; and documenting sources in a specific citation style.