English 323

Upper Division Writing Reflective Letter

All Upper Division Writing (UDW) courses in the Dept. of English are assessed every term. This allows us to monitor how well our courses are meeting NDSU's General Education(GE) requirements. UDW students are consequently asked to write reflective letters to the instructor and assessors at the end of the term, discussing how well the course met our GE outcomes.

The reflective letter must heed the following checklist items:

_____Your reflective letter is addressed to the UDW program team, with partial address information, the date, and a salutation.

Example:

Frank Furter
Hamburger Hall
North Dakota State University

 

Instructor and UDW Administrators
Dept. of English, Morrill Hall 219
North Dakota State University

April 30, 2013

Dear UDW Assessment Readers:

     

    _____Your letter includes a brief introduction, describing what you wrote this term. You discuss in particular the chapbook, fiction and poetry projects, and reflective essay, as well as some of the brief exercises, cyber assignments, and group worksheets you completed.

    _____Your letter describes in a paragraph or more how the work you did fulfills General Education Outcome "A": "Students should learn to integrate knowledge and ideas in a coherent and meaningful manner." Here is where you may discuss ways in which you integrated workshop feedback into your writing, along with anything and everything from the semester readings, exercises, discussions, and projects. How did you use what you learned from the readings? How did you revise your work to account for comments received in workshop? What research sources might you have used in any work this term? You might also/instead choose to discuss the ways in which you used your own life experiences in a meaningful way in your stories and poems.

    This is also where you should discuss the work you put into focusing and organizing your poems, stories, and chapbook in a meaningful way.

    _____Your letter describes in a paragraph or more how the work you did fulfills General Education Outcome "B": "Students should demonstrate good design principles in the presentation and execution of their documents and artifacts." Your focus here will likely be on your chapbook and everything in it, and maybe your Poetry Project #3 performance as well.

    ____Your letter includes a brief conclusion and closing or valediction.

    Example:

    Sincerely,

    Frank Furter

     

    ____Your letter shows careful editing for clear, concise, effective sentences.

    ____Your letter shows meticulous proofreading for correct punctuation, spelling, and grammar--no misspelling, typos, fused sentences, incomplete sentences, or comma errors.

    _____Your letter is about 1.5-2 pages.

    _____Your letter is folded and inserted loosely or paper-clipped to your chapbook. (Do not include it in your chapbook per se or bind it with the main chapbook body.

 

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