Reflective Assignment 2

Due Oct 25, 2016 by 5pm
Points 100
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“Mid-Term Self Assessment” This reflective writing prompt asks you to take stock of how you’re doing in your Professional Writing course at midterm, examining what strategies are or aren’t working for you, what writing knowledge and skills you have acquired or refined thus far, and what aspects of your research and writing you need to concentrate on for the remainder of the course. To begin this reflection, conduct an inventory of all the writing you have done for this course, looking both forward and backward at your progress in the course. Once you have done so, write a one-page, single-spaced reflective piece about where you stand at midterm and where you’d like to go during the second half of your Professional Writing course. Reflect on what you’re learning about your writing process, your strengths as a writer, and your preferences and writing habits. Be specific, provide details and descriptions, and explain your reasoning throughout this brief reflective essay.

Make sure the following questions are answered in your writing:

1)Strategies that are working. Why?

2) Strategies that are not working. Why not?

3) Writing skills acquired in course. Be specific.

4) What have you learned about your writing process?

5) What are your strengths as a writer? What are your preferences?

6) Where do you stand now in your writing process?

7) Where would you like to go with your writing process the remainder of the semester?

Be very specific when explaining. This is a great opportunity to analyze yourself. Use examples.

Your essay will be graded on answering all aspects of this reflective essay as well as the flow of your writing and ease of understanding it. Make sure that your writing is concise, and that your work is divided in a manner which makes it easy to follow.

Criteria for Evaluating PWP Reflective Essays Fall 2016

A	Superior performance in reflective writing shows a clear initiative to learn through analyzing your writing performance in the course. Each reflective essay is posted on time and with attention to detail. Each reflective essay presents a fully developed discussion of your writing experiences, skills, and knowledge for the period under discussion, complete with specific examples and descriptive details. Each reflective essay not only describes in detail the writing you have done but also analyzes that writing, providing a new perspective or insight on some relevant aspect of your professional writing skills.
B	Strong performance in reflective writing demonstrates active engagement in your learning for the course. Each reflective essay is posted on time and with attention to detail. Each entry presents a fully developed discussion of your work for the particular period under discussion, complete with specific examples and descriptive details. Reflective essays do not always analyze your writing and writing experiences, and they do not always add new perspective or insight on some relevant aspect of your writing experiences or strategies.
C	Satisfactory performance in reflective writing demonstrates consistent, acceptable written work. You completed all reflective essays, and most of these essays were posted on time. Each reflective essay presents an adequate discussion of your writing and writing-related activities, one that give readers a basic understanding of the learning you have done and writing abilities you have developed or refined. Most reflective essays, though, could be more fully developed with thoughtful analysis and supporting details.
D	Weak performance in reflective writing demonstrates inconsistent written work. Some reflective essays are not posted; other reflective essays are not posted on time. Reflective essays give readers only a basic description of the writing and learning you have done in the course. Reflective essays lack details, and they provide only a superficial analysis of your writing and learning in the course.
F	Unacceptable performance in reflective writing shows ineffectual work. A majority of your reflective essays have not been posted on time, if at all. Reflective essays give readers little or no understanding of the work you have done in the course. Reflective essays contain few details and no analysis of your writing and learning in the course.