Public Text Group Project: Individual Reflective Analysis

English 1002 ~ Spring 2016

In addition to working with your group to create your Public Texts, each student will also produce an
essay that reflects and analyzes the composing process, your groups rhetorical choices, and your
group dynamic.
This essay should be approximately 900-1200+ words typed (DS) and highlight the kind of analytical
thinking you have been practicing all semester (now just geared to your own work). This essay is
your chance to share the reasoning behind some of the choices you made when creating your public
text and respond to some of the feedback that you have received from real audiences.
This reflective essay will count toward your final grade so it is important that you take this seriously.
There are samples of composing process analysis essays posted on our Weebly site on the PUBLIC
TEXT PROJECT page.

Your reflection MUST discuss the following issues:

How did you determine who your final audience would be for your Public Text? Why do you feel
this is an appropriate audience choice for your topic and focus?
How did that audience determine some of the other composing choices that you made?
What genre/media form(s) did you choose for your public text? Why do you think it is an
appropriate choice given your topic and audience?
What are the benefits and drawbacks of this media form?
What were some of your existing textual influences (in terms of both content and design)? What
made you gravitate toward those texts as your models? How does your text mimic and diverge
from those texts?
Discuss how you tailored your text in response to the specific rhetorical situation of your public
text? (rhetor, audience, purpose, external contexts)
Discuss some of the rhetorical/design/content choices that your group decided against for your
project. Why did you make those decisions?
What kind of impact did the peer and teacher reviews of your ideas and drafts have on your final
product?
What are you most pleased with about your Public Text?
Are there any changes that you would make to your text if you had more skills/time?

DO NOT address every single bullet point above in that order.

Come up with an organizational strategy for your analysis that
makes sense to you and to the reader.

IMPORTANT GUIDELINES FOR YOUR REFLECTIVE ANALYSIS ESSAY:

Feel free to address any other issues regarding composing the public text that are not listed
above.
Make sure to ANLAYZE (explain WHY you made those choices) and not just report what you did.
You should use I in this essay and make your reflection specific to your individual project.
Be specific when referencing the details of your own work. As always, develop your ideas fully.
You can quote specific passages of your public text or include pictures/images to help readers
better understand your analysis.
Think about an introduction and conclusion as a frame for your reflection. Dont just preview and
recap the same ideas you address in your body.
Follow MLA format for doc design and citation!

Evaluating the Reflective Essay

I will use the following criteria to evaluate your Reflective Analysis (of your final which is % of your
final grade):

Writer fully addresses required prompts (see above)

Writer refers to specific aspects of their own (and other if applicable) texts, using direct
quotes and references whenever possible.
Writer sufficiently develops own rationale and explanation for some of their groups public
text choices and claims about the composing process.
Writer clearly organizes and controls the flow of the essay, addressing one idea per paragraph
and using thoughtful transitions.
Writer uses correct grammar and syntax and shows proficiency with MLA format and
document design.

Format and Deadlines

The final essay should be approximately 900-1200+ words typed (DS or SS) and follow MLA format
and citation procedure. You can include pictures and images when appropriate. You must cite any
text that is not your own work.
The essay is due for upload to Blackboard by Wednesday, April 27th at 5:00pm.