You’ll write three main types of reflection in your Reflective Journal in addition to your final essay-length entry. Each one represents a different type of metacognitive practice and requires you to engage with your own thinking and writing process in different ways.

Daily writes are five-minute or less quick writes that we’ll complete in class on many/most days. This will also include any in-class writing about the readings that you complete for class. The purpose of these short, informal reflections is to capture your thoughts “in the moment.” A daily write prompt might ask you to write about your initial reactions to a topic covered in class, feedback you received during peer review, or even your feelings about an event outside of class. By the end of the semester, you will have a enough daily writes to visualize how your attitudes towards writing, research, and being a college student have changed over time. For example, you will be able to compare a daily write from a class early in the semester to your current feelings on the same topic. A major component of the final writing for the Reflective Journal is based on trends and themes you can identify in the daily writes.

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