Learning Outcomes? Check!

At the beginning of this term, I outlined my personal learning plan for achieving the learning outcomes of our class.
These learning outcomes were:

1. Know basic literary terms and methods 
2. Know basic literary genres and representative texts
3. Write literary arguments 
4. Engage literature creatively and socially
5. Use emerging communication tools and pedagogical methods

When I made my first plan, I became aware of the gaps in my literary knowledge. I was reminded that even though I had taken AP Language and AP Literature in high school, those were not substitutes for continued active reading and learning. I knew I had to do better, not only for this class, but because I care about English and enjoy being able to talk about it intelligently. 

Learning Outcomes Revisted

I've tried to dictate the content of my posts this term around our class learning objectives. The new stuff is highlighted in blue. How'd I do?

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