Purpose: For writers who want to improve their writing skills, knowing the starting point and setting up clear goals remain crucial (take Alex’s El Capitan project as an example!). This initial reflection encourages you to reflect on your abilities now and motivates you to the next advanced steps. We will track your progress in our mid-term conference and final reflection. At this initial moment, please write a clear and genuine reflection of where you are now as a person and writer.
Prompt: In our Writing 121z, we’ll navigate complex readings and develop sustained arguments in the context of those readings, synthesizing different points of view while generating our own unique lines of reasoning. For this introductory, reflexive assignment, describe your experiences developing your writing voice in the context of other voices by answering the following questions in three paragraphs:
First paragraph: Describe what role, negative or positive, writing has played in your education up to this point.
Second paragraph: Choose one writing moment that is meaningful to you (you have your own definition of “meaningful”) and narrate how this experience has shaped, constructed, or led your writing journey.
Third paragraph: Based on your experiences, envision how you’d like to improve your writing process. Take Alex’s “Free Solo” project as an example and outline what you plan to achieve in this writing course.
Format: (Word Docx or PDF only) in three well-articulated paragraphs (at least more than one full double-spaced page) by responding to the questions stated in the above prompt. Apply the formatting guidelines in the syllabus to this reflection writing. Please don’t include extra lines and unnecessary spacing to meet the page requirement. A full page means a full page, not ½, not ¾
Grading: Assignments that have three well-developed and articulated paragraphs that respond to each of the guidelines above will earn a “complete” on the assignment. Assignments that are missing any of the components above will earn an “incomplete,” and the student will have 48 hours to revise and re-submit for a “Late Work” credit. “Late,” “Incomplete,” and “Ignored” work will be graded as the grading handout states.