Reflection Paper #1
SLOs, or Student Learning Outcomes, are one of the main focuses of our English 1120 curriculum this semester. In this paper, I will reflect on 2 SLOs based on what I learned and experienced while writing my proposal. I will focus on SLO B: writing as a social act and SLO C: writing as a process.
Writing as a social act played a big role in the proposal paper. The proposal paper's main goal is to convince someone that the solution you provide to your chosen problem is a good idea. This means your proposal should target a certain audience, which is exactly what SLO B focuses on. My target audience was the general populace and people involved in our educational system. My problem affects many people in our society, more than we realize, and I was attempting to make my audience realize that. My solution, however, was related to changes in our “health” class curriculum. The solution was more targeted towards people who have a say in our school curriculum. However, the whole proposal was written in such a way that it would bring the problem to everyone's attention.
Writing as a Process focuses on the overall process of writing your paper. My process while writing my proposal was straight forward. I started with research on my desired problem and solution. I then wrote an outline, focusing on the main sections of the paper, and the contents within. I then wrote a rough draft, putting all my thoughts on paper. I had a peer review of this draft and received his feedback to make certain edits. I realized my overall argument was rather loose and made some changes to my thesis. Then I wrote another draft and edited it. Finally, I wrote the final.
The SLO reflections made me look back on how my final proposal paper came to be. In reflecting on SLO B: writing as a social act, and SLO C: writing as a process. Both SLOs were related to the writing of my proposal paper and my reflections gave insight into how my final came to be.