Inquiry Four Handout
Inquiry Four: Course Goals Reflections
This assignment is the last assignment of the semester. It is also arguably the most important to your development as a writer aware of the choices you make every day in your written communications. That might seem counterintuitive because this is just a small reflection on a bit of writing you did for one class. But in this reflection, you have the permission, or the duty, to call yourself a writer. It is, after all, what you've been doing for the last two semesters. You are also a writer that takes as an indisputable fact that writing you do for class is not much different from writing you do for anything else.
Your Instructions:
Read over the course goals in the syllabus.
Find an essay (or another piece of writing for class, including reflections, blog posts, proposals) that you feel might illustrate how you worked towards or struggled working towards one of the six course goals.
Write a short reflection on whether or not the assignment you chose was successful at working towards the course goal you selected. You are required to use your piece of writing as support, feel free to quote it directly in your paper. You are also able to use outside sources if they pertain to what you learned from them, but the focus should remain on your own writing. Similarly, while you might want to start with one piece of your own writing, you can reference more especially if you are comparing progress (using writing from other classes is fine, too).
Create a portfolio that includes your favorite inquiry and your favorite piece of in-class writing. Include a brief paragraph at the start that explains how you made your selections.
You will be graded based mostly on timely completion of the assignment components, honest answers (?), and effective use of your own writing as source material for your reflection.
Work Leading Up to Final Draft (50 points)
200 words summarizing the sources (your own, or other writing we’ve read as a class) you will be using in your reflection. Why will you be reflecting on these pieces specifically?
Due April 23rd before class on the niihka blog.
First 300 words due by Thursday, April 25th (on the blog)
Added 300 words due by Tuesday, April 30th (Peer Review Day, Niihka forums)
Final Reflection and Portfolio (100 points)
Final Reflection should be around 750 words. The portfolio should include your favorite inquiry and your favorite piece(s) of in-class or homework writing. Due May 3rd at midnight in Drop Box.
Final Name: lastname4final.doc