Dear Dr.

Hartman, As you know this is a very stressful time of my life because I over analyze everything, cannot break the habit of being a perfectionist, and have a ton of everything going on all at the same time. I felt very rushed with this piece and I did not like it. Nonetheless, I have a final draft and I am very happy with it. But I would have enjoyed it more if I would have had more time to devote to it. Honestly I dont even feel like I have time for this letter but you told me I needed a kick ass reflection letter so here you go. My position piece is very sarcastic but thats completely okay because I am a sarcastic person and this is my position. For information I placed myself under Whoa! because I love my information and honesty. This piece contains my true feelings about exercise and relates to other college girls who may want to work out but have no motivation because they really do look great, so whats the point. It is very informative and the information is supported with visuals. Also, this piece is full of encouragement and genuine care for other women like me. I used two sources and cited them with the handbook we purchased for this class. So I am pretty sure I nailed it, but then again who knows because I have never been taught much of anything about citing sources. For process work I absolutely screwed up and I am so upset with myself for it. I did not open the rubric until after I did most of the assignment (I guess that is because I am not used to having it before I start) so I was unaware we had to have highlighted or noted changes and I was so used to working on not legit essays that it slipped my mind to show the tiny changes I made. I really did a lot of process work. I read over my piece multiple times, had friends look over it, and read it out loud to make changes. However, I cannot prove that because I just used this cute little backspace button and changed what needed to be fixed. I could have gone back and made some stuff up but I do not have time for that. So for process work I have placed myself under great job! because I do have process work and a very obvious change from my word vomit to my current draft. I only lack highlighted marks. I moved myself back to like whoa! for rhetorical knowledge and knowledge of conventions because I made it clear that my audience is other women like me, showed that my purpose is to encourage a healthy lifestyle through exercise, and balanced factual information with genuine encouragement. I also feel like I have balanced sarcasm and seriousness as well as spicing words on a page up with visuals. My opinions and personality is evident and I feel it is fun and easy to follow. If I had more time to spend on this piece I would play with the font and move the pictures around to a more appropriate place. I am very pleased with how my idea turned out and I am really contemplating turning this into a final piece. So please let me know how to improve it! Thank you for your time and for your encouraging words earlier in the week when I was stressed to my limit! -Kristen Laney

Ratings for your work

Like, Whoa! You need to teach a class on this!

Great job! You really hit all the key elements!

Great start! Youve got some good stuff going. Looking forward to seeing you develop this more! Draft provides somewhat clear and relevant information given the topics, audience, and purpose; At least 1 source included and citation attempted but may not be accurate or MLA; Writer may have had trouble making decisions on what to include and how Some evidence of process work; Attempts at idea development, but ideas are lacking in some way; Little evidence of revision is present (ex. Only 1 draft submitted) Draft demonstrates some understanding of audience, purpose, but researched position may not be clear; sources may dominate or may not be used effectively

INFORMATION As a working draft, piece shows: *Failure to attempt to cite sources when paraphrasing or summarizing, or to use quotations, etc. will result in honor code violation PROCESS As a working draft, piece shows:

Draft provides exceptionally clear, relevant, accurate, and effective information given the topics, audience, and purpose; At least 2 sources included and cited accurately using MLA

Draft provides clear and relevant information given the topics, audience, and purpose; At least 2 sources included and cited accurately using MLA

HmmmYou did turn something ingreat! Seems like youre struggling to understand some key concepts and/or to fully participate Draft lacks clear and relevant information from sources. Sources used are cited but may not be accurate or MLA*; Writer either did not include these or used ineffective information given the topic, audience, and purpose

Process work provides exceptional evidence of progress from first drafts/pieces, highlighted/noted changes from original piece in process work and/or reflective letter Draft demonstrates exceptional understanding of audience, purpose, and taking a researched position; sources are effectively balanced with writers personal opinion and voice

Process work is evident and present; Obvious progress from first drafts/pieces, may have highlighted/noted changes somewhat in process work or reflective letter Draft demonstrates good understanding of audience, purpose, and taking a researched position; sources are somewhat balanced with writers personal opinion and voice, but sources may dominate or sources may not be used effectively Draft is easy to read, information provided is generally easy to understand, sources are cited, few to no spelling errors, misused or incorrect words, etc.

Participation in process work, development of ideas, and/or evidence of revision is incomplete or insufficient

RHETORICAL KNOWLEDGE As a working draft, piece shows:

This aspect of the piece is incomplete/ insufficient. Work shows little to no evidence of rhetorical knowledge

KNOWLEDGE OF CONVENTIONS As a working draft, piece shows:

Draft is easy to read, information provided is easy to understand, sources are cited correctly, no spelling errors, misused or incorrect words, etc.

Draft might be difficult to read, information provided might be difficult to understand, sources are cited but not properly, a few to several spelling errors, misused or incorrect words, etc.

Glaring issues/errors in grammar, capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and other conventions; Piece is difficult to read; Little to no attention has been given to conventions of writing