ENC 1101
Finally, the young Tiger will no longer be lost between his brothers and sister when the time comes to go for the hunt. My Tiger has completely understood the rules of the jungle and is ready to make some of his own.
Of course, the concept of this Tiger is different for everybody that comes to this course because a mature Tiger needs to be able to protect himself in the dangerous and violent world of writing. But the concept of what made me become a Tiger is different from anybody else because everybody was different as a cub. They praise what changes from the beginning until now and nobody starts from the same point. Some are better at organizing but fail in content, others are very good and content but lack in writing skills and others can even be amazing writers but they haven't explored their creativity yet. So any of those changes can help describe the Tiger that exists now.
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I already talked about how I feel that my Tiger has accomplished his personal goals, but now maybe I should check if the same Tiger was capable of meeting the goals of the course so far. Next, I will review the 4 main ENC 1101 Outcomes and reflect if I achieved them during this semester and how.
Outcome 1
Students will be able to read and use scholarly texts to support their writing goals.
I think I met this outcome successfully and the proof can be found in the Reading Responses. Earlier in my ePortfolio, I show how different the in-text citation and the use of the information of scholarly texts changed through the semester. Nothing is perfect but the effectiveness in the argument using in-text citation improve because I learn how to use quotes and their content appropriately.
Outcome 2
Students will be able to describe and analyze writing processes in order to flexibly adapt them to support their goals.
I think I met this outcome successfully and it could be explained by the use of quotes as well, but I think the analyzing text activity for Major Paper 2 and the interview for Major Paper 3 can also be very good examples of this outcome. Because both of those writings were very common for us but we never analyze them with an academic perspective and the fact that I could use those to support the main idea of my paper makes me think that I achieve that goal.
Outcome 3
Students will learn how to adapt to different writing contexts they need to address.
I think I met this outcome successfully and once again, many of the activities throughout this semester can potentially check this box. But in my opinion, the one that prepared me the most for different types of context was the in-class activities and the quick writings. I say this because even though each Writing Response was different for the other and the Major Papers were very different analyzing text messages or interviewing people, the in-class activities were completely out the regular and force me to adapt to new circumstances, once we even left the classroom and I could see the different kinds of writing contexts. The quick writing had unconventional prompts and the class activities always looked forward to push our boundaries.
Outcome 4
Students will consider how social, rhetorical, and technological contexts shape writing conceptions, processes, rules, and learning.
I think I met this outcome successfully. The title is kinda confusing but I think I met this outcome very early in the semester with Major Paper 1. In this paper, I had the change to analyze the concept of Discourse of Gee and I simply love it because even though it was a writing concept I immediately associate it with my social experiences throughout my life. I had other concepts that I could successfully relate to my day to day, but none of them were as influential as the concept of Discourse.
This journey, at last, came to an end. I learn so many things in this semester and despite my mathematical mind, I really enjoyed this course.
Now is up to the Tiger to survive the rest of his days in the Jungle without his master. Learning and Hunting for survival hoping that one day he can help another Cub grow strong.