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The final post!

Dear students,

Thank you for such a wonderful semester together. I’ve had a blast getting to know everyone and appreciate the opportunity to be your teacher. I hope can walk away from this class with a new perspective and understanding around writing and personal expression.

Here’s a recap of any last-minute work you’ll want to get in by tomorrow (12/20 midnight) and how much they are worth for your grade:

  • Participation assignments (25%), which include:
    • OpenLab posts – all of the OpenLab assignments are posted here
    • Your Perusall readings and annotations, of which there are eight total readings
  • Revisions of your Unit 1 personal essay (20%)
  • Revisions of your Unit 2 Reflective Annotated Bibliography (20%)
  • Revisions of your Unit 3 project and Artist Statement (20%)
  • Your Final Reflection, which was due 12/14 (10%)
  • Revisions of your “Later” assignment, which include the post for 9/21, a re-reading plan, and the post for 9/28 (5%)

I will have candy for those coming to today’s optional class!

Have a healthy and restful holiday break. Good luck with all your future pursuits – I wish each and every one of you success in whatever you put your mind to. Don’t hesitate to reach out in the future if I can be of help!

Best,

Professor Annie

Homework due 12/14

WRITE:Ā 750 words for your final portfolio assignment. Review ALL the writing you’ve done this semester (OpenLab posts, your in-class writings, reflections, major papers, even emails!). Use the writing that you started in class to work on this. See instructions below. You can post this on OpenLab, or you can email it to me separately if you’d like your reflection to be more private. This is worth 10% of your final grade.

Consider the following questions:

  • What have you learned about yourself as a reader, writer and scholar this term?
  • How will you be able to use what you have learned this term and transfer that knowledge to other writing situationsā€”either in college or in your community?
  • As evidence to back up your points, you must use at least three quotes from your own writing this semester in your reflection.

As you browse through your work, ask yourself about and take notes on the following questions (you donā€™t have to answer them all in your final reflection.Ā  These are just to give you some ideas.

  • How would you compare/contrast work you did early in the semester to now?
  • What was your favorite/least favorite assignment and why?
  • What are some notable lessons that have stuck with you after completing certain assignments?
  • What changed in your writing (reading, thinking) as the genres and assignments changed?
  • How did you make decisions in your assignments about content and design?
  • What were your early assumptions/beliefs about yourself and writing? Have they since changed? Explain.
  • What was your experience revising assignments?
  • Was there any peer feedback that stands out to you and why?
  • What was particularly challenging for you in our course this semester and how did you overcome it (or attempt to)?

Please, be honest! I want to know your true and honest thoughts about how you thought this semester went in terms of your writing. Your writing should be organized in paragraphs (with some sort of reasoning as to the order), proofread, and have some evidence/analysis. Most importantly, I want you to be honest with yourself. You are the main audience here.Ā 

SUBMIT YOUR EVALUATIONS:Ā Please find the email from NYC College of Technology Course Evaluations (Ā SPSSurveys@scantron.com )Ā and submit your course evaluation for this class. This will help me become a better instructor!

CATCH-UP:Ā This is the last “official” assignment. Between now and December 20, you should be:

  • Revising and resubmitting your Unit 1, 2, and 3 projects
  • Catching up on OpenLab posts
  • Catching up on Perusall readings and annotations

Email me if you have any questions!

Homework due 12/7

Your Final Portfolio project will be submitted a bit differently. Each weekā€™s OpenLab post will count as a part of your Final Portfolio submission and will be graded as such, so make sure you are paying attention to the clarity and structure of your writing.

WRITE: Write a paragraph explaining what you would do to revise your Unit 2 RAB, if you had the time (or why not). You need to mention what you got from the feedback you received (from me and from your colleagues), and why you would incorporate it (or why not). Post this to OpenLab.

REVISE: Spend some time revising your Unit 2 RAB. Use the materials that we covered in class today. You have until Dec 19 to re-submit this paper for an updated grade, but I encourage you to get to this earlier if you want to re-submit other assignments as well.

REFLECT: Part of your Final Portfolio grade includes writing a letter to yourself reflecting on what youā€™ve learned this semester (due Dec. 19). This letter should be at least 750 words.  Here are some questions to start thinking about before you begin writing this final reflection (it may be helpful to re-read some of your old OpenLab posts, as well):

  • What have you learned about yourself as a reader, writer and scholar this term?
  • How will you be able to use what you have learned this term and transfer that knowledge to other writing situationsā€”either in college or in your community?
  •  How would you compare/contrast work you did early in the semester to now?
  • What was your favorite/least favorite assignment and why?
  • What are some notable lessons that have stuck with you after completing certain assignments?
  • What changed in your writing (reading, thinking) as the genres and assignments changed?
  •  How did you make decisions in your assignments about content and design?
  • What were your early assumptions/beliefs about yourself and writing? Have they since changed? Explain.
  • What was your experience revising assignments?
  • Was there any peer feedback that stands out to you and why?
  •  What was particularly challenging for you in our course this semester and how did you overcome it (or attempt to)?
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