Overview

One of the most important purposes of writing is that it can be a tool for self-reflection. This assignment asks you to look at the work you’ve done this semester and reflect on what you have learned.

You will create a Self-Assessment Essay which will serve as an introduction to your DIGITAL portfolio.

Length

500-750 words

Due Date

May 14

Points

  On time: 15 points

-1 point for every day late

Assignment Prompt

The Self-Assessment Essay answers the question, “To what extent have I achieved the course learning outcomes this semester?” Specifically, your essay should quote and respond to at least FIVE (5) of the EIGHT course learning outcomes:

1.Examine how attitudes towards linguistic standards empower and oppress language users.

2.Explore and analyze, in writing and reading, a variety of genres and rhetorical situations.

3.Develop strategies for reading, drafting, collaborating, revising, and editing.

4.Recognize & practice key rhetorical terms & strategies when engaged in writing situations.

5.Understand and use print and digital technologies to address a range of audiences.

6.Locate research sources (including academic journal articles, magazine and newspaper articles) in the library’s databases or archives and on the Internet and evaluate them for credibility, accuracy, timeliness, and bias.

7.Compose texts that integrate a stance with appropriate sources, using strategies such as summary, analysis, synthesis, and argumentation.

8. Practice systematic application of citation conventions.

Assessment Rubric

Evaluation

You will be evaluated on how well you demonstrate your understanding of the outcomes that you have achieved and your thoughts about the outcomes that you have not achieved. The assignment provides you with an opportunity to look closely at the work you’ve completed this semester and to assess your strengths and areas of future development as a writer.

How Effectively Does Your Self-Assessment Essay:

•Make claims about what course learning outcomes you achieved this semester

•identify (if relevant) any areas in which you have not progressed (e.g., because we didn’t spend enough time with them or you feel that you had a strong start in those areas)

•Quote and address all of the course learning objectives (even those that you feel we did not spend enough time working on)

•Provide evidence (in the form of quoting your own writing and/or retelling specific learning moments) to show how you have achieved our learning outcomes and developed as a writer?

General Requirements

Were all general requirements for length and due dates met?