Do Reflective Essay

I need a 3 page essay.  Choose topics 8, 9 and 10.  You already wrote an essay on Edgar Allan Poe for me and that is who I would choose for prompts 8 and 9.  We read the Fall of the House of Usher and Annabel Lee as well as The Tell-Tale Heart.  For 10 I would choose Walt Whitman as we read Song of Myself and I was not a big fan of his.  Any questions please ask.

End-of-Course Reflective Essay

As another semester comes to an end, it’s a good time to reflect on your experiences and your learning. For this assignment, you will write a 3-page (double-spaced) essay about your learning in this class. This essay counts as 10% of your semester average, so please make sure that you follow all the instructions and review both the Grading Rubric and Formatting Instructions located in the sidebar to the right of this page. The Reflective Essay is due by the end of Module 16.

The reflective essay assignment is an intellectual activity whereby you review in detail what you’ve read, learned, observed, felt, or experienced during the course, and then you draw some conclusions about the significance of those experiences in relation to the context of your life as a whole.

Choose 2 or 3 of the prompts below
and write a 3-page essay. Your essay should include an introduction, body paragraphs (2 or 3), and conclusion. The essay must follow the manuscript form guidelines stated in the sidebar to the left of this page. While you are not required to embed textual quotes from works studied, you certainly may. Either way, you should include very specific references as you respond to the selected prompts.

Essay Prompts:

1) How much did you know about early American literature when you started the course? Describe a few key things that you’ve learned through your reading this semester.

2)What did you enjoy most about this course and what would you rather forget? What advice would you give a student who has decided to enroll in this online ENGL 2327 course? What advice would you give yourself as you take on other courses?

3) Discuss how an author or work from this course “opened your eyes” to unfamiliar aspects of the world around you. Did this author change your perspective in some significant way?

4) Discuss how an aspect(s) of this course connected other aspects of your life.

5) Examine the relationship between this course and your desired career path, by considering issues such as responsibility, communication, and knowledge and skills. Explain in what ways you hope your education will enhance your job performance.

6) What “life skill” did you develop and/or improve on during this course: research, time-management, using technology, reading comprehension, written communication, etc.

7) Discuss how aspects of this course may have altered your view of your role as a member of society or a member of a particular community.

8) Which author did you connect with the most? Why?

9) Since this is a survey course, we were unable to read any author in great depth. Which author do you think you might read more of on your own?

10) Which author did you find most difficult? What about the writing style or subject matter caused you difficulty? What’s the best advice you would give someone who is facing difficult course content – especially in an online class?

ReflectiveEssay Grading Rubric

Unsatisfactory

Grade: D or F

Needs Improvement

Grade: C

Good

Grade: B

Excellent

Grade: A

Content The writer simply

restates facts rather

than reflecting on

his or her own

experience. The

writer’s point of

view is not evident.

Contains some

interesting ideas, but

the writer does not

explore them

thoroughly. Lacks

detailed explanation

or supporting

examples.

Essay shows

thoughtful

reflection. Writer’s

point of view is

apparent. For the

most part, addresses

selected

prompts.

Demonstrates fresh,

original thought and

ideas. Point of view

is thoroughly

explored and clearly

expressed. Directly

addresses selected

prompts.

Organization No clear direction.

Main ideas are

vague and

connections are

confusing or

incomplete.

Includes an

organizational

skeleton (intro, body

paragraphs,

conclusion), but

often strays from the

main idea. Lacks

transitions.

Organization is

generally good, but

there may be some

extraneous details or

unclear transitions.

Organization

enhances the main

ideas. Supporting

information is

presented logically,

with no extraneous

details. Transitions

are smooth.

Sentence Fluency

and Word Choice

Contains frequent

grammar errors.

Sentences are

choppy, awkward,

and hard to follow.

Vocabulary is

limited and words

are used incorrectly.

Some errors in

grammar and word

choice. Sentences

may be incomplete

or rambling.

Generally applies

standard English

usage and

appropriate word

choices. Sentences

are grammatical, but

sometimes stiff or

choppy.

The writing flows

and shows a high

level of

sophistication.

Strong and specific

words are used to

convey meaning.

Mechanics Frequent

spelling,

punctuation, and

typographical errors.

No evidence of

proofreading.

Some distracting

errors. Needs more

thorough

proofreading.

Contains occasional

spelling,
punctuation, and

typographical errors,

but the errors are not

overly distracting.

Proofreading is

thorough. Correct

spelling and

punctuation

throughout.

Student 1

Suzy Student

Professor Page

English 1301

15 December 2010

MLA Format for Essays and Research Paper (for Microsoft 2007)

This is a sample page to show and explain how to format your Reflective Essay using

Word 2007. The first thing you should do before typing anything is to set your Font Size to 12

and your Font to Times New Roman. Next, within the Home Tab, open the Paragraph menu

box. On the Indents and Spacing tab, go to Line Spacing and choose Double. Make sure the

Before and After Spacing is set at 0. Click Okay to close this after it is set.

Now you should set your margins for the paper. All papers require 1” margins for Top,

Bottom, Left, and Right. To set margins, click on Page Layout Tab, and then choose Margins.

Select the Normal option to set your margins (top, bottom, left, right) to 1”. Open the Page

Setup menu box and select Layout. Make sure that the Header and Footer margins (on the

Layout Tab) are already set for 0.5”. Click on Okay to set this.

Notice that the header of this sample page has the student’s last name and page number

at the top right corner. Set the page number first by clicking on the Insert Tab and then clicking

open the Page Number menu. Select Top of Page, and choose Plain Number 3, which will set

your page number at the top right corner. (On your blank page, a blue Header line will appear.)

While your cursor is at this number 1, type in your last name with a space. This action should

place your last name next to the page number. Then click Close Header and Footer (Red X on

Menu Bar). All of your pages will then have the same header and will automatically paginate.

Student 2

Your heading will always be at the top left and will be in the order of your name,

instructor’s name, class name, and the date an assignment is due. Notice that the date is inverted

with the day first, then month and year.

Notice that there is no extra line spacing anywhere in this sample. All lines are equally

double-spaced; therefore, do not double-double space between the date and the title, between the

title and the text of the paper, or between paragraphs. Also notice that the title of this sample

paper is properly centered (using the Center Align icon on the Home Tab), has no italicized

words, is not underlined, and is not in bold print. (Be sure to take off the Center Alignment and

return to the Align Left icon before beginning the text of your paper.)

Make sure that you follow these directions when you type your papers. It is important

that your formal essays and research paper maintain the proper MLA format.