Today in class you will plan and draft a short reflective essay that documents your writing process and includes at least one relevant quotation from Writing Analytically or On Writing. Introduce your quotation with a signal phrase and follow your essay with a work cited entry for Writing Analytically or On Writing.
Sample Works Cited Entries
King, Stephen. “Toolbox.” On Writing. 2000. Pocket Books, 2001. pp. 123-24.
Rosenwasser, David and Jill Stephen. “Integrating Quotations into Your Paper.” Writing Analytically, 8th edition. Wadsworth/Cengage, 2019. pp. 231-33.
—. “Writing on Computers vs. Writing on Paper.” Writing Analytically, 8th edition. Wadsworth/Cengage, 2019. pp. 124-25.
Questions to Consider in Your Reflection
- What aspect of the writing seemed the most challenging? Choosing your subject? Composing your annotations? Developing the final essay? Why did that aspect seem the most challenging?
- Did your subject change? If so, what was your original subject, and why did you change it?
- What do you consider the strongest element of your final essay and annotated bibliography?
- At what point in the process did you decide on a title? Did you change the title during the writing process? If so, what was the original title?
- What image that documents part of your writing process away from the screen did you include in your blog post? Why did you choose that particular image?
- To which relevant website did you include an embedded link in your blog post?
Next Up
Wordplay Day! To prepare for class, revisit the Dictionary and World Builder pages on the Scrabble website, and review the posts on my blog devoted to Scrabble tips, including this one.
Jane Lucas 