A learning outcomes review: How did I do?

This post may look a little familiar, but in actuality I've added quite a bit to it. Take a look at a summary of all my blog posts and how they fit in the learning outcomes for English 251. I highlighted all the new stuff in yellow.

Additionally, I was told after the midterm that I should refer more specifically to subgenres which I did in this post, this post, and this post. I was also told to refer more to literary terms which I did in reference to terms used with nonsense literature for my paper.

1.Know basic literary terms and methods 

• I identified some literary terms for fiction in Analyze Yourself.
• I took inspiration from symbolism in two texts we've read for class in my post, In My Purse.
• I identified poetic literary terms in my Personal Literary Narrative.
• I found more poetic literary terms in my analysis of Barbie Doll.
• I identified literary terms in my analysis of Since Feeling is First
• I used basic dramatic literary terms in my analysis of The Little Mermaid
• I talked about character in my analysis of The Importance of Being Earnest.
• I identified terms I was interested in when I looked for a claim for my paper.
• I learned about types of thesis statements when I wrote 5 for my paper.
• I identified useful quotes for my paper.
• I made two outlines for my paper

2.Know basic literary genres and representative texts

• I identified The Ice Queen as a fictional work in my post, Ice Cold
• I came up with things that I want to read and categorized them into category by genre. Out of the list so far I have read most of the poetry.
• I identified the genre of a book I was reading as well as the genre of another book mentioned in the first book in my post, Perception is Reality
• I identified an example of poetry in my post Poetry in Russian
• I found more poetry examples in my post Life's not a paragraph...
• I understand the genre of drama in my post The Little Mermaid
• I understand that The Importance of Being Earnest falls under the genre of drama
• I discussed drama in my post, It Runs in the Family
• I learned that my job involves me writing Nonfiction in my post, The Red Dirt Bride
• I looked at nonfiction in my post Pushed.
• I discussed the sub genre of nonsense literature.
• I looked at sub genres of fiction in this post

3.Write literary arguments

• In Analyze Yourself, I made a literary argument for a fictional piece that I wrote.
• I wrote a brief literary argument for The Ice Queen in Ice Cold
• I wrote a literary argument for a favorite poem of mine in my Personal Literary Narrative.
• I wrote a literary argument for Barbie Doll in my post, Poetry in Russian.
• In Life's not a paragraph... I attempted to write a literary argument for Since Feeling is First.
• I argued that the production of The Little Mermaid I saw was awful.
• I wrote a controversial argument on Oedipus Rex.
• I analyzed The Importance of being Earnest
• In my 5 thesis statements I made literary arguments
• The posts dealing with my paper were all about my literary argument.
• I analyzed and made an argument for Give All to Love by Ralph Waldo Emerson

4.Engage literature creatively and socially

• In Analyze Yourself, I attempted to analyze a creative writing piece that I wrote.
• In the post Why Write? I creatively talked about why writing is important in our community.
• I creatively talked about reading and literature in my post, Ticket to Everywhere.
• I creatively personalized poetry with my poem In My Purse.
• I creatively analyzed Barbie Doll by translating it in and out of Russian.
• Additionally, I set up a Good Reads profile here to engage in literature socially.
• I engaged in literature while reading The Importance of Being Earnest
• I told about my experience with drama in my post, It Runs in the Family
• I creatively wrote in the form of scripture for my New Social Media post.
• I asked friends to comment on my 5 thesis statements.
• I got great feedback on my thesis statements.
• I talked about why I chose my paper topic in This is Why
• I posted versions of my paper on the blog to get feedback
• I creatively told the story of my paper

5.Use emerging communication tools and pedagogical methods

• I linked to my personal blog in Analyze Yourself, which is an emerging communication tool.
• I used videos of spoken poetry in my post Life's not a paragraph...
• I used video clips from The Dead Poet's Society to make a point about analyzing in my post The Dead Poet's Society.
• Here are a few posts that I had a good conversation through comments: this one and this one and this one.
• With the other contributors of this blog, I taught my English class about analyzing fiction through a jeopardy game.
• Additionally, all the posts I did were on an emerging communication site (this blog).
• I used color coding in my analysis of The Importance of Being Earnest to help readers understand the quotes.
• I talked about the benefits of social media in my New Social Media post.
• I searched for a claim for my paper by looking at past blog posts and comments.
• I got feedback on my thesis statements for my paper.
• I color coded this post when I analyzed the poem.
• I also talked to several people on the phone when getting feedback for my paper