Reflective Writing What is reflective writing A personal

Reflective Writing

What is reflective writing? • A personal response to experiences, information and learning experiences. • A consideration of how and why an experience occurred and what the outcome was. • An opportunity to develop and reinforce writing skills. • An acknowledgment of achievements gained and where improvement may still be needed. • Reflective writing is NOT a recount, a summary or purely descriptive!

What might a reflection look like? Example 1 - English: I know that my ability to write and express my ideas, thoughts and knowledge has grown stronger each semester. I have always struggled to put my thoughts on paper in a manner that is coherent and correct according to assignments. I can remember being told numerous times…to "organize your thoughts" or "provide more support and examples". These are things that I have worked on and improved over the past couple of years and I feel that my work shows this. Personal voice Judgements https: //english. csuci. edu/program/sample-essay-example-2. htm

Example 2 - Science: Firstly, the most obvious thing that I discovered was the advantage of working as part of a group. I learned that good teamwork is the key to success in design activities when time and resources are limited. As everyone had their own point of view, many different ideas could be produced and I found the energy of group participation made me feel more energetic about contributing something. Secondly I discovered that even the simplest things on earth could be turned into something amazing if we put enough creativity and effort into working on them. With the Impromptu Design activities we used some simple materials such as straws, string, and balloons, but were still able to create some 'cool stuff'. I learned that every design has its weaknesses and strengths and working with a group can help discover what they are. We challenged each other's preconceptions about what would and would not work. We could also see the reality of the way changing a design actually affected its performance. Personal voice Judgements https: //student. unsw. edu. au/examples-reflective-writing

Evaluative language • successful/successfully • effective/effectively • realistic/realistically • convincing/convincingly • significant/significantly • Appropriate/appropriately Choose TWO and use them in a sentence to describe a skill or aspect of your writing through this term.

Personal voice – this is about you! • My purpose was to… • My intention was to… • I attempted to… • As a result of my… • At first I… • After receiving feedback I… Choose TWO and use them in a sentence to describe a skill or aspect of your writing through this term.

The role of conjunctions If you need to add another point of view, use a conjunction to show the connections or contrasts in your ideas Comparative: • However • On the other hand • Although Connective: • Firstly, secondly, etc • Also • Another Take your TWO previous sentences from the last slide and add a conjunction to extend the idea or show a comparative judgement.