Activity 2 Self-Assessment

Name: Jewel Jorgensen

Date: 4-28-17 Anticipated Grade Second Semester: B+

Please give evidence from your work in the appropriate box by each outcome that best represents
your level of achievement.

Learning Outcomes Level 2 Level 3 Level 4

Demonstrates Partial Demonstrates Demonstrates Deep
Command of Knowledge Sufficient Command of Command of
and Skills Knowledge and Skills Knowledge and Skills

Reading Rhetorically Outcomes: Give evidence from your portfolio to support your response.

1. I am able to cite strong On all of my works

and thorough textual cited pages, I have
evidence to support always done 100%
analysis of what a text
correct, and throughout
says and implies.
essays, I have gotten
increasingly better at
analysis and support in
a variety of quotes.

Ex: in juvenile justice, I

scored a 95% from my
great quotes,
summaries, and
paraphrasing.

2. I am able to analyze Not very much, but

and evaluate the given enough time, I
effectiveness of the am able to understand
structure an author uses
what the author is
in his or her exposition or
argument.
trying to say or show.

Ex: In Brave New

World, even now, I am
still confused on what
the author was really
trying to get at in some
areas on the novel.

3.I can analyze an I am able to tell if an

authors assumptions author is trying to be
and appeals (e.g. ethos, against a certain topic
logos, pathos)
or how he/she is trying
to state a point or
 emotion through words.
I have become better at
this.

Ex: In Into the Wild, I

became attached to
how the story revolved
around a kid who went
off on his own, into the
wild so to speak, but
how he described his
life and those around
him really interested
me.

4. I can analyze the Its fun to see how

writers use of rhetorical authors try to invent
devices and strategies. new ways in their
(repetition, figurative
novels or show some
language, sentence
structure, diction)
creativity in their
writing.

Ex: Into the Wild

showed amazing
features with the mans
surroundings and
emotions that went
throughout the novel.

5. I understand the key Sometimes I am not

rhetorical concepts such always able to tell
as audience, purpose, what the author is
context, and genre
trying to get at in the
through analysis of texts.
context of the novel.

Ex: In Brave New

World, even though it
can be obvious what
Huxley was trying to
say, how he
interpreted it in the
novel was confusing to
me sometimes.

Learning Outcomes Level 2 Level 3 Level 4

Demonstrates Partial Demonstrates Demonstrates Deep
Command of Knowledge Sufficient Command of Command of
 and Skills Knowledge and Skills Knowledge and Skills

Writing Rhetorically Outcomes: Give evidence from your writing to support your claim.

6.I can write I am okay with this,

reading-based although it is fun to
arguments to support chose a side and show
claims in an analysis of
evidence through it,
substantive topics or
texts, using valid
sometimes I get
reasoning and relevant off-topic or off-track
and sufficient evidence. and have to get back
on.

Ex: In my Bullying
essay, I was able to
perform good in some
areas, but with a 65%
(with -10% late work),
it showed that I still
needed work. Now, my
Juvenile Justice
Essay, the newest
argument essay, I
received a 95%,
showing how I
improved from my last
attempt from Racial
Profiling.

7. I incorporate the texts I am very good at this, I

of others effectively and am very familiar with
use documentation quotes and ways in
styles suitable to the
integrating them into
task, genre, and
discipline.
essays, and this year, it
has helped me even
more.

Ex: In my Juvenile
Justice Essay, when
we needed to use a
variety of quotes and
ways to integrate them
into the essay, I
performed this very well
and ended up with a
95%.
8. I can edit for clarity If I go over the essays,
and for standard written I can quickly adjust and
English grammar, usage, make it more clear,
and mechanics.
especially this year, I
have improved a lot on
this.

Ex: From the early in

the year essays, going
over my rough draft
greatly helped me
make it clearer, but
also from typing
in-class, and quickly
revising my in-class
rough draft essay.

9. I am able to produce If I am in a rush, lets

clear and coherent say an in-class essay,
writing in which the I am not always the
development,
best with writing a
organization, and style
are appropriate to task,
clear essay
purpose, and audience. sometimes.

Ex: sometimes an
in-class essay got me
unprepared and I
didnt perform the best
I could have, and have
overlooked some
areas that didnt really
make sense.

10.I have the ability to Yes, I am good with

observe, evaluate, and this from writing more
regulate my development pre-essays this year,
as a reader and writer of
has helped me a lot
expository texts,
including the
with quickly organizing
identification of areas my essays and then
needing further growth. jumping into in-class
essays with a sense of
what I am supposed to
do.

Ex: In my racial
profiling essay, we
used research and
 articles, and wrote an
in-class essay. I was
prepared since
beforehand, we did an
outline and had already
gotten and marked up
exactly what I needed
to put into the essay,
that I was all set to go.

Listening and Speaking Rhetorically Outcomes: Explain how you are able to achieve these skills.

11. I am able to initiate Yes, I am very friendly

and participate and capable to
effectively in a range of compete and/or talk
collaborative discussion
about subjects from
with peers.
books or resources to
further enhance our
knowledge.

Ex: When we
performed the Juvenile
Justice lit circle, I was
in and out a few times,
but still eager to
compete with my fellow
classmates. Also, in
Brave New World lit
groups, I
communicated a lot
with my fellow students
about the book, and in
the end, greatly
enhanced our
knowledge and
understanding of the
novel.

Learning Outcomes Level 2 Level 3 Level 4

Demonstrates Partial Demonstrates Demonstrates Deep
Command of Knowledge Sufficient Command of Command of
and Skills Knowledge and Skills Knowledge and Skills

Habits of Mind Outcomes: Explain to what degree you have achieved the following

12. I act as a motivated, Yes, I am, but because

self-directed learner. of Senioritis, not that
 its an excuse, my
priorities this 2nd
semester lessened
from english, sadly.

Ex: A great example of

how I was a very
motivated and
self-directed learner
was in my Good
Food/Bad Food
presentation where I
have the pleasure of
saying I blew the
house away.

13. I persist during Sometimes, but I try to

difficult academic tasks. complete them as best
I can.

Ex: I was always

turning in homework
on time before 2nd
semester, but on the
more difficult tasks, I
performed well.

14. I see new ways of ERWC has greatly

thinking and being; I see helped me have a
other points of view. better mind in seeing
other points of views
from novels.

Ex: by reading different

types of novels,
especially Into the Wild
and Brave New World,
books that I have never
read about in those
genres, greatly
enhanced my
understandings on
different views.

15. I am able to critique Yes, I actually love

my own and others correcting my work,
academic work. because it just further
 enhances my
confidence in my
works.

Ex: I helped some of

my friends on their
works if they needed
assistance, and I have
over-looked my work
sometimes before
turning them in,
especially essays.

16. I can reflect on my I believe my ways of

own learning and on the learning are not always
processes that shape clear, but I have
knowledge.
enough knowledge
from my life that I am
confident in my shape
and knowledge of how
to perform basic
necessities in english.

Ex: now being towards

the end of the year, I
have made a few great
friends that have
increased my
enjoyment in this class,
and have gotten to
know different things
that have helped my
understanding in
learning and english in
general.