reflections

Portfolio Reflection on Self-Growth in English 104

Reflecting on the Visual Analysis, Poster, and Group Presentation

The reflection assignment gives you an opportunity to think about what you have learned and examine the process you used in completing the assignment. Once again, your audience will be you and your teacher.

You may choose again to use either a letter or report format. The questions below are a guide; please answer at least two questions for each assignment. Remember to include an introduction, body, and conclusion to your paper.

Visual Analysis of an Ad

Reflecting on the Summary

This reflection assignment is an opportunity for you to participate in thinking about what you have learned in the process of completing your assignment. Often, we don't know what we've learned until we step back, look over our work, and put our thoughts into words. A written reflection allows you to do this–to take ownership of your own communication process and choices.

Reflecting on the Rhetorical Analysis

The reflection assignment gives you an opportunity to think about what you have learned, record how you felt, and examine the process you used in completing the assignment. Your audience will be you and your teacher.

Use either a letter or report format. The questions below are a guide; please answer at least four questions. Include an introduction, body, and conclusion for your reflection.

1. What was the rhetorical situation (audience, context, purpose) of the essay you analyzed?

Reflecting on the Documented Essay and PowerPoint Presentation

The reflection assignment gives you an opportunity to think about what you have learned and examine the process you used in completing the assignment. Once again, your audience will be you and your teacher.

You may choose again to use either a letter or report format. The questions below are a guide; please answer at least two questions for each assignment. Remember to include an introduction, body, and conclusion to your paper.

Documented Essay

In an informal reflection, write about what you gained from this segment of the class, dividing your writing into the following parts:

Part I:

What did you learn about effective analytical writing by
picking a piece collaboratively with each of your five different focus groups and writing a
• one-page analysis of the text based on a a focus aspect of your choice
• discussing the issue, the writer's handling of it, and your group members' focus aspects

Assignment
This assignment is based on the assumption that correctly identifying a problem is a large part of the solution to the problem. Therefore, here is an opportunity for you to examine your writing habits to identify existing writing problems and then to plan strategies designed to repair those problems.

You will examine the compositions you have written so far in this class in order to identify and then analyze patters of errors. For this assignment, error covers three general categories:

This reflection assignment is an opportunity for you to participate in what is traditionally only the teacher's job: thinking about what you have learned about communication this semester, acknowledging what you have done, and considering how this might translate into a grade. Often, we don't know what we've learned until we step back, look over our work, and put our thoughts into words. A written reflection allows you to do this—to take ownership of your own communication processes and choices.