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Writer’s Journal #7
Writer’s Journals due Jun 14, 2022 02:59 EDT
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Background
You have now completed your first looping activity, and this is a great opportunity to reflect both on how it went and on the nature of invention in general.
Purpose
In this journal entry, you will have the opportunity to reflect on your first looping activity and what it means for your literacy narrative. You will also have the opportunity to think about how effective this invention activity was and whether/how you might use it in other contexts.
Skills and Outcomes
Summarizing your experience with the looping activity (Rhetorical Knowledge; Critical Thinking, Reading and Composing; Processes)
Generating a primary insight from the looping activity (Critical Thinking, Reading and Composing)
Critiquing the value of looping as an inventional activity (Rhetorical Knowledge; Critical Thinking, Reading and Composing; Knowledge of Conventions)
Habits of Mind Practiced
Openness
Creativity
Persistence
Flexibility
Metacognition
Tasks
Your journal entry should briefly summarize your experience of the looping activity. How did it go? What happened during the activity?
Your entry should also articulate a primary insight that came from the looping activity. We’ll discuss the primary insight more soon, but for now think about it as the main point you came to at th

e end of the looping activity.
Lastly, your journal entry should critique the looping activity as an inventional tool. How was it helpful? How was it unhelpful? Would you use it for other writing tasks? Why or why not?
Note: there are many different ways to approach these tasks, but you should aim to be as thorough as possible in your response (approximately 500 words is a good target length).
Criteria for Success
In each Writer’s Journal, you should:
clearly address each question or task;
employ many details, examples, and explanations in answering each question or task; and,
create an internally-organized text, employing sentences (or notes where applicable) that clearly relate to one another.
Be sure to follow all the submission instructions carefully and to assess your journal immediately after you submit it.
Once you are satisfied with your response, please do the following:
Log into your Wix Account. Type or copy and paste this Writer’s Journal into your ePortfolio. Also, remember to watch the video, “Creating a Writer’s Journal Page,” on our ENG 101 Wix site.
Copy the Web Address (URL) that links to this particular Writer’s Journal post in your ePortfolio, and paste it in the box provided below. (You can review the video, “Submitting the Correct URL for Assignments,” for details.)
Submit your response.
Assess your response.