This self-assessment will explain, in a professional and formal way, what you think of yourself as a student writer and your achievement now that you have finished this course. To do this self-assessment, based on a realistic view of your performance, please compose, revise, and proofread a 1000-word essay on the following topic: "How I Earned an A in this course . . . or not." This topic requires you to look at yourself for responsibility for your grade, how you fell short or measured up. Complaints about the course or any comments blaming the course or your professor will be considered off topic, and you'll then have to redo your self-assessment to earn credit on it. If you are going for the "A" grade in this course, this final task, along with your revisions of Paper 1 and Paper 2, will show me how sophisticated your content, style, and grammar have become. Show me what you can do!
Use this filename: LastName.FirstName.SA.F19
For full credit, follow these steps (times are guidelines, not requirements). If you find yourself writing quickly and finishing soon, chances are strong that you could think harder and produce better content. Please take this into consideration instead of assuming you cannot do any better.
- In your shared folder in Google Drive, create a document and name it based on the example above (2 mins)
- Brainstorm about what you did or did not do to earn or not to earn an "A," depending on your situation (30 mins)
- Write your response according to the instructions above (2 hours)
- Give your piece an intelligent, thoughtful, two-part title that UNIQUELY captures your idea (5 mins)
- Proofread your work carefully after writing (1 hour)
