Getting started with the Final Reflection

Let’s work together through the Final Reflection with some brainstorming. Let’s use the questions in the project instructions and draft answers to move forward with the last project of the semester.

Try writing for 10 minutes. Then try writing for another 10 minutes. What did you accomplish? Share all or some of what you write in a comment on this post.

Here are the main questions you’re answering in your final reflection:

Questions for your reflection:

To write your reflection, you will refer specifically to your projects and other work from throughout the semester to address these three major questions:

  1. What have you learned about yourself as a reader, writer, student, and community member (of this FYLC, at City Tech, etc) this semester?
  2. How have you changed or developed as a reader, writer, student, and community member this semester?
  3. What have you learned in this class and how will you transfer this knowledge to other writing tasks, assignments, or situations in college, professionally, or in your community.
  4. Consider the goals you set for yourself at the start of the semester. How have you met, missed, or changed your goals through your work and effort in this course? What advice do you have for that earlier version of yourself just starting this course and setting goals at the beginning of the Fall 2023 semester?

Review your work, and brainstorm:

To help generate material for your reflection, look back through all of your work (writing, reading, talking, thinking) from the semester. Think about any lessons that have remained with you, either about our course’s subject matter or about yourself as a student. Think about any changes in your beliefs, behaviors, or practices. Think about your expectations (of yourself, me, your classmates, the course, college, etc) and what actually happened. Think about your challenges and accomplishments. Brainstorming, freewriting, and writing a sh!tty first draft, among other techniques, can help you get started with your final reflection.