FINALS

One more set of assignments to show all that you have learned this semester:

1. Final Reflection2. Final Exam

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Final Reflection

The Final Reflection asks you to analyze the work you performed during the semester, demonstrate how you achieved each course outcome, and describe your experience with the online textbook.

I expect you to SHOW how you met each of the course outcomes this semester. To do this, you should refer specifically to the work you did throughout the semester.

Assignment

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Final Reflection

By the end of the semester, students in English 411B will be able to:

1. Describe fully English words, phrases, and clauses2. Distinguish between the form and function of

words, phrases, and clauses3. Analyze a sentence for grammatical elements4. Recognize how phrases and clauses function in a

variety of sentences5. Understand rhetorical choices for sentence

structure and punctuation

Course Outcomes

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Final Reflection

Organize your essay, first, in terms of the five course outcomes.

Second, reflect on your experience with the online textbook: strengths of the textbook? weaknesses of the textbook? suggested revisions? suggested additions or deletions?

Conclude the essay with any comments about the course in general and what I might do to make the course better in the future.

Outline

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Final Reflection

Review the course outcomes and be certain you understand EXACTLY what each one means

Survey all work that you've done this semester

Moving outcome by outcome, find evidence to illustrate how effectively you accomplished each of the course outcomes

Planning

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Final Reflection

Plan/outline your reflection

Draft your reflection: you must discuss each of the course outcomes, demonstrating that you understand them and showing how you have achieved them.

Get feedback from your peers and REVISE!

Your Final Reflection should be an example of your best writing.

Planning

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Work individually and collaboratively to plan, produce, format, and edit digital media that effectively respond to particular rhetorical situations

As a group, we decided to give recommendations and rejections based on the criteria we had. For each recommendation and rejections, we explained why we thought a particular site was uninformative or impressive. We used logical reasoning for all our decisions. As a group, I noticed, we looked for a particular factor and we took it as a consideration to whether it would benefit us or not. Last, I felt I helped the class by giving feedback and inputs on their projects. I asked questions on how and why they use a particular platform as a learning network. I also suggested alternative sites that I thought would help them expand and develop their learning network and/or curation.

Final Reflection - Sample

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Recognize important document design concepts in particular rhetorical contexts

This is the most difficult objective to define for this course. As I understand this objective, each student should be able to look at a given document and realize that design choices made for that document would not necessarily work for other types of documents. The student should also be able to identify which principles are at work and why they work for this particular genera of document. This objective was accomplished with the inclusion of the project criteria. Before we began a project we were able to understand what specifically about that genera would be important. For instance, when we were designing the menu, we were presented with the design idea of “eye magnets.” This particular notion of design is essential for designing a menu. Without this knowledge, our designs would not have been the best that they could be. It also increased our awareness of additional design ideas that are specific to any given genera of document. When I designed my menu, thinking about how I should incorporate “eye magnets” into the design truly helped narrow down my other design choices because I knew how elements would interact with each other.

Final Reflection - Sample

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Describe fully English words, phrases, and clauses

The first class outcome that was covered in class was “Describe fully English words, phrases and clauses.” This means that I am able to identify which form type a word is. Words are made up of morphemes, which are the smallest part of a word that has meaning. An example of a morpheme is “un-” is “unbreakable.” Adding the morpheme “un-” to the word “breakable” changes the meaning of the word. Each word is made up of one or more morpheme and some morphemes can change the form of the word. The main forms of words are noun, verb, adjective, and adverb. Being able to classify what form a word is was part of this course outcome.

Final Reflection – Sample (Part I)

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Another part of this outcome is being able to identify what the function of a word, phrase, or clause is. The function characterizes how a word, phrase or clause is being used. Sometimes words that are usually in the form of nouns can function as adjectives or verbs or vice versa and being able to identify this is what it means to “describe fully English words, phrases and clauses.” The last part of this outcome is knowing the difference between a phrase and a clause, the different type of clauses, and the function that a clause or phrase fulfills. Phrases are a set of words that have one function, but do not have a main verb phrase. Clauses must have a main verb phrase in order to be a clause. I believe I have achieved the goals of this outcome.

Final Reflection – Sample (Part II)

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That I accomplished the first part of the outcome can be seen in the work that was done for Module 1. Throughout Module 1, I had to identify each morpheme present in a word and describe how that morpheme changed the meaning or the form of the word. The work done in Module 1 can also demonstrate that I have learned the second part of the outcome. During Module 1, I was required to repeatedly identify the form and function of words, especially on part 5 of the exam. For part 5, the directions required that I name the form and function of bolded words in a paragraph and that I use the different form and function tests to support my claims. The repetition of this, plus the basic grammar background that I had before this class, helped me learn which words are nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs, and how they are functioning.

Final Reflection – Sample (Part III)

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The next step was moving from words to phrases and clauses and applying what I learned in Module 1. In Module 2, we had to break sentences into their constituents and identify exactly what the constituent was doing in the sentence. Nouns suddenly became noun phrases, verbs became main verb phrases and other phrases could function either adverbially or adjectivally. This complicated things a bit, but the constant repetition of practicing these concepts helped further my understanding. In Module 3, I learned whether clauses were independent or dependent and how they functioned and got the best grade out of all the exams on the Module 3 exam. Constantly putting the concepts learned into practice helped establish my comprehension of the techniques and procedure of the first class outcome.

Final Reflection – Sample (Part IV)

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PART ONE (10) – Identifying Words in ContextRead the following sentence adapted from The Princess Bride, and then identify each word by its form-class or structure-class designation. If the word's function differs from its form-class, identify the function, as well. Show proof where necessary.

PART TWO (10) – Identifying Phrases and Clauses in ContextRead the following passage adapted from The Princess Bride. First, identify all non-finite verb phrases and all prepositional phrases and then state how each is functioning in the context of the sentence. Second, identify all clauses as independent or dependent, then state how each dependent clause is functioning in the context of the sentence. Show proof where necessary.

PART THREE (10) – Identifying the Main Verb Phrase FormulaFor each of the following sentences adapted from The Princess Bride: 1) Identify the main verb phrase of the sentence’s independent clause ONLY. 2) Decompose the identified MVP by listing the elements in the proper MVP Formula order. 3) Identify the MVP’s verb form.

Final Exam FormatENG 411B

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Final Exam FormatENG 411B

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PART FOUR (10) – Identifying PhrasesIn the following passage adapted from The Lifetime Learner, identify the form and function of each present-participle phrase, past-participle phrase, gerund phrase, and infinitive phrase. If a phrase’s function is adjectival, identify the nominal it modifies. If a phrase’s function is nominal, identify the noun function it plays in the sentence.

PART FIVE (10) – Identifying PhrasesIn the following passage adapted from Intertwingled, identify the form and function of each prepositional phrase. If a phrase’s function is adjectival, identify the nominal it modifies.

PART SIX (10) - Identifying ClausesIn the following passage adapted from Teaching Crowds identify all clauses and assign each a sentence type.

PART SEVEN (10) - Identifying ClausesIn the following passage adapted from Intertwingled, identify all clauses as either independent or dependent. Then, for each dependent clause, identify its form and function in the context of the sentence.

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PART EIGHT (10) - Identifying Punctuation and Sentence VarietyUsing the sentences adapted from Revival and “A Rose for Emily” (and one other unknown source), 1) Explain the punctuation choices in each sentence based on the Eleven Punctuation Rules. 2) Identify each sentence as simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex.

PART NINE (30) – Finding Grammatical StructuresUsing text from any part of the Final Exam (including instructions), find ONE example only of each structure listed below.

To receive credit, you MUST 1) identify the Part from which your identification comes; 2) write out the sentence from which your example comes; AND 3) underline the clause, phrase, or word you are identifying. Be sure to show proof if necessary. If a particular structure does not exist anywhere on the exam, please state that.

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Final Exam FormatENG 411B

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1. Modal Auxiliary Verb:2. Be Auxiliary Verb:3. Be Main Verb:4. Have Auxiliary Verb:5. Have Main Verb:6. Linking Verb (that is

not BE) :7. Intransitive Verb:8. Transitive Verb:9. Verb Particle:10. Perfect Main Verb

Phrase:

11. Progressive Main VerbPhrase:

12. Determiner:13. Personal Pronoun:14. Coordinating

Conjunction:15. Conjunctive Adverb:16. Direct Object:17. Passive Construction:18. Prepositional Phrase:19. Infinitive Phrase (and

state how it is functioning):

20. Past Participle Phrase (and state how it is functioning):

21. Present Participle Phrase (and state how it is functioning):

22. Gerund Phrase23. Subordinate Clause:24. Nominal That-Clause:25. Relative Clause:26. Interrogative Clause:27. Simple Sentence:28. Compound Sentence:29. Complex Sentence:30. Compound-Complex

Sentence:

Nine Parts 110 Points Total x 0.1 = 11.0

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leModule Six – Final Materials

14 M Nov 24 Module 6 Overview - Final Reflection and Final Exam

14 Online Work

Proficiency Answers Available Nov 25Complete Draft of Final Reflection

15 M Dec 1 Final Reflection Peer ReviewFinal Exam Review and Preparation

Final Reflection Draft Due (in class) Dec 1Final Exam Available Dec 1

Online Work

Complete Final ReflectionComplete Final Exam

16 M Dec 8 Final Exam and Final Reflection Due Monday Dec 8 by 11:59 pm

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