Response Writing #3

Response Writing #3 (Survey: Self-Evaluation & Course Reflections)

WORTH: 5% of Course Grade. (You get full points if you answer all questions thoughtfully and honestly!)
DEADLINE: FINAL EXAM MEETING on Thurs., Dec. 12, 1:00 p.m., Deschutes 1
Response Writing #3 may be completed at home and turned in on or before our Final Exam Meeting, OR
it may be completed in class during our Final Exam Meeting.
NOTE WELL: No Late Response Writing #3 surveys will be accepted after our Dec. 12, 2002 Final.

Response Writing #3                                    Name:____________________
Survey: Self-Assessment & Course Reflections
Eng 104, Fall 2002, Prof. C. Agatucci

Part One: Self-Assessment
Directions: Read the following Eng 104 Course Learning Skills and Competency Statements, and do the following:

·        Self-assess your skills & knowledge in each category using this 5-point scale:
5 = Excellent/A; 4 = Very Good/B; 3 = Satisfactory/C; 2 = Weak/D; 1=Poor/F

·        Feel free to Comment on any of the Learning Skills, Competencies and/or your self-ratings

·        Circle any Learning Skills and/or Competency statements that represent areas of your greatest improvement; and/or feel free to list and rate any additional course or personal learning goals of your own.

ENG 104 Learning Skills:

___(a) close reading of literary texts and annotating (i.e. taking notes on) significant passages in those texts;
___(b) describing and analyzing personal responses to literary texts;
___(c) applying literary terms and concepts, approaches and methods of analysis, and relevant background information, introduced in class and assignments;
___(d) identifying and investigating informational resources (e.g. library and internet sources) valuable to the study of narrative fiction;
___(e) formulating and explaining tentative interpretations and evaluations of literary works--drawing upon logical reasoning and specific examples from the works, as well as other relevant sources;
___(f) actively participating in class discussions and small-group seminars--prepared to explain and illustrate one's own interpretations and questions, as well as to understand and respond to others' interpretations;
___(g) seriously considering, and evaluating the merits and limitations of, others' opinions and evidence--especially those different from one's own; and being willing to re-think one's own interpretations and evaluations of literary works as warranted;
___(h) adapting general academic writing skills to the special forms and requirements of writing successful literary criticism (i.e. literary analysis, interpretation, evaluation)

ENG 104 Course Competencies (or Learning Outcomes):

___1. Define and illustrate principal literary elements of narrative fiction (e.g. plot, character, theme, point of view, setting, symbol, style), as well as significant variations within this genre (e.g. static vs. dynamic character, short story vs. novel), using well-selected examples from representative works.

___2. Analyze relationships among selected elements of literary form and thematic content (e.g. setting and characterization, or symbol and theme) within a work of narrative fiction, to explain how these literary elements can interact to shape the meaning and impact of individual works of narrative fiction.

___3. Identify key characteristics of literary historical periods and movements (e.g. 19th-century literary Realism) influential in the development of narrative fiction; and illustrate these characteristics using representative literary works.

___4. Apply background information by and about authors--e.g. their lives, cultural identities, socio-economic circumstances, reputations, literary influences, creative practices--to analysis and interpretation of their works of narrative fiction.

___5. Analyze others' literary criticism (e.g. commentaries of professional literary critics, interpretations of other ENG 104 students), and apply relevant critical opinions to one's own analysis and interpretation of narrative fiction.

___6. Use comparison/contrast analysis to demonstrate significant differences and similarities between selected works of narrative fiction (e.g., in fiction by the same or different authors; in fiction from different literary-historical periods; in different types of narrative fiction, such as short story, novel and/or film adaptation).

___7. Evaluate selected works of narrative fiction, based on defensible evaluation criteria appropriate to literary genre and context, and persuasive with a diverse English 104 audience.

___8. Demonstrate effective writing skills when communicating and supporting literary analysis, interpretation, and evaluation, in graded writing assignments.

___9. Select and interpret persuasive specific examples from primary works of narrative fiction, as well as from relevant secondary sources, in order to illustrate and support one's points.

___10. Avoid plagiarism by using an acceptable academic style (e.g. MLA) to cite direct quotations, paraphrases (indirect quotations), and summaries taken from primary and secondary sources.

___11. Other learning goals of your own?

Part Two: Course Reflections

1. One or two of the most valuable or helpful aspects of this class were . . . (and briefly explain why):

2. One or two of the literary works that I enjoyed studying the most were . . . (and briefly explain why):

3. One or two of the least valuable or helpful aspects of this class were . . . (and briefly explain why):

4. One or two of the literary works that I enjoyed studying the least were . . . (and briefly explain why):

5. Advice for Cora: When you teach English 104 again . . .

a. One thing you should do the same way again is . . . (and briefly explain why):

b. One thing that you should change and/or not do the same way again is . . . (and briefly explain why):

Cora's ENG 104 Course Web Site: Index
Fall 2002 Syllabus | Course Plan | Online Course Pack | Assignments Index

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