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Assignment 6: Reflective Progress Report 2

Critical Writing for the Professions

Prof. Kanost

Purpose: Your purpose in writing this progress report is to assess and articulate

what you have learned about critical and professional writing from the process of producing an annotated bibliography and a proposal, and to plan how you will develop and continue applying that knowledge.

Audience: Prof. Kanost is your audience and she will reply to your report.

Format: Because this report forms part of a dialogue between you and Prof.

Kanost, please use a memo format. Check the section on memos in your textbook to make sure you use the format appropriately. You should put your name, my name, your subject and the date in memo format. You do not need to double space.

Due date: Monday, June 26. Put a final draft in your drop box, in the folder labeled

“Progress Reports.”

The file should be labeled “Reflective Progress Report 2.”

The assignment: Assess the progress of your writing by reflecting on your work for

Assignments 4 and 5.

Note the questions below that you should answer in this report, then plan what sections your report will have and how you will format your answers so that they are clear and full yet concise.

Assignment 4

1. Reread

the assignment guidelines,

your final draft,

previous drafts,

peer review comments,

my comments on your final draft.

2. Now that time has passed, what is revealed to you about this document you wrote and the process you went through to write it?

How did writing the annotated bibliography contribute to the process of writing the proposal?

How can you use these reflections to help you write assignments for classes or jobs in the future?

Assignment 5

1. Reread

the assignment guidelines,

your final draft,

previous drafts,

peer review comments.

2. Now that time has passed, what is revealed to you about the processes

you used working on a project clearly focused on convincing your reader

to do something—or to authorize you to do something for him or her?

Comment on at least some of the following (you do not need to comment on all of these things:

the decisions you have made in producing your proposal, including choosing your topic, your audience, and the sources you used.

how you have chosen to convince your reader:

what does this audience find important?

what does this audience want?

what does this audience need?

what kind of evidence does this audience find convincing?

how you have decided to explain the evidence you give to make your proposal as convincing as possible

Course Concepts and Outcomes

Reread the glossary at the end of our class syllabus. Of those aspects of writing defined, which did you most successfully develop in

Assignment 4?

Assignment 5?

Refer specifically to the glossary’s definitions and to specific examples in your writing as you explain how you achieved or developed one or more of those qualities in your work.