Guidelines for Reflections/Reactions…
1. The reflection/reaction paper is well organized and structured into paragraphs that build upon one another…it’s not just a huge chunk of text.
2. The author has included two burning questions at the conclusion of the essay. Rather than merely fulfilling a requirement, the burning questions reflect the thoughtfulness of the author and represent an engagement with the text or some sort of application to one’s developing practice, schools, society, etc.
3. The essay has been proofread and is free of grammatical errors, run-ons, spelling errors, etc.
5. It is clear from the reflection that the author has read the text.
6. The essay is a full page in length, single spaced, with one inch margins and there has been no effort to carve out space through the creative formatting of titles and headings!
7. The reflection was turned in on time.