habit of mind

 

Please write the WPA outcomes for the following habits of the mind basing on the past assignment. Give weekly description for each of the habit below.

 

• Creativity
• Persistence
• Responsibility
• Flexibility
• Metacognition

 

Below is a sample of my classmates' work and attached is my previous assignment. Just 5 short paragraphs for each habit is enough.

 

CREATIVITY

Week One

As I read the Project 1 assignment, my mind immediately started wandering to productive places, listing different ways to start the process of creating a profile. Creating a project on a place/space forces me to take different approaches and narrow down my ideas to ones that will best suit the assignment. The most helpful approach that the first week taught me is to take my time, instead of trying to rush through my work.

Week Two

Like linguistics, my creativity level has never been a weakness of mine, but the strength of it relies on the assignment. This week, my creativity was quite high and effective for me while writing about a place I visit so frequently. I think having the confidence of knowing my topic quite well helped me open up to allowing for more creativity to flow. It was somewhat challenging using different approaches to decide on the best secondary resources but overall I feel that my first draft shows plenty of creativity.

Week Three

Week three's revision step in the writing process allowed for lots of creativity. I used as much imagination as I could to help my peers revise their papers. In addition, freewriting about project two is probably the most creative assignment that I completed. Writing without stopping for a set amount of time shows what's truly on my mind because I write down the first thoughts that come to mind. To be creative, sometimes I have to avoid over thinking my tasks.

Week Four

Like engagement, I struggled with creativity this week when thinking about how to start my rough draft for project 2. Since these two are my weaker habits of mind traits, I tend to play to my strengths. I am happy that when it comes to other shorter assignments, my creative juices were flowing. For example working on creating my portfolio, responding to discussion posts, and analyzing my chosen ad, I don't feel that I was held back at all. I am looking forward to responding again after my final draft is complete to talk about if it got easier or not.

Week Five

Throughout the entire process of developing both projects, my creativity struggled in the beginning. Because I struggle with the beginning and decision making, it can often be difficult to stay interested, therefore causing a lack of creativity. In week five, I felt like my creative levels were much higher than the rest of the weeks. I believe this is due to my feeling confident in the feedback that I received, because it allowed me to feel better about my final draft. When I have a positive outlook, I tend to be more creative. I also found that while peer reviewing my classmates' rough drafts, my creativity peaked. I read two analyses and viewed two digital ads that I really related to. I was then able to provide feedback that was mostly positive, while adding comments to help both students strengthen the details of the writing portion and clean up the layout of their digital ad.

Running head: WPA OUTCOMES AND HABITS OF MIND WPA Outcomes and Habits of Mind
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Institutional Affiliation: 1 WPA OUTCOMES AND HABITS OF MIND 2 WPA Outcomes and Habits of Mind
Rhetorical Knowledge
Week one
The key rhetorical concepts that I learned in this semester is the use of ethos, logos, and pathos.
Ethos is associated with the credibility of the author; logos are connected with logic and pathos is
tied with emotions of the audience. In my first assignment, I was able to appeal the emotions of
the public since my topic was on a more personal level.
Week Two
I feel that I have gained the experience reading and composing several genres through the use of
the three forms of the persuasive writing throughout the semester. Through the readings that we
were allocated as a class, I was able to come across several styles of the genre that I was not
familiar. For example, when we had to look for five credible sources on the ASU database, I was
able to learn that there are many journals written by scholars that assist learners on how to write
scholarly papers. The scenario made me understand that there are genres for any determination of
writing.
Week three
My tone, voice and the level of formality were able to show my level of professionalism and how
thoughtful I think of the matter. The manuscript was written for a small group of the
organizations for every letter that was utilized.
Week four WPA OUTCOMES AND HABITS OF MIND 3 The multimodal kind of the projects for the both papers required me to use a variety of the
technologies. Through the collection of the photos, it needed me to combine them so that I can
make a collage. Through the use of photo application that I created on my phone, I was able to
arrange and make the college of the images for the equally multimodal rations.
Week five
The two projects were dissimilar following on how I would be able to express the information of
the multimodal image. In the first project, I didn’t fully convey the message towards the
audience, but I was capable of grasping their attention through the use of that image. In the
second project, I was in a position of showing a short narration with the pictures on it, therefore,
making people ill and provided a picture of the swimming pool, which clearly indicated that it
was an option for cooling off.
Knowledge of Conventions
Week one
I was able to develop the knowledge of linguistics structures that includes grammar, spelling, and
punctuation by writing several drafts. Writing a proposal, a rough draft first and then the final
one assisted me to fine tune my writing through giving me a chance to do editing on my papers.
Week two
I came to comprehend why genre conventions differ for structure, paraphrasing, mechanics, and
tone while writing two different types of documents. First, I wrote an essay which is academic
and then a journal article. The tones for the two pieces of work were different from one another. I
was able to learn that some genres are no suitable for certain topics. The tone of a journal article WPA OUTCOMES AND HABITS OF MIND 4 differs significantly from that of the academic essay (Allen & Miller, 2015). Whereas the tone for
the formal work can be very professional and legal, a journal article can be a little more casual
and informative compared to the academic essay.
Week three
I gained experience in negotiating variations in genre conventions by first understanding that it
was crucial to choose the right type of my writing so that it can reach the intended audience
appropriately. During the process of writing, I was able to structure the essay in a manner that
will make the audience understand my reasoning and my opinion. Selecting the correct genre for
a piece is necessary when writing an argumentative kind of work.
Week four
I learned about the standard formats and the design features for different types of texts through
reading the textbook while doing research on various kinds of genres. I heard about on how to
correctly format my essay using APA, MLA, Chicago and Harvard referencing. Before this
study, I had no idea about the formatting. I learned the referencing through Purdue OWL

Attachments:

• 1506753603-previous assignment on wpa.docx