In this Self Assessment, I critically analyze my writing. Coming into college as a freshman I faced some challenges, especially in the writing world. I would have difficulty keeping a focus on readings and extracting information. However, with time, I was able to improve my ability and connect information with better fluidity. In

To demonstrate that I have developed the course learning outcome of reading, drafting, and editing. In “Google Is Making Us Stupid” by Carr, I responded in my journal and I successfully developed the course learning outcome of analyzing rhetorical situations. For instance;

With my time in this course I have been able to be able to look at articles and long texts with less difficulty because I am able to look at the authors purpose and intended audience with more ease.

I have gotten better at gathering and expanding information. I think I could work on the sequence of my words in a piece of writing. However I struggled to meet the learning outcome at times with audience and stance, in my exploratory essay. 

However, as I rethought my process, I wrote another essay that was more inclusive in its audience, and it’s purpose to relate more to the reader. In this way I was able to stay a bit more neutral in my stance.

To demonstrate I have located the library databases and 

To demonstrate

For example, to demonstrate that you have developed the course learning outcome of “reading, drafting, collaborating, revising, and editing,” you would want to include, perhaps, copies of the notes you took while reading, journal responses, or annotations from your bibliography to demonstrate that you have developed flexible strategies for reading. 

To demonstrate that your drafting process has changed, you might want to include (and refer to in your Self-Assessment) a first draft from an early and a late assignment, or pre-writing that shows how your writing/drafting process has changed over the semester.

 To demonstrate that you have engaged in the collaborative and social aspects of writing,