Final Essay Prompt

Our course has been challenging, in that it has asked you to undertake the task of improving your critical reading and writing skills in only a few weeks. While this is a very short amount of time in the grand scheme of your education, I believe that it will be beneficial to complete an end-of the-semester reflection about what you’ve learned and your progress toward becoming better writers.

The final will ask you to compose a 500-750 word assessment considering some of the following questions:

• How have you seen yourself grow as a writer over the past weeks?

• What have you learned about your strengths and weaknesses as a writer?

• What have concepts or ideas from our course have been most useful as you work to improve your writing?

• What do you think you have done well this semester? What would you like to improve on in subsequent classes?

• How will the skills you’ve learned in class help you to become more engaged at you job or in your community?

This essay should be thesis driven, employ a clear organizational structure, and provide specific, detailed language to demonstrate the significance of your main ideas. Don’t forget about the PIE structure we’ve talked about in class.