Ms. Gokturk

Composition

Post-Course Reflection Statement

Congratulate yourself! You made it through your Composition requirement and you survived! Hoorah!

As part as your last assignment as you put together your portfolio, you have been asked to include a statement that details your thoughts on the course and your work.

YOUR TASK: Include in your portfolio a reflection statement of at least ONE page SINGLE-SPACED that explores your growth as a student and writer. Use the following questions as guidelines for your response, but by no means limit yourself if there are other areas you would like to address. Please remember that paragraphs are your friends and you should organize your ideas by little islands of sentences (AKA a paragraph).

v Reviewing your portfolio and notebook, what are your stronger pieces of writing? What are the weaker pieces? Explain.

v Challenge. Did you face any challenges this course? How did you fulfill them? If you did not find anything challenging, what might you have liked to have presented to you as a challenge?

v Explore the effort you put into the course. Did you put in your best effort? Explain.

v Time: Did you need more time to complete tasks? Why? What might you have done to improve your timing? Were you given too much time?

v Examine the pace of the course. Did it move too quickly? Too slow? Just right?

v What did you learn?

v Which unit did you enjoy the most in the course and why? The least? (Short Story, Lord of the Flies, Catcher in the Rye)

v Reading. Did you have enough reading this course? Too much? Too little?

v Writing. Did you have enough writing assignments? Too many? Too few?

v Discussion. Was there enough discussion in this course? Would you have liked more opportunity to discuss? Would you have preferred more introspective, quiet time?

v What advice would you give an incoming Composition student, knowing what you know now?

v What improvements do you think could be made to the course, if any?

v What might you change in your own study habits or class habits if you could have a fresh start?

v What was the most memorable part of the course?