Reflection on Open Letter Draft

In this blog post, I will reflect on my draft of Project 4 by answering questions from Student's Guide. For this peer review process, I reviewed Michael and Victoria's drafts.

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1. Did you demonstrate an ability to think about your writing and yourself as a writer?

I did demonstrate an ability to think about my writing and myself as a writer to some degree. I tried to touch on all of the important parts of my writing experience, including my writing process and time management. These ideas could be a little more organized, however, so that I get my ideas across a little more clearly and concisely. I will need to work on the organization and flow of my ideas in order to demonstrate this more clearly.

2. Did you provide analysis of your experiences, writing assignments, or concepts you have learned?

I did touch on each of these things in my open letter. I wrote about my experiences with time management and the writing process and tied these in with specific writing assignments we had to complete. Additionally, I wrote generally about some of the concepts I learned, paying special attention to the idea of genre. However, I might want to be more specific when writing about what each writing assignment and experience taught me, instead of merely throwing in these examples without much analysis.

3. Did you provide concrete examples from your own writing (either quotes from your writing or rich descriptions of your writing process)?

I did provide concrete examples from my own writing, as I provided a few quotes to support my claims. These quotes help make my writing more concrete, but again, they could use further analysis or explanation that ties them into my writing better.

4. Did you explain why you made certain choices and whether those choices were effective?

I did explain why I made certain choices in my writing when I explained my chosen examples in my writing. However, I think I could include more explanation of how these choices were effective, and whether they remained effective throughout the rest of the semester.

5. Did you use specific terms and concepts related to writing and the writing process?

I used specific terms relating to the writing process, such as planning and revision. I also used terms such as genre and rhetorical strategies in order to tie my analysis into specific things we learned in this class.