| Title of Article + Proper MLA Citation for Works Cited page | Sandra L. Giles “Reflective Writing and the Revision Process: What Were You Thinking?” Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing, Volume 1, 2010 |
| Summarize the article — include your reaction, thoughts, anything to help you remember its claims. 100 to 150 words | This article is about the reflective writing process. According to the author, Sandra L. Giles, reflective writing is about thinking about and being aware of your own thoughts on paper. According to Kathleen Blake Yancey and Jane Bowmann Smith, reflective writing has to do with a “student’s process of thinking about what she or he is doing while in the process of that doing” (170).
The author then proceeds to talk about her experiences with reflective writing and her history of it. She remembers it as a “performance” as a doctoral student. She says it was “the first class I had ever taken where we English majors actually practiced what we preached” (192) |
| Define new terms and concepts by quoting or paraphrasing the original author. | ““Reflection” and “reflective writing” are umbrella terms that refer to any activity that asks you to think about your own thinking” (191) |
| How does this reading connect to other articles from class and/or your own research?
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I feel like I have done reflective writing in the past and I will do it more in the future, and especially in this writing class. |
| Based on the reading, craft one question to act as a springboard for class discussion. | Why is reflective writing important? |