In class on the day the Project 1 is due, you will write a letter to me as a reflection on your education narrative that answers the following questions in whatever order makes sense for you:

  • What is your Project 1 about? Describe it in a couple of sentences.
  • What are you proud of from your project?
  • What did you learn about yourself as a student? as a learner? as a writer? as a reviser, as a collaborator (eg, peer reviewer, responding to classmates in the discussions)?
  • What resources (eg. brainstorming, peer-review, 1-on-1 conference with your professor or peer mentor, writing center/tutoring, generative AI) did you use to write this narrative? How did you use each and what did you find helpful or unhelpful about the resources you used?
  • Use the grading criteria as a checklist. Have you completed all parts of the project? What grade do you think your project has earned, based on the grading criteria?
    • Grading Criteria: You will be graded on your
    • ability to develop an overall point/significance for your narrative.
    • use of concrete, significant details rather than generalizations
    • focus on one event or connected, series of events
    • integration of one or two ideas from another writer into your narrative
    • construction of a narrative that serves a purpose for a particular audience
    • organization’s effectiveness
    • use of tone, language, grammar, and sentence structure as appropriate for your genre, audience, and purpose
    • scope: aim for 1000 words!
    • finishing touches, in terms of proofreading, formatting, submitting, etc.
    • What do you want help with as you revise this project for your final portfolio?
  • Is there anything else I should know about?
  • If you haven’t finished Project 1 yet, please use this letter as an opportunity to communicate to me where you are with your project, how it’s going, what help you need, and when you’ll submit it.

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