For this activity, students in WR 111 reflect on the assignments and experiences of the first half of the course. Instructors should plan on reading students’ written reflections and also on sharing them when requested. WR 112 instructors may adapt the questions to WR 112 skills and topics.

Objective

to think back over the last few weeks, and reflect on your work in the course. By monitoring your progress towards the course learning goals, you’ll be able to focus your attention in specific areas, and you will improve as a result.

Key Terms

metacognition, reflections

Writing

  1. Summarizing: What activities and/or materials were the most helpful?
  2. Outlining: What activities and/or materials were the most helpful?
  3. Analyzing a rhetorical technique: What activities and/or materials were the most helpful?
  4. In which areas did you improve the most? Explain.
  5. What do you still find challenging? Explain.

Reading

  1. Annotating a text: What activities and/or materials were the most helpful?
  2. Acquiring new vocabulary: What activities and/or materials were the most helpful?
  3. Understanding the texts: 
    • Which texts were difficult? Why?
    • Which texts were easier, and why?
    • What activities and/or materials were the most helpful?
  4. In which areas did you improve the most? Explain.
  5. What do you still find challenging? Explain.

Speaking (oral presentations, discussions, and participation)

  • What activities and/or materials were the most helpful?
  • What do you still have to work on?
  • In which areas did you improve the most? Explain.
  • What do you still find challenging? Explain.

    • General Feedback

    1. What was meaningful about working in a group?
    2. If you used the Writing Center please specify the reason for your visit and comment on your experience.
    3. This course carries a Hub unit for the Individual in Community. What have you learned or reconsidered about being a member of various communities?
    4. What unanswered questions do you still have?