The First-Year Writing Program relies on the portfolio process because it allows you to develop and improve your writing throughout the semester. Think of your portfolio as a presentation of your best work, a collection that represents who you are as a writer and a thinker. Portfolios are due the last day of class.
Explain the work of your portfolio. Provide a sense of the person behind the writing, the best possible version of yourself. The Portfolio Committee takes these reflective essays quite seriously and uses them to judge what real learning has taken place during the semester.
For essay structure/organization: Type a three-paragraph detailed statement that discusses your responses to the following questions:
A. Paragraph 1: Past: Focus your first paragraph on how you saw yourself as a writer and learner in the past and how you put that knowledge into action in your previous academic work (think about primary, middle, and high school). Before this course started, how did you see yourself as a writer in terms of academic/creative/personal writing? Describe what you knew and did then as a writer, as well as your past strengths and weaknesses. You could also take a moment to introduce yourself to the Portfolio Committee, including your major,(Biology) where you’re from,(Pg county, Maryland) and whatever else you’d like to share (some students format this essay as a letter, starting with a salutation, such as Dear Members of the Portfolio Committee).
B. Paragraph 2: Present: Focus your second paragraph on how you see yourself as a writer and learner now based on what you’ve experienced this semester. What have you learned during the past several months? First, describe specific course assignments, handouts, discussions, texts, or resources that have been helpful and how they helped you. Second, go through your previous essays (rough and final drafts), your Comment Box essay feedback from me and your peers, and other relevant assignments from the semester and identify particular skills and practices you have developed this semester. Third, include 1-2 quotes from your own drafts that show what you have accomplished or what you wish had turned out better. For instance, you might copy and paste your Essay 1 thesis and your Essay 3 thesis and explain how your thesis statements improved during the semester.
C. Paragraph 3: Future: Focus your third paragraph on how you hope to see yourself as a writer and learner in the future. What skills do you hope to continue to strengthen? How do you hope to improve your self-expression in your next English or Humanities classes, your major classes, your dream job, and in other personal or creative ways? Finally, what else would you like the members of the Portfolio Committee to know about you as they assess your work?
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