WR 220: Final Thoughts

Self-reflection is an important part of the learning process. The following prompts ask you to reflect on your experiences writing and tutoring in the course. In your responses, please be thorough and specific. Please double-space and number your responses.

Course Feedback

1) Review the course outline. What specific reading or readings struck you the most and why?

2) What specific activity struck you the most and why?

3) What would you change in this course for next term? (Try to avoid saying "less work.") What would you specifically delete, add, or change?

4) What part of the course might you find useful in the future, professionally and/or personally? For example, this could be a concept, a strategy, an activity, or an insight. In other words, what have you learned that you can carry over to other aspects of your life?

Becoming a Tutor

5) What did you find out about yourself in the process of learning to help others?

6) What one tip did you receive as a new tutor that you find invaluable? Explain.

7) What resource or handout did you find invaluable? Explain.

8) What are your strengths as a tutor?

9) What are some areas you would like to work on as a tutor?

10) Describe how you have grown as a writer because of tutoring others in writing and looking at your own writing from the perspective of a tutor.

11) Would you like to tutor next term?