As I discussed previously, something we didn’t get to do quite to my satisfaction this semester is draw connections across your theories of writing, tutoring, and reflecting on your experiences as a tutor in the RWC. I think that one of the best things about this course is the chance to test, modify, and reconsider your theories of writing and tutoring based on practical experience in a more real way than the vast majority of courses offered in the English department. As such, I want this to be the centerpiece of the end of the semester reflection I’d like you to do.
Here are a few guiding questions to get you thinking and started, but I welcome any deviations from them you see fit in composing your final response:
I will reiterate as well that I usually give out up to a 150/100 for this final reflection, based on how much effort and thought goes into your reflection.
Note that this doesn’t entail how melodramatic you make your transformation seem. This genre (remember that term?) welcomes what we call the “conversion narrative,” where you discuss this course as a transformative experience easily summed up as “I once was blind, but now I see!” If that’s the case, great! If there’s an element of that? Also great! If that couldn’t be further from the truth? Also cool! Bonus points won’t be awarded for buttering me up or how dramatic your response is.
Reflect on your work this semester, but I encourage you to be honest.
Here are a few guiding questions to get you thinking and started, but I welcome any deviations from them you see fit in composing your final response:
- How did your theory of writing evolve from the time when you submitted Project 1?
- How did your theory of tutoring shift from when we discussed it in class initially and now?
- How did your experiences in the RWC shape how you see writing (theory, process, practice, etc.), if at all?
- How do you see your work in this course and the RWC affecting your future approaches to writing, tutoring, teaching, composing across media, and/or anything else you see yourself doing in your future?
I will reiterate as well that I usually give out up to a 150/100 for this final reflection, based on how much effort and thought goes into your reflection.
Note that this doesn’t entail how melodramatic you make your transformation seem. This genre (remember that term?) welcomes what we call the “conversion narrative,” where you discuss this course as a transformative experience easily summed up as “I once was blind, but now I see!” If that’s the case, great! If there’s an element of that? Also great! If that couldn’t be further from the truth? Also cool! Bonus points won’t be awarded for buttering me up or how dramatic your response is.
Reflect on your work this semester, but I encourage you to be honest.