First Year Courses & Programs

Basic Writing (ENGLWRIT 111)

Exploratory Writing 2
Unit 6

Growth

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1. Looking back, what was your writing experience before enrolling in this course?  What strengths, weaknesses, hopes and fears did you enter with?
2. Surveying your semester's work, describe the strongest features--from a writerly standpoint--you see in each essay.
3. Working chronologically, describe how your writing progressed and grew over the course of the semester.  (Signs of growth might have to do, for example, with strengthening your focus, organization, development, audience awareness, confidence level, etc.)
4. Of the areas of growth discussed above, which do you see as most significant or interesting?   Why?
5. Looking ahead, what sort of writing future do you predict for yourself?  What sorts of writing do you think you'll be doing?  What sorts of writing do you believe you'll excel in?  What aspects of writing do you expect will remain a challenge for you in the future?