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8.9: Portfolio- Evidence and Objectivity

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    Learning Objectives

    By the end of this section, you will be able to:

    • Write about the development of your composing processes.
    • Write about how composing processes affect your work.
    • Write about your objectivity as a writer.

    As you complete your report, think critically about your writing process. Watch An Introduction to Reflective Writing (https://openstax.org/r/anintroductio...lectivewriting), and reflect on what you created from the first step of discovering ideas to the last steps of composing and editing the final draft.

    Reflective Task: Lessons Learned

    As you add your analytical report to your portfolio, write either a cover letter or a journal entry in which you respond to the following questions:

    • How did you choose the topic for your report? Did you have to narrow or expand it?
    • What methods did you use to gather ideas about your topic? What outside sources did you consult to gather information about your topic?
    • How did you settle on your thesis? Did you rewrite it multiple times?
    • What strategies did you use to organize your report?
    • What strategies did you use to develop paragraphs? What difficulties, if any, did you encounter?
    • How challenging was it for you to adopt an objective stance? Did you recognize your own biases? Was it difficult to write in third-person point of view?
    • How did input from peers and other readers affect your drafting and revision processes? What specific constructive criticism did you receive that helped you?
    • In what ways was this report easier or harder to write than other papers you have written?
    • What could you have done differently to make writing your report easier or more effective?

    Further Reading

    The following books are just a few examples of in-depth book-length reporting.

    Boo, Katherine. Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity. Random House, 2012.

    Desmond, Matthew. Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City. Crown, 2016.

    Ehrenreich, Barbara. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America. Metropolitan Books, 2001.

    Macy, Beth. Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America. Little, Brown, 2018.

    Wilkerson, Isabel. The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration. Random House, 2010.

    Works Cited

    “About.” Barbara Ehrenreich, Hachette Book Group, www.barbaraehrenreich.com/.

    Fowler, H. Ramsey, and Jane E. Aaron. The Little, Brown Handbook. 13th ed., Pearson, 2016.

    McClure, Laura. “Fact-Checking 101.” TED-Ed Blog, TED-Ed, 30 Mar. 2017, blog.ed.ted.com/2017/03/30/ factchecking-101/.

    “Professional, Technical Writing.” OWL: The Purdue Online Writing Lab, Purdue U, 2021, owl.purdue.edu/owl/ subject_specific_writing/professional_technical_writing/index.html.

    “Reflective Writing in Education.” Research and Learning Online, Monash U, www.monash.edu/rlo/ assignment-samples/education/education-reflective-writing.

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