Essay #8: Reflection In-class Essay
In class, we have been working towards preparation towards English 1a and successful collegelevel
writing. In order to be able to successfully pass English 80, you must show that you have met and
possibly exceeded the English 80 student learning outcomes: 1) Employ effective reading strategies for
active, critical reading; 2) Apply the higher-order cognitive skills necessary for critical participation in
the ongoing conversations and debates of our culture and polity; 3) Assess their own writing processes;
4) Compose intelligible, source-based, multi-paragraph essays that employ rhetorical strategies for
situating, developing, and communicating a controlling idea (main claim); 5) Craft sentences for beauty
variety, and effectiveness.
For this final in-class essay, you will be using mostly personal examples to help develop your
argument. You should focus on creating an academic and professional tone that has a clear main claim
(thesis) and sub-claims (topic sentences).
The Assignment
For the final in-class essay of the semester, you will write a reflection essay explaining how
you have developed as a writer and what evidence shows you are ready for English 1A. More
specifically consider explaining:
• What changes you have made to improve your essays. Describe your revision strategies
with specific detail.
• What you have learned about the reading and writing processes and how you have
progressed as a reader and writer over the course of the semester.
• How these two essays (the revision essay and your final out-of-class essay) demonstrate
your reading and writing skills necessary to be successful at the next level (refer back to the
student learning outcomes)
In order to pass a college class, it is not enough to just try. You must also show mastery for that
class. This means that you should make sure to not just include evidence of trying and working hard.
These are important elements of your process when becoming a skillful writer, but they are not always
enough to pass a class. You must ALSO consider how you have displayed successful execution of the
student learning outcomes and writer skills. To clarify this, I (a student) may have worked very hard to
eliminate errors in my writing, but did I actually succeed in doing that? I do not just want to talk about
what I did to improve in this area; I want to show evidence of this in past essays and writing of any kind.
This could be in a quiz, a homework assignment, or it could be in an essay.
To fully answer this prompt, you should present EVIDENCE/EXAMPLES of your successful
completion of student learning outcomes. You should pull evidence (by paraphrasing, summarizing, and/
or quoting) from your own completed assignments. Since this essay is focused on you, you are welcome
to say “I” when you talk about your own experience but again don’t let this tone become too casual. The
final draft should have all of the parts of an academic essay: an introduction paragraph with a thesis,
several focused body paragraphs with clear topic sentences, and a conclusion paragraph.
This will be the first essay I read in your portfolio, so you should think about how you want this
to introduce and show the reader that you are ready for English 1A!
English 80
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