BEFORE YOU HAND IN YOUR TEXTS AND REFLECTION NOTES, USE THE FOLLOWING CHECKLIST.
Re-read your work one last time before you fill in the official Reflection Note.
Write a brief, thoughtful answer to the questions below that are relevant to your text. This preparation is to make sure you’ve done your best work before you hand it in. The sample questions refer to four particular types of text, but you can change the questions to suit your genres. Ask yourself good questions to test if you’ve done your best. Some sample answers are given to help you get started.
1. Will someone reading my story say that I did what my title promised?
Yes n No n Could do it better n
My aim was to write a promising title, give my readers a good story and to tell it as well as I could. I wanted my opening sentence to make a reader curious and interested enough to read more. I aimed to write a short last paragraph that sounded like an ending and made the reader think.
2. Did you write an interesting review?
Yes n No n Could do it better n
I wrote an interesting review of a film/book/concert. I wanted it to be interesting and give good information to a person who hadn’t read it or seen it but wanted to know if it was worth their while to read it or go to see it.
3. Did you back up your argument/debate points with evidence?
Yes n No n Could do it better n
I wrote a good argument, making interesting points about my subject, giving evidence to back up what I said. I showed that I hadn’t written off the top of my head, but instead I did reading and research and put thought into expressing my ideas.
