You do this by composing a thoughtful response to the prompt BASED ON THE READINGS. You’re being evaluated on how informed your reflections are. Make sure your reflection reflects your effort!
The main point of these reflections is to show your familiarity with the readings and make clear the work you have put into the course. I expect you’ll use AI to genereate your drafts, and then the fun work begins. The question is, and what I’m looking for: how good can you make them? There is no such thing as a “correct” answer—only more or less informed and deep reflections. To get any points, it has to be obvious to me how you’re going beyond asking for a generic summary.
You do not have to do any of these. I hope you will, but it’s your choice. You can raise your grade by doing them.
Each reflection you submit will be graded as: .66: provocative; highlights nuance .44: interesting; adds value .22: some merit; shapely .00: uninteresting (= flat and generic)
If you don’t submit anything you get a 0, but again, these are all extra credit so it’s not any kind of penalty.
At the end of class, I average your scores, and add these to the grade points you’ve already earned. Let’s say you average a 3.2 on your other required work. That’s a B-. Let’s say you have fun with the reflections, put time into them, and average a .45 (basically the middle value, which is not hard to get). Your final grade goes to a 3.7, which is probably a B+.
Especially since you’re drafting with AI, don’t just summarize the readings. But this exercise is NOT about just regurgitating the readings or identifying the “most” important points—everyone will learn something different from them. The goal is show me you can think critically about the questions USING ONLY THE ASSIGNED READINGS!
GIGO! Vague prompts -> vague response. Take time to guide what kind of response you want from AI, points you want to emphasize, and so on. Once you get a response, ask what might be missing, decide to emphasize certain points. Your the editor, not the writer at this point, so guide from a bird’s eye view.