2. A personal reflection is a
form of personal response to
experiences, situations,
events or new information.
3. Though personal and subjective,
it must still maintain a somewhat
academic tone, and be cohesively
organized. Divide it into
paragraphs and link your ideas.
Introduction
Body (different topics,
different paragraphs)
Conclusion
4. Show how successfully you can
interact with a text; evaluate
ideas and draw a comparison
between those ideas, and your
own.
Identify point/s, topic/s
State your opinion, how it
makes you feel and how it
relates to your life.
Then support personal opinion
by inclusion of relevant
content knowledge presented in
the text.
5. Show the development of your
thoughts. For example:
“I used to believe …, however, after
considering … my perception has
shifted …. Once seemed obvious that
… Perhaps …. is an assumption which
relies too heavily on … Therefore it
may be more accurate to suggest…”
6. Final overall conclusion: Sum
up the point/s you’ve made.
Finish with a summary of your
experience, realizations and
feelings.