Activity 2 Self-Assessment

Name: Richard Ram

Date: 05/19/2016

Anticipated Grade Second Semester: A

Please give evidence from your work in the appropriate box by each outcome that best represents your level of
achievement.
Learning Outcomes

Level 2
Demonstrates Partial
Command of Knowledge
and Skills

Level 3
Demonstrates Sufficient
Command of Knowledge
and Skills

Level 4
Demonstrates Deep
Command of Knowledge
and Skills

Reading Rhetorically Outcomes: Give evidence from your portfolio to support your response.
1. I am able to cite strong
and thorough textual
evidence to support
analysis of what a text
says and implies.

Elizabeth Landau, a
writer for CNN News Bullying Paper shows how
i can connect an article to
my essay

2. I am able to analyze
and evaluate the
effectiveness of the
structure an author uses
in his or her exposition or
argument.

In the brave new world

essay i was able to talk
about the author's
wording in my essay

3.I can analyze an

authors assumptions
and appeals (e.g. ethos,
logos, pathos)

The bus represents the

theme risk taking because
when Chris is trying to
survive...-BNW essay.
Shows how I connect the
Author to my essay

4. I can analyze the

writers use of rhetorical
devices and strategies.
(repetition, figurative
language, sentence
structure, diction)

The compass represents

the theme risk taking...
-BNW essay. Shows how i
can find the author's
hidden messages

5. I understand the key

rhetorical concepts such
as audience, purpose,
context, and genre
through analysis of texts.

Learning Outcomes

In the brave new world

essay i was able to talk
about the author's
intended audience in my
essay

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Demonstrates Partial
Command of Knowledge
and Skills

Demonstrates Sufficient
Command of Knowledge
and Skills

Demonstrates Deep
Command of Knowledge
and Skills

Writing Rhetorically Outcomes: Give evidence from your writing to support your claim.
6.I can write readingbased arguments to
support claims in an
analysis of substantive
topics or texts, using
valid reasoning and
relevant and sufficient
evidence.

All the essays that we

have written needed
evidence from outside
sources

7. I incorporate the texts

of others effectively and
use documentation styles
suitable to the task,
genre, and discipline.

The compass represents

the theme risk taking...
-BNW essay. Shows how i
can incorporate texts

8. I can edit for clarity

and for standard written
English grammar, usage,
and mechanics.

All the peer edits we did in

class

9. I am able to produce
clear and coherent
writing in which the
development,
organization, and style
are appropriate to task,
purpose, and audience.

As seen in my personal
statement essay that we
wrote

10.I have the ability to

observe, evaluate, and
regulate my development
as a reader and writer of
expository texts,
including the
identification of areas
needing further growth.

The bus represents the

theme risk taking
because when Chris is
trying to survive...-BNW
essay. Shows how i can
evaluate the texts

Listening and Speaking Rhetorically Outcomes: Explain how you are able to achieve these skills.
I am able to initiate and
participate effectively in a
range of collaborative
discussion with peers.

Learning Outcomes

I was able to reach this

because I think working
with peers is better than
alone

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Demonstrates Partial
Command of Knowledge
and Skills

Demonstrates Sufficient
Command of Knowledge
and Skills

Demonstrates Deep
Command of Knowledge
and Skills

Habits of Mind Outcomes: Explain to what degree you have achieved the following
12. I act as a motivated,
self-directed learner.
13. I persist during
difficult academic tasks.

I teach myself something

better than i learn from
other people
Usually when i am under
pressure i do not work as
hard because of stress

14. I see new ways of

thinking and being; I see
other points of view.

I am always thinking
outside the box and
ahead of what's going on
at that moment

15. I am able to critique

my own and others
academic work.

I understand my strengths
and weaknesses and
embrace them

16. I can reflect on my

own learning and on the
processes that shape
knowledge.

I can reflect on my own

learning to help widen my
knowledge