ESSAY LOGIC POST SEMINAR
By, Ankur Verma
Through my self-reflection of my performance after the presentations, I concluded with these self-judgments.
Most successful aspect of my presentation:
• Eye contact and rapport
• Pronunciation of diction
• Speed and precision
Eye contact and rapport was quite successful. My eyes were not reading off the board and maintained my shoulders towards the audience. This posture of body language shows confidence which then also leads to less boredom by the listeners. Pronunciation of the words and terms was good. The pace of my slides and explanation flowed really well.
Areas of improvement:
• Clarity of Articulation
• Volume and tone
There were some areas like the introduction to the essay that …show more content…
It had the most amount of incorrect answers. There was a confusion of where the thesis is allowed to be in. The thesis does not have to be in the first paragraph, and many students thought that it was a must that it was located in the first paragraph. This was questions 3, 4, and 5. All three focused and tested their knowledge on the reflection part of the essay and its importance. The class understood that a reflection was used to show connections to the thesis and support the argument. These were the easiest and most successful questions. Through these results we concluded that we needed a bit more emphasis on the structure of the essay however teaching the importance of supporting arguments with anecdotes was done very well. Also the general rhetorical devices that are used in a Reflective essay was …show more content…
We were also really good in giving examples relating with the essay topics. Giving them ideas on some arguments, thesis, introduction, etc. c. What was seminar not effective in teaching clearly?
We were not very good at explain the Why’s of the essay. For example not being able to explain why the introduction contains an anecdote and not a general description of the thesis.
d. Identify a strategy you could have or should have used to reinforce learning goals in your workshop or seminar?
Originally we were supposed to print the Guy Lafleur essay with annotations for each group, however the formatting was not printing accurately and was making everything confusing. This would’ve helped greatly because when the leader of the group was having trouble explaining the structure, the essay would be available to show from with helpful annotations. Next time we shall make sure that an example of an essay is there with annotations to further aid the other students that are learning.
Discuss how this essay seminar process has made you think about and understand:
By, Ankur Verma
Through my self-reflection of my performance after the presentations, I concluded with these self-judgments.
Most successful aspect of my presentation:
• Eye contact and rapport
• Pronunciation of diction
• Speed and precision
Eye contact and rapport was quite successful. My eyes were not reading off the board and maintained my shoulders towards the audience. This posture of body language shows confidence which then also leads to less boredom by the listeners. Pronunciation of the words and terms was good. The pace of my slides and explanation flowed really well.
Areas of improvement:
• Clarity of Articulation
• Volume and tone
There were some areas like the introduction to the essay that …show more content…
It had the most amount of incorrect answers. There was a confusion of where the thesis is allowed to be in. The thesis does not have to be in the first paragraph, and many students thought that it was a must that it was located in the first paragraph. This was questions 3, 4, and 5. All three focused and tested their knowledge on the reflection part of the essay and its importance. The class understood that a reflection was used to show connections to the thesis and support the argument. These were the easiest and most successful questions. Through these results we concluded that we needed a bit more emphasis on the structure of the essay however teaching the importance of supporting arguments with anecdotes was done very well. Also the general rhetorical devices that are used in a Reflective essay was …show more content…
We were also really good in giving examples relating with the essay topics. Giving them ideas on some arguments, thesis, introduction, etc. c. What was seminar not effective in teaching clearly?
We were not very good at explain the Why’s of the essay. For example not being able to explain why the introduction contains an anecdote and not a general description of the thesis.
d. Identify a strategy you could have or should have used to reinforce learning goals in your workshop or seminar?
Originally we were supposed to print the Guy Lafleur essay with annotations for each group, however the formatting was not printing accurately and was making everything confusing. This would’ve helped greatly because when the leader of the group was having trouble explaining the structure, the essay would be available to show from with helpful annotations. Next time we shall make sure that an example of an essay is there with annotations to further aid the other students that are learning.
Discuss how this essay seminar process has made you think about and understand: