NOTE: Since this is one of six major assignments in this course, all students must submit this assignment at least once to pass the course.
INSTRUCTIONS
Discuss the following questions in one or more pages (double-spaced, MLA-formatted) as you reflect on your IEE and semester writing:
- Briefly (in two to five sentences) explain your Issue Exploration Essay.
- What do you hope to accomplish (what is your purpose) for writing this essay?
- Describe the revisions you made from first to final drafts and why you made those revisions.
- How does this assignment (or the whole course) connect with what you learned in another Gen Ed course?
- What impact did the assignment have on you or your understanding of the world? Did it challenge any of your assumptions?
- What challenges did you face in completing the assignment? How did you address them?
- Discuss anything else you would like readers of your essay to know about your writing or about yourself as a writer.
- Finally, being as honest with yourself as possible, please evaluate your own essay. What grade would you give yourself? Explain.
NOTE: Be sure to write this paper in “essay format.” Not “question & answer format.”