Final Essay Assignment

Please respond to the following topic with an essay of 600 words or more. You will be given class time to write and revise this assignment before you turn it in. However, you will not have the opportunity to receive comments and do a later revision.

Topic: What did you learn about writing this semester?

In order to complete this essay, you must use some kind of textual or experiential reference points: for example, any of our readings, class discussions, and exercises, or any of the writing assignments you did for this class. However, you are not restricted to materials from this class: maybe you learned more about writing from another class, another experience, something you read or had to do elsewhere. That's fine with me -- I just want to know what you learned.

Similarly, how you approach the question is up to you. You may discuss big abstract ideas related to writing (“I learned that writing is/can be…”) or smaller, more practical concerns (“I learned how to…”) or more personal insights (“I learned that my strongest/weakest skill is…”).  You may focus on a single point or discuss several related points. 

Naturally, I ask that you use your best writing and critical thinking skills for this assignment. :D