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searched on in the UMUC Information and Library Services interface. You might
also comment on key words on which you searched, new key words you came up
with during your searches, and your experience in retrieving fulltext articles.
c)
how your process worked out as you completed it. In this analysis, please account
for both successes and difficulties.
3)
Discuss your
reflection
and
future application
in the conclusion of your essay. You will want to
both
reflect
on what you have discussed and
look towards
future research assignments. You
will explain how the lessons you learned from this assignment can help you correct flaws you
feel you had in your process and can remind you of good practices you followed that can make
future research projects successful. You should also give yourself a “grade” on, not the essay
itself, but on your research process and experience.
Approach Two Reflecting on Your ENGL101
Experiences:
What You Must Do:
In this essay, you will
evaluate your learning experience in ENGL101
. Your purpose is to
estimate where you think your writing skills were when you began the course and, by
examining the work you did in ENGL101, determine as best you can the skills that this course
helped you learn and develop.
How You Might Do This:
Since your essay uses a traditional structure for academic writing, you could try the following
technique:
1)
Think of your thesis as a “then and now” proposition. Your essay’s introduction can offer
readers a brief look at why you took ENGL101 and lead to a thesis statement that begins with a
phrase such as “I began ENGL101 with “X” writing skills; now I...”
2)
Discuss
when/where/why
you learned particular skills. Remembering how you completed
assignments as well as any materials you find in the classroom that you think are relevant
(these can come from Course Content, the texts, the supplemental resources, the Course
Modules, the feedback you received on drafts of essays, the discussions in the classroom areas,
etc.), discuss
when/where/how/why
you learned particular skills that helped you complete
assignments successfully and increase your writing skill set.
In analyzing your acquisition of skills, it will be helpful to consider the course outcomes
for ENGL101. They are as follows:
1.
apply the writing process to develop essays using various rhetorical
patterns in order to inform and persuade an audience
2.
construct unified, coherent, and wellsupported paragraphs using
principles of persuasion and exposition
3.
demonstrate accurate grammar and mechanics in writing
4.
analyze source material in order to integrate valid and reliable sources
using accepted documentation style
In writing this section of the essay, please be specific. You might refer to specific
grammatical issues (outcome #3) and the process of developing a topic (outcome
#1). Or you might refer to challenges you had in writing paragraphs (outcome #2) and
how the development of the paragraphs caused you to evaluate your thesis (outcome
#1). These are just some suggestions to help you develop your points that you want
to make for your essay.
Do not be afraid to discuss any areas in which you felt you did not achieve as much as you
would have liked to or wish you could have had more instruction or practice. This information
will be very helpful to your instructor.
3) In your conclusion, consider the skills you feel you are taking away from ENGL101 and how
these skills will help you in future courses you take. Consider also areas you think you will want
to continue to try to improve.
Rubric for this Reflective Paper
Introduces the topic with an effective introduction and
thesis statement
20
Develops the body of the essay with examples, references
to class discussions, references to video tutorials,
references to textbook materials, references to modules, or
other items
40
