Name__________________________________________
WR 122, Winter 2002, Dr. C.Agatucci
Section (Circle): 11:00
Class OR
1:00 Class
PART I: Self-Assessment
1.
Rate your skills in the 7
following competencies, using this 5-point rating scale:
5 (A Excellent)
4 (B Very Good)
3 (C Satisfactory)
2 (D Weak) 1
(F Failing)
2. Circle
the Competency statements representing skills that you believe you have improved
the most this term in WR 122.
___Competency
1. Demonstrate the ability to use a variety of
analytical and argumentative essay patterns such as evaluation of a
published argument, comparative analysis of sources, persuasion, argumentation
synthesis.
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___Competency
2. Demonstrate the ability to use several quotations from
either published sources or interviews, which are (1) integrated into the
student’s
own writing (at both the paragraph and the sentence level), and (2) correctly
documented according to some currently accepted practice.
C0MMENTS:
____Competency
3: Demonstrate the ability to adopt a persona or tone
that serves one’s
persuasive purposes in written argument, and to identify and anticipate
audience considerations (e.g. readers’ knowledge, assumptions, beliefs/values, attitudes, needs) in
the selection of evidence and presentation of the writer’s argument.
C0MMENTS:
____Competency
4: Summarize published arguments and analyze
components of written arguments, such as claim, support (including the
distinction between observation and inference, fact and opinion), warrants,
assumptions, logic, rebuttals, credibility, psychological appeals,
connotation, tone, slanted language, irony).
C0MMENTS:
____Competency
5: Use writing to provide a peer with alternative
viewpoints and suggestions for revising and editing.
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____Competency
6: Adopt
a writing process to incorporate the special concerns of arguments such as
analyzing opposing viewpoints, synthesizing personal opinions with written
sources, thesis formation, organization, drafting, revising, editing and
proofreading.
C0MMENTS:
____Competency
7: Analyze and evaluate one’s own argument, identifying
strengths, weaknesses and potential biases, assumptions--and suggest some
means of improving his or her argumentative practice.
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PART II: Course Reflections
- Which
aspects of WR 122 have been most useful in helping you improve or
develop your writing skills this term?
And, briefly, why?
-
Which aspects of WR 122
have been least helpful to you?
Again, briefly, why?
Other Comments?
