In this essay, you will evaluate your learning experience in WRTG...

In this essay, you will evaluate your learning experience in WRTG 101. Your purpose is to estimate where you think your writing skills were when you began the course and, by examining the work you did in WRTG 101, determine as best you can the skills that this course helped you learn and develop. 

Writing Assignment #4: Reflective Essay
Introduction:
Now that you are nearing the completion of WRTG 101, you have reached a time when it
can be useful to you to reflect and evaluate your learning experience. In a fast-paced course such
as this one, you have worked hard and quickly to complete your assignments according to the
instructions given to you. Now is the opportunity for you to consider the experiences you had
had in writing throughout this course and how those experiences might be useful to you in future
courses.
This assignment asks you to reflect and consider the work you have done, how successfully
you feel you have completed it, and how the skills and strategies you have learned in
completing this work may help you in your future studies .
Since this assignment is reflective and self-evaluating, using “I, me, my” should be acceptable as
you write this essay.
The Assignment:
This assignment calls for you to write an essay of 800-1000 words, double spaced. The essay
should have the following academic essay elements:
 a clear introduction, body, and conclusion
 a clearly identifiable thesis statement in the introduction
 evidence based upon your recollections and any material from the course (whether from
the texts, the online resources, the course modules, the feedback to drafts, or the
conference topics) that you might find relevant to mention in your discussion
Length and Format:
The essay should be 800-1000 words
In addition, the paper should be formatted according to APA style (e.g., you should include
a running head with page numbers, have appropriate margins, etc.) in accordance with the
video tutorial you observed in class, How to format your paper according to APA style .
Possible approaches for the reflective essay in WRTG 101:
On the following two pages, you will see descriptions of two examples of approaches you can
take in your reflective essay. Each approach has three (3) parts. Be sure that you understand
clearly what is expected of you. If you have questions, be sure you ask your instructor. You
should choose only one of these tasks, and you may not choose any other topic.