6.2: Final Portfolio Guidelines
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\(\newcommand{\avec}{\mathbf a}\) \(\newcommand{\bvec}{\mathbf b}\) \(\newcommand{\cvec}{\mathbf c}\) \(\newcommand{\dvec}{\mathbf d}\) \(\newcommand{\dtil}{\widetilde{\mathbf d}}\) \(\newcommand{\evec}{\mathbf e}\) \(\newcommand{\fvec}{\mathbf f}\) \(\newcommand{\nvec}{\mathbf n}\) \(\newcommand{\pvec}{\mathbf p}\) \(\newcommand{\qvec}{\mathbf q}\) \(\newcommand{\svec}{\mathbf s}\) \(\newcommand{\tvec}{\mathbf t}\) \(\newcommand{\uvec}{\mathbf u}\) \(\newcommand{\vvec}{\mathbf v}\) \(\newcommand{\wvec}{\mathbf w}\) \(\newcommand{\xvec}{\mathbf x}\) \(\newcommand{\yvec}{\mathbf y}\) \(\newcommand{\zvec}{\mathbf z}\) \(\newcommand{\rvec}{\mathbf r}\) \(\newcommand{\mvec}{\mathbf m}\) \(\newcommand{\zerovec}{\mathbf 0}\) \(\newcommand{\onevec}{\mathbf 1}\) \(\newcommand{\real}{\mathbb R}\) \(\newcommand{\twovec}[2]{\left[\begin{array}{r}#1 \\ #2 \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\ctwovec}[2]{\left[\begin{array}{c}#1 \\ #2 \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\threevec}[3]{\left[\begin{array}{r}#1 \\ #2 \\ #3 \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\cthreevec}[3]{\left[\begin{array}{c}#1 \\ #2 \\ #3 \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\fourvec}[4]{\left[\begin{array}{r}#1 \\ #2 \\ #3 \\ #4 \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\cfourvec}[4]{\left[\begin{array}{c}#1 \\ #2 \\ #3 \\ #4 \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\fivevec}[5]{\left[\begin{array}{r}#1 \\ #2 \\ #3 \\ #4 \\ #5 \\ \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\cfivevec}[5]{\left[\begin{array}{c}#1 \\ #2 \\ #3 \\ #4 \\ #5 \\ \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\mattwo}[4]{\left[\begin{array}{rr}#1 \amp #2 \\ #3 \amp #4 \\ \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\laspan}[1]{\text{Span}\{#1\}}\) \(\newcommand{\bcal}{\cal B}\) \(\newcommand{\ccal}{\cal C}\) \(\newcommand{\scal}{\cal S}\) \(\newcommand{\wcal}{\cal W}\) \(\newcommand{\ecal}{\cal E}\) \(\newcommand{\coords}[2]{\left\{#1\right\}_{#2}}\) \(\newcommand{\gray}[1]{\color{gray}{#1}}\) \(\newcommand{\lgray}[1]{\color{lightgray}{#1}}\) \(\newcommand{\rank}{\operatorname{rank}}\) \(\newcommand{\row}{\text{Row}}\) \(\newcommand{\col}{\text{Col}}\) \(\renewcommand{\row}{\text{Row}}\) \(\newcommand{\nul}{\text{Nul}}\) \(\newcommand{\var}{\text{Var}}\) \(\newcommand{\corr}{\text{corr}}\) \(\newcommand{\len}[1]{\left|#1\right|}\) \(\newcommand{\bbar}{\overline{\bvec}}\) \(\newcommand{\bhat}{\widehat{\bvec}}\) \(\newcommand{\bperp}{\bvec^\perp}\) \(\newcommand{\xhat}{\widehat{\xvec}}\) \(\newcommand{\vhat}{\widehat{\vvec}}\) \(\newcommand{\uhat}{\widehat{\uvec}}\) \(\newcommand{\what}{\widehat{\wvec}}\) \(\newcommand{\Sighat}{\widehat{\Sigma}}\) \(\newcommand{\lt}{<}\) \(\newcommand{\gt}{>}\) \(\newcommand{\amp}{&}\) \(\definecolor{fillinmathshade}{gray}{0.9}\)The final portfolio consists of the three projects you have completed for class, all significantly revised using peer comments and your instructor’s written responses. To revise means to rethink, reconsider, rework, and rewrite to the best of your ability. It also means that you have considered the rhetorical purpose for the document and determined the best way to present that document according to its purpose.
For the last few weeks of the semester, you will engage in revising your three projects so that they will serve as representations of your best work for the class. A portion of our class time and homework time will be devoted to workshopping our projects and continuing the revision process. You may ask questions, ask for feedback from your instructor and from your peers, as well as spend time in class working on your assignments.
Revision does include editing, but it does not equal editing. Rethinking and rewriting are important parts of revising.
A. Projects to Include in Your Portfolio
Select one project from each column.
| RESEARCH PAPER | ||
|---|---|---|
| Select ONE: | Select ONE: | |
| \(\bullet \quad\) Summary 1 | \(\bullet \quad\) Summary-Response 1 | \(\bullet\) Research Paper |
| \(\bullet\) Summary 2 | \(\bullet \quad\) Summary-Response 2 |
B. The Cover Letter
The cover letter to your final portfolio should be a letter (addressed to the ENGL 160 Committee) which discusses your personal writing experience throughout this class. In particular, you should focus on the writing process (brainstorming, drafting, peer review, revising, evaluation, re-revising) for each of the pieces in your portfolio, what you have learned from it, and how writing and revising that piece has improved your writing skills.
The body of your cover letter should discuss the three pieces you’ve included in the portfolio. For each piece, explain the following in a detailed paragraph or two:
- why you chose the piece for your portfolio
- how the original writing process went for the piece
- how you changed the piece for the portfolio
- why you feel the changes you made improved the piece
- how the piece illustrates your abilities as a writer
You should write a fairly detailed explanation for each piece included in your portfolio. The goal of your cover letter is to help your instructor and the committee understand your approach to writing and revising as well as the specific changes you made as you compiled your portfolio.
Remember, your
cover letter is the
first piece of
writing the
committee will
see.Your concluding paragraph should make a case for why you feel you are ready for English 160. It might include any realizations you’ve made about yourself as a writer and any changes you’ve made (or plan to make) in your writing process.
Your cover letter should be typed, single-spaced, between 600 and 750 words, and written using formal paragraphs. Take time to edit and proofread carefully.
C. Things to Remember
Your portfolio represents your best work for the semester, and so it should be presented in the most professional manner possible. The guidelines below should be followed when putting together and submitting your portfolio.
- Final portfolios must be completed in the Final Portfolio Google doc your instructor shares with you, then submitted to Blackboard. Assignments that are revised outside the Portfolio doc and copied and pasted into it will not be shown to the English 160 Committee.
- Final portfolios should consist of the final, extensively-revised versions of your three projects from the course and a cover letter to the English 160 committee.
- Final portfolios should include a Table of Contents with your name, class, etc., as well as a list of all of your project titles and the order in which they appear.
- The complete portfolio is due in the Writing Assignments folder on Blackboard at the beginning of class on the due date.
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Any plagiarism, including of the cover letter, will result in your Portfolio not being shown to the English 160 Committee.
D. Understanding the Assignment: Portfolio Guidelines
EAP II Portfolio Discussion Questions
Download the Portfolio Guidelines document from Blackboard and review the guidelines for the final portfolio. Answer the following questions with a classmate and highlight your answers on your guidelines Word document.
- How many assignments need to be included in your portfolio?
- What types of assignments can you include?
- What do you need to do to each assignment?
- What else needs to be included in your portfolio?
- When is the portfolio due?
- What happens if you do not submit your portfolio or if your portfolio is incomplete?
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