1. Pick one or more of your essays and talk about the process of writing it.  What were you thinking about during the first draft?  Did your thinking change by the second draft?  What changes did you make in the essay and why?


2. Discuss the peer review process.  How did you respond to peer review comments?  How did you approach the process of revising?  What were your attitudes and thoughts?


3. Did instructor feedback and the discussion of your work during conferences affect your thinking and writing?


4. Make specific statements about your progress as a writer and use quotations from your work to support those statements. 

Example: If you began the term using vague, unsupported statements and by the end of the term you learned how to support specific statements, quote one of the vague statements from an early draft and a clear, supported statement from a later document.

If you feel you made no progress, be as specific as you can about why and give examples from your writing which demonstrate areas where you think you need to make improvement.  What barriers might be keeping you from making that improvement?


5. Evaluate your portfolio as a body of work.  What do the materials in it demonstrate about you as a writer?


6. What writing do you plan to do next (other classes? other papers?)?  What can you take from this class and apply to your other work?  In the conclusion of your essay, talk about your future goals and challenges as a writer.

Last Updated 03/21/08