Exercises — Week 14: Drafting the Reflection

1. Reflection Brainstorm Scaffold

1. SPECIFIC MOMENT — Identify three moments from the semester when your writing changed: a peer review comment that surprised you, a revision that improved your argument, feedback that confused you at first. Write one sentence about each.
2. BEFORE AND AFTER — For one of those moments, describe what you believed or did before it happened, and what you understood or did differently after. This is the core of metacognitive reflection.
3. STRUGGLE TO GROWTH — What was the hardest writing challenge this semester? What specific action did you take to address it — even partially? Avoid vague claims; cite actual draft evidence.
4. TRANSFER — Name one skill from EGL 1010 (synthesis, source evaluation, thesis building) and describe one specific situation in another course where you could apply it. Be concrete.
5. OPENING HOOK — Draft one sentence that opens your reflection with a specific moment or insight — not 'In this reflection, I will discuss.' Try: 'The peer reviewer circled my floating quotation in red and wrote: who said this?'