Please answer ALL the following questions in paragraph form. Support your answers with evidence when prompted. Follow the directions to the letter and offer your best first draft, taking care to write in standard English. Proofread your final copy before you turn it in. This assignment is worth 100 points, and it is due at the end of your allotted final class period.
- Discuss your writing strengths as you have discovered and developed them in this class. You may wish to include such elements as your skill in utilizing research databases, fluency of language composition, free-flowing and frequent ideas, a mastery of MLA style, the ability to follow writing directions to the letter, or any such qualities which show your excellence. Please provide 2 or 3 quotes from YOUR OWN WORK as evidence as well as an explanation of why this evidence really shows your strongest writing.
- Discuss the areas in which your writing skills are still developing. You could investigate such challenges as grammar and punctuation, a difficulty in formulating your thoughts so they can be clearly articulated, English as a new language, cognitive challenges, a lack of organizational structure, difficulty expressing thoughts through written composition, redundancy, or any such qualities which show your nascent talents. Please provide 2 or 3 quotes as evidence as well as an explanation of why this evidence really shows your developing work.
- Discuss the future of your college writing. What skills in writing should you develop in order to facilitate your path toward your degree? What specialized writing skills do you anticipate your future classes will require? Please provide evidence of actual future class progression, assuming you continue on the current academic path. Ex: class listing, title of class, teacher, and/or when you plan to complete the degree.
- Discuss how you will use writing in your career after college. What role will writing play in your chosen career path? How will you develop the skills necessary to communicate your ideas through the art and craft of composition?