D Bowling 1 ENG 101 FINAL EXAM WRITING SELF EVALUATION ASSIGNMENT Your out of class Final Exam consists of the following read through the material below entitled College Composition and Communication and Writing Program Administrators Outcomes Statement then type a double spaced two page selfevaluation of your writing progress this semester The self evaluation is due on the last day of class Monday December 8 2003 No late Writing Self Evaluations NO EXCEPTIONS Writing Self Evaluation 1 Type a two page double spaced Writing Self Evaluation wherein you provide a self reflection of your growth as a writer in this Freshman Composition Class In this reflection you will use the College Composition and Communication and Writing Program Administrators Outcomes Statement guide as you discuss both your strengths and weaknesses as a writer student This Statement is included in your Course Policies but to make it easier I have reproduced it below Rhetorical Knowledge This area covers the kinds of things you will need to know about the writing situation such as who the readers are and what kind of information they may be expecting to glean from the text By the end of your first year writing course s you should be able to do the following focus on a specific purpose anticipate the needs of different kinds of readers recognize the differences among types of writing situations use the conventions of format organization and language appropriate to specific writing situations understand what makes writing types like a book review a project proposal or a research report different General Reading Thinking and Writing Skills This area covers the general reading thinking and writing skills you must acquire to meet the demands of diverse writing situations By the end of your first year writing courses you should be able to do the following use writing to record explore organize and communicate ideas find evaluate analyze and synthesize appropriate primary and secondary sources in order to meet the demands of different kinds of writing situations understand the general relationships among language knowledge and power Processes This area covers the processes you will need to follow in order to produce successful texts By the end of your first year writing courses you should know how to use the following multiple drafts to improve texts strategies such as brainstorming outlining and focused free writing in all stages of the writing process final eng101 D Bowling 2 generating organizing revising and editing strategies that are appropriate to the specific writing situation effective collaborative strategies to investigate draft revise and edit Conventions This area covers specific writing conventions such as spelling and punctuation that readers expect writers to control By the end of your first year writing courses you should be able to do the following control general conventions of spelling grammar and punctuation expected in standard written English be able to document primary and secondary sources appropriately both internally and on the Works Cited page know how to check for conventions about which you are uncertain understand that different conventions are appropriate for different kinds of writing situations 2 Chose one point under a Rhetorical Knowledge one point under b General Reading Writing and Thinking Skills one point under c Processes and one point under d Conventions to illustrate strengths and weaknesses as a writer and as a student 3 Provide an analysis of these areas and your work in these areas In other words do not simply write I improved in using writing to explore ideas For each point you mention fully discuss how you improved or why you still need to improve Think of answering the questions as why and how you progressed or still need to progress as a writer and as a student Throughout your selfevaluation offer specific examples from your work to support what you say about progress or areas that need improvement You need to show your readers as well as tell them use quotes details from your writing and so forth When you comment on your progress it s best to offer some comparison of works to illustrate this progress When you comment on areas that need improvement think of offering plans strategies for improvement 4 You may choose to structure your self evaluation with progress first areas of improvement first or you may choose to arrange it according to the four categories However you choose to arrange your self evaluation is up to you but make sure you clearly identify each category and the different areas under each category you chose to discuss Also be sure to provide some sort of introductory material and concluding material to provide context for this self reflection final eng101