Writing Tasks for Diagnostic Essay of Expressing an Opinion

Prepare: As you prepare to write your first discussion for this week

Identify two writing tasks listed in Section 4 of Rhetoric and Composition: A Guide for the College Writer (https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Rhetoric_and_Composition) as your strengths and two tasks as your weaknesses.

Review your Grammar Assessment.

Reflect: Reflect on your experience writing the Diagnostic Essay - the essay is attached.

Write: Consider the following questions below.  It will be important for you to be descriptive and provide specific examples to back up the items you note.

Describe at least one writing task that you believe you did well on when writing the Diagnostic Essay in Week 1.

Describe one writing task that you believe you need to work on based on your experience writing the Diagnostic Essay.

Describe three grammatical errors that you had the most difficulty with on the Diagnostic Quiz you took in the course.

Describe your plan for maximizing your strengths and improving where you need to.

Pose a question about this weeks reading (Section 4 of https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Rhetoric_and_Composition) to the class and your instructor.