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ENGL 101/102: Elijah Dow- Assignment

Context

Keywords: Reflection, Student-to-Teacher Negotiation, Writing Agency

Skills/Outcomes: Develop an understanding of--and engagement with--metacognitive practices (reflection, adaptation, and revision) to navigate writing situations.

Timeline within Course: These "Talk Backs" are nearly an every week occurrence -- essentially following any week that had a larger activity that I provided detailed feedback on.

How does this fit into the course: Talk Backs give students the opportunity to literally "talk back" to me about the feedback and suggestions I give them. It helps them to have more agency over their work and the direction they take their projects, and ensures that they are able to see my feedback. It helps me as well, as I'm able to get more insight into the work they're doing behind the scenes. A number of students have used them on occasion to let me know if there are things going on outside of class that may have gotten in the way of them putting forth their best effort the previous week.

Why does this work well: I like to think that this demystified the whole process of receiving "feedback" a little bit. It can be daunting to read what an instructor thinks of your work, but giving students space to claim agency and have something to say back made it feel less like they are being judged, and more like we are working together to form an understanding of their intent.

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Instructions

This is your opportunity to reflect on the activity from the previous week, and let me know how you feel about the comment/feedback I gave.

Review your submission to the Memory Lane activity from last week.
Read the comment I left on your submission.
Write your response to my comment. If you aren't sure how to respond, here are some suggested questions you can consider:
- Did I understand your intent? If not, what did I miss?
- If I provided any suggestions, what do you think of them?
- If I provided any suggestions that you disagree with, why do you disagree? And what do you think you'll do instead?
- What else do you want me to know about your submission, or the work you put into creating it?
- Think about our Narrative Project - how might this activity help you in developing your project?
- NOTE: I tend to ask a lot of questions when leaving comments. You do not need to answer them! You can think of any questions I left as suggestions on how you might expand on that activity going forward into our project.