Reading Journal
| Title of Article + Proper MLA Citation for Works Cited page | Reflective Writing and the Revision Process: What Were You Thinking? By: Sandra L. Giles |
| Summarize the article — include your reaction, thoughts, anything to help you remember its claims. 100 to 150 words | In this article by Sandra Giles, she discusses how to correctly and efficiently write a reflective essay and ways to make the revision process even better. Reflective writing can be many things but often is either an essay about an experience that one had and are writing about how it affected them. A reflective essay can also be about a reading and writing about what the reading was actually about. She talks about having “intentions” when writing, meaning having a sense of audience and purpose and what the writer wants for the essay they are writing. |
| Define new terms and concepts by quoting or paraphrasing the original author. | Process memo: a tool to help the workshop instructor know how to respond to the writers story
Reflection/reflective writing: any activity that asks you to think about your own thinking |
| How does this reading connect to other articles from class and/or your own research? | I think this article connects to pretty much all the other articles we have read this semester. It just provides further information and tips about how to write an excellent essay and ways to revise/reform it to make it the best that it can be. |
| Based on the reading, craft one question to act as a springboard for class discussion. | My question regarding this article would be how do you write a reflective essay without sounding biased? For example, if you are writing about your personal experience from something is it okay to sound/be biased towards a situation? |