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Final Self-Progress report

 

This final assignment is designed to give you an opportunity to reflect overYOUR progress this semester.  Please put it in the form of a memo or short report, addressed to me.  It does not have to be overly formal, but you should proof it andCHECK for the usual considerations of any college-level paper.

 

This assignment is intended to give you a chance toCHECK in with the work you have done both inside and outside of the classroom based on the goals set for you earlier in the semester. While the format of this report is pretty flexible, and you can choose any one of a number of organizational strategies, you will still gain additional practice in planning, structuring, writing, and editing an effective memo and report. 

 

Task

Compose a Progress report of at least two pages (single-spaced) in which you discuss the seven goals set for you earlier in the semester, along with the additional goals you set for yourself. Please report on:

 

  • Your progress towards the goals I set for you
  • Your progress towards the goals you set for yourself
  • Your experience working with different groups
  • Your feedback on the class
  • How you felt you grew this semester as a student, a writer, a researcher, and a future professional

 

For each goal, you should identify what aspects of your progress have allowed you to meet a goal, or even how you still plan to work on that goal beyond the end of the semester. Some goals may still be “in progress” so do not feel as though this report needs to justify how you have met every single goal in only a semester’s time. As for all reports, the information provided should be substantive, but presented clearly and concisely.

 

Audience

Consider me the audience for this memo; the best strategy is to assume that you must persuade me into recognizingYOUR work as progress towards accomplishing your goals. While no outside research is needed, you must still provide concrete examples for your audience inORDER to prove your claims.

 

Purpose

The purpose of this memo is to reflect on your progress at the end of the semester. With other coursework and outside responsibilities, progress in one given class can often go unnoticed. Be honest with yourself and with your audience so that you can truly understand your progress at this point.

 

Organizational strategies

One successful strategy has been to group the goals into "Goals met" and "Goals in Progress," and under each section, list each specific goal (maybe bolding or italicizing to set it off) and underneath that goal listing the evidence or discussing the progress. 

 

You can do that in a fairly concise paragraph (understanding that this type of subject matter doesn't necessarily lend itself to being quite as concise as the issues memo, for example), or some people use bullets (i.e. "received 130/150 on issues memo, demonstrating growing understanding of conventions of professional writing.")

 

The second strategy has been to group goals into "Class Goals" and "Student Goals" or "My Goals" and follow the above. And then of course you will have the two shorter sections of "Group Feedback" and "Class Feedback." This format may mean you have a long memo.  That's fine.  It's better to have it span several pages and deal with each goal than to try to work them all together into paragraphs in an attempt to take up lessROOM.

 

Style

AsNOTED above, this memo may be wordier than a standard professional memo, simply because of its subject matter.  It is fine to list details in order to convey your progress; just be judicious.  If you are describing how your time management has improved, give summaries of improvement rather than describing an entire day, for example.

 

Considerations

The important things to remember are (a) toACCOUNT for each goal separately; don't lump them together, (b) provide a discussion or evidence for each separate goal.  You want to show that you have thought carefully about each goal, and that you understand how our class activities and your own work support those goals.

 

One of the main purposes of this memo is to demonstrate that you apply an understanding of each goal to your day-to-day activities in and out of class.  So take that time to give that some thought.  Under the goal:

 

  • Develop autonomy as a writer, with full responsibility for the work product

 

You might list things such as “Carefully read assigned reading before beginning writing, and again halfway through the writing process, to understand and integrate the concepts into my own writing” as one piece of evidence.  A second piece of evidence might be “Utilize not only in-class peer reviewers, but also ask for feedback and proofing from family members and friends.”  And so on.  There are many, many ways to show you are becoming an autonomous writer.  And many, many ways to show you’re working towards all the other goals.

 

You can see that the above takes some thought; this assignment is a good example of the higher-level thinking that aREPORT requires.  Analysis, synthesis, and evaluation are all called for here.  So please plan to devote enough time to this assignment over the next week.  Taking full responsibility for the work product means you’re taking full ownership of the grade it receives.

 

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