Final Exam

The five learning outcomes for the course are stated below. For each learning outcome, respond to the following prompt:

In 100 words (± 10 words), explain how you've met this goal. The response should include evidence from your own writing in the course, feedback you've offered, or feedback from your classmates.

Once you've completed your final, send it to me as an attachment via e-mail by May 5, 2021 at 4:30 pm CT.


  • The ability to write in a range of genres, using appropriate rhetorical conventions, for example:
    • write multiple assignments in different academic genres;
    • write for different rhetorical situations (audience, purpose, genre);
    • produce texts with a controlling idea, appropriate support for their claims, and appropriate conventions of format and structure (including being able to create appropriate organizational structures in the absence of models).Write multiple assignments in several genres, expanding their repertoire beyond predictable forms (e.g. the 5-paragraph essay).


  • Competency in reading, quoting and citing sources, as well as competency in balancing their own voices with secondary sources, for example:
    • critically read texts for main ideas and arguments, for use of genre conventions, for rhetorical strategy, and for the position of the author;
    • summarize, respond to, and critique texts;
    • find, evaluate, analyze, synthesize and cite appropriate sources to inform and situate their own claims. Find, evaluate, analyze, and synthesize appropriate primary and secondary sources to inform and situate one’s own claims.


  • The ability to employ flexible strategies for generating and revising their writing, for example:
    • critically read texts for main ideas and arguments, for use of genre conventions, for rhetorical strategy, and for the position of the author;
    • summarize, respond to, and critique texts;
    • find, evaluate, analyze, synthesize and cite appropriate sources to inform and situate their own claims. Find, evaluate, analyze, and synthesize appropriate primary and secondary sources to inform and situate one’s own claims.


  • Students will engage in multiple methods of inquiry.


  • Students will explore writers’ cultural positions and the influence of those positions on what and how they write.


Rubric
Criteria Incomplete/Not Submitted Emerging Developing Meets Expectations Distinguished
Reflection

Responses explain what you learned in this course and what contributed to your learning. In specific, responses showcase your development as a writer.

Focus

Each response focuses on different components. Together, responses offer intricate connections.

Support

Claims about what was learned in the are supported with specific, compelling examples (i.e., previous writings, instructor/peer feedback, readings, any related content to the course).