What I highlighted is information I felt was important to add on after my draft. After reviewing the feedback provided from my professor, I felt it was needed to connect the articles more to what

goes on in our society and give better explanations. I was able to analyze specific examples, and I was able to acknowledge your and others’ range of linguistic differences as resources and draw on those resources to develop rhetorical sensibility.

In the next learning course objective “negotiate your own writing goals and audience expectations regarding conventions of genre, medium, and rhetorical situation” I’ll say I haven’t been able to achieve this learning outcome because it was hard to make my thesis clear. I would have problems with trying to get my ideas into the form of a thesis. In the fourth learning outcome “develop and engage in the collaborative and social aspects of writing processes” I feel like I’ve been able to achieve this throughout the classroom. From the one-on-one conferences with Professor Heerah for our NFA essay and RRE essay, to peer review for our first major essay. There’s a lot of

The sixth learning outcome “formulate and articulate a stance through and in your writing” I have achieved this learning outcome. I would say I achieved this in my first essay L&L. I was able to argue the language barrios in classrooms. This includes being able to speak up about diversity in classrooms. The quote I used throughout my essay that really helped me write my thinking was, “when I was 19 years old I sat on a panel for a roomful of high school students and a woman in the room stopped me in the middle of speaking and she said I’m sorry to stop you but I just want you to know that you are so articulate and in that moment she meant it as a compliment a friend of mine next to me was like boo and I was offended and most people can understand that most people say well you are offended because you’re a young black woman in the space and this woman found it exceptional that you were mastering standard English but there’s another reason why I was offended I imagined if this woman heard me speaking with my family whose Trinidadian and Caribbean creolized English would she have determined something else about my intellectual capacity.” This quote helped me expand my thinking on my thesis, it helped back up my ideas on how language can impact someone’s feelings.

In the seventh learning outcome “practice using various library resources, online databases, and the Internet to locate sources appropriate to your writing projects” I did achieve this goal. Especially in our RRE and SAE essay, we were able to attend a library classroom full of computers. We got to learn the library database and see how to find verified sources. We got to see other websites other than Wikipedia. A verified source quote I used was, “any women played important roles in the Civil Rights Movement, from leading local civil rights organizations to serving as lawyers on school segregation lawsuits. Their efforts to lead the movement were often overshadowed by men, who still get more attention and credit for its successes in popular historical narratives and commemorations”.

In the last learning objective “strengthen your source use practices (including evaluating, integrating, quoting, paraphrasing, summarizing, synthesizing, analyzing, and citing sources), I felt like I did achieve this learning objective towards the end of the semester. During my RRE essay, I stated, “Hooks could see how tired her own mother was but still how hard her mother worked to ensure her own family was settled. Her mother put her tiredness aside and took care of her responsibilities…. Many African American women have had to take on multiple roles and responsibilities, such as being a caregiver for their children and elderly family members, working outside the home, and managing household tasks. These demands can be physically and emotionally exhausting, leaving little time or energy for self-care and personal fulfillment.” Above I was able to link the two different sources from my readings and connect them due to their purpose. I can say that throughout the semester I’ve achieved most of my learning outcomes and did enjoy Engl 21002.