Reflective Argument

For Wednesday:

• Bring in earlier assignments, bring in map we started, we will have a work day
• Read the two examples (found on the bottom of this page) and we will discuss the pros and cons of each.

Today

• Introduce Project 4
• Have you all present your final papers to the class

When you introduce your paper

• What is your argument?
• What does your research say?
• What’s the takeaway?

DUE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22nd

Project Four: Reflective Argument (5-7 pages)

To complete this project, you will choose texts from those you’ve written for this course to create a portfolio, and you’ll draft a reflective argument that analyzes these texts. A portfolio is a selected set of pieces chosen from a larger group to highlight the author’s skills. Your reflective argument will make an argument that uses the texts you’ve chosen for your portfolio to show how well you’ve fulfilled each of the course learning outcomes. In your argument, you will describe, cite, and analyze specific aspects of each of the texts in the portfolio.

Your goal in this assignment is to demonstrate your growth as a writer across several pieces of your own writing. You should focus on showing the progress you achieved in mastering the ENG 1020 learning outcomes. You need to cover each learning outcome, but keep in mind that one text might illustrate your work on several outcomes. On the other hand, you might need multiple texts to illustrate your work on a single learning outcome. Describe how your ideas, skills, and writing process evolved across several of the texts you wrote for the course. Use the competency rankings on the portfolio scoring rubric (attached) as a guide to think about and explain how effectively you’ve achieved each outcome.

Emphasize accuracy rather than showing only accomplishments. Demonstrate your ability to see clearly your strengths and your growth areas as a writer. It’s also important to explain as concretely as possible how you’ll recognize future writing situations where you can apply the skills and concepts you learned in this course.

These are the course learning outcomes you should discuss:

Writing
Write effectively for various rhetorical situations (considering elements such as genre, context, discourse community, claims, evidence, organization, style, rhetorical strategies, and persuasive effect), using a flexible writing process and varied technologies.

Reading
Use analytical and critical strategies to read complex texts in a variety of media, and to identify and evaluate elements of the rhetorical situation (including those listed above).

Researching
Conduct research by finding and evaluating print, electronic, and other sources; generate information and ideas from research; and appropriately integrate material from sources.

Reflecting
Use reflection to make choices and changes in both the composing process and products in this course and to explain how you will use skills you have learned to approach unfamiliar writing tasks.

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