Writer's Journal # 20

 Reflection of

Reflective Writing

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Reflecting on Reflective Writing

Reflective writing helps the students learn and develop as better writers by making the writers look at the peace of writing with "new eyes" and "new thinking", like if they were critics of writing. Just the act of thinking about what has been written already helps. In the same way that thinking about a subject is an essential step to write a text, thinking about the writing is an important process to iluminate the road that the author travelled before.

I have been amazed by the way my writing is progressing. The experience is wonderful, requires lots of work, thinking, trying and retrying, and getting it done; and then getting it better, each time.

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Reflective writing helps a student learn and develop as a better writer by making the writer look at the peace of writing with "new eyes" and "new thinking". Just the act of thinking about what has been done already helps. In the same way that thinking about a subject is an essential step to write a text, thinking about the writing is an important process to iluminate the road just travelled by the author.

I have been amazed by the way my writing is progressing. The experience is wonderful but requires lots of work, thinking, trying and getting it done; and then getting it better, each time.

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Instructions:

Writer’s Journal #20 – Reflecting on Reflective Writing

OVERVIEW
By this point in the semester, it should be abundantly clear that reflection is greatly valued by writers. Different writers may have different reasons and goals associated with reflection, but they tend to share their reliance on--and trust in the productivity of--reflection.

DIRECTIONS
In this Writer’s Journal, you will have the opportunity to continue thinking about reflective writing and your relationship to it. This Writer’s Journal will involve three steps.

Step 1
If you have not already, please read “Reflective Writing and the Revision Process: What Were You Thinking?” by Sandra Giles.

Step 2
After reading, please answer the following question from the reading (from page 203 of the reading):

- Why does reflective writing help a student learn and develop as a better writer? How does it work?

In answering this question, please draw upon both Giles’ reading and your experiences in our class so far. Be sure to be as detailed and thorough as possible.

SUBMIT
Please type (or paste) your response to these questions in the box below. Be sure to read over your response to be sure it says what you want it to say. Once you are satisfied with your response:
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1. save your progress,

2. copy your response so that you can include it in your portfolio,

3. and submit your response.

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Done!

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