Analyzing The New Techniques I Have Learned As A College Student Writer

As a student at Arizona State University (ASU), I am creating this for the class ENG 105. By using the Writing Program Administrators (WPA) outcomes and Habits of Mind in my portfolio, I will demonstrate my learning throughout the course. The WPA outcomes, a set of skills that ENG 105 is seeking to teach students, consist of rhetorical knowledge; critical thinking, reading, and composing; processes; and knowledge of conventions. ASU also seeks to improve students’ ability to use the Habits of Mind which include curiosity, openness,

In this portfolio it will show a range of work that was completed in English 111. You will find a table of contents so you can locate each piece of work easily. There will be a sample of a writing from my religion class that I have previously taken. This writing is a research paper. The reason I chose this sample of writing is because research papers is not one of my strongest papers that I can complete but, this was an easier research paper because of the topic that it was on and I could use any source I wanted to as long as it was not Wikipedia. Also, you will find samples of each writing assignment that was completed in this course: Narration Essay, Comparison/Contrast Essay, and Argumentative Research Essay, along with some revisions

Dear readers, what you are about to see is my portfolio done in SDCC4 class. In this portfolio, you are going to see my 2H and 3B essays, with all the drafts included. Also, an in class reflection and a summary of my grammar log were included too.

Throughout my writing experience there have been many papers that I enjoyed writing and many that I did not. The writing experience that is the most memorable to me is in my freshman year of high school at University High School in Orange City, Florida. I wrote a short story called "Speech to Roseanne". This story was about a young southern female teenager who was just starting high school. During the previous summer time, she had a major dispute that happened between herself and best friend, Roseanne.This dispute carried over to the start of their freshman year in high school. In the end of the story, despite the fact that Roseanne tried to apologize for the comments she made about Mel Bell's family, Mel Bell could not get past what her formal

to show the improvements I have made throughout the semester as well as address some of the

This is my English Composition portfolio, and it contains all the research and papers I worked on during the semester. They're my goals and comments on how i felt I performed.The topic proposals I had this semester were very educztional and interesting to me. My first paper was Social Media's impact on Cyberbullying, this was an interesting topics because it's something I always had in the back of my mind. The next couple papers having to do with field research were more group based and not individual, so I felt like my first paper was strictly about my opinion.

Portfolios are more than just a folder of student work. Portfolios are samples of student work assembled to “a particular purpose” (Arter, 1990). Portfolios can be used for assessments and instructional purposes. Students can have choice when it comes to what pieces are showcased in the portfolio. Drafts can be included

The idea for the portfolio was not clear to me at the beginning. I did not know why I should write about the assignments I have done and prepare lists of my client for levels 2, 3, and 4.

As i reflect on all my English portfolio pieces I see all a lot of positives and negatives throughout it. My final portfolio consist of a Traditional Essay, Poem, How-To, Public Service Announcement (PSA), and a Visual piece all relating to the theme of my dream career of being a dentist. All of these pieces were written differently and

Throughout my writing experience there have been many papers that I enjoyed writing and many that I did not. The writing experience that is the most memorable to me is in my freshman year of high school at University High School in Orange City, Florida. I wrote a short story called "Speech to Roseanne". This story was about a young southern female teenager who was just starting high school. During the previous summer time she had a major dispute that happened between herself and best friend, Roseanne.This dispute carried over to the start of their freshmen year in high school. In the end, despite the fact that Roseanne tried to apologize for the comments she made about Mel Bell's family, Mel Bell could not get passed what her formal best friend had said.

“Because a portfolio, as a cumulative writing product, can include a variety of genres for a variety of audiences and purposes, and may also include work that illustrates different stages of the drafting process, it is admittedly difficult to evaluate as a whole. Many theorists (Elbow; Hamp-Lyons; Huot; White) have identified and discussed this problem, which is one of reliability (consistency and predictability) and validity (fairness and accuracy).” (Neal 129-130). The criticisms of portfolio assessment, that it has not a particularly reliable or valid method for grading writing, as suggested by the critics of the method Neal cites, mostly stem from examples in which the grading method has been applied poorly. That is, the portfolio method must be applied in cases in which it will be the most effective, and has the ability to align with a writing department’s goals for what its students should learn from a particular course. The portfolio method is not a ridged grading process, but a guided approach with certain characteristics. In order for it to be applied effectively, it must be shaped for each situation in which it is

For practically every student, the moment the bell rings for summer, they will never speak to their teachers again. This typically also follows email contacts being deleted too. It isn't the same for me, however. Ms.Dirmeyer, my 7th grade language arts teacher, has still kept in touch with me despite the fact she is no longer technically my teacher. She helps me improve my writing by giving me opinions and advice, along with encouragement. She also answers my questions and does what she can to help me out.

In this letter, I will be discussing what I have learned throughout this quarter and how the Stretch Writing course helped me become a better writer by learning how to strengthen my writing. Students in the Stretch Composition of ENG 108 and ENG 109 are supposed to accomplish six Student Learning Outcomes and I believe that I have accomplished every SLO through my writing assignments. The program has been beneficial to me since I was given more time to read, write, revise and to put together the course portfolio. In this electronic portfolio, you will find three different essays that were assigned during the Stretch Composition of ENG 108 and ENG 109. The first essay that I submitted for my English 108 course at the California State Polytechnic

As we come to a close of the 2016 Fall semester the English department requires a Final Portfolio to showcase what I have learned as a student through this course. The main purpose for the portfolio is the chance to revise and polish two essays of my choice and present them to a higher authority. I chose my rhetorical analysis paper “Professions for Women” and my position paper “Technology the Paradox”. I felt these were my strongest papers and the two I could work on the most. I polished my “Professions for Women” paper where I fixed my grammatical errors and struggled with revising my “Technology the Paradox” essay. Through this portfolio you will be revealed to what I have learned through this course, my struggles and how I fixed my two

My portfolio is a reflection of the two best essays that I wrote during the English 101 course during the 2016 spring semester. It contains my Media Analysis essay, “Imagine the Possibilities,” and my Research-based Academic Argument (RBAA), “Euthanasia.” These two essays are my best work, and were both improvements from the first essay that I completed for this class. With many hours being put into both of these papers, I worked hard to stay organized and have good research, both things that I previously had problems with. My writing skills have become much stronger in persuasive and logical writing, thanks to this class, along with my ability to find strong research for my essays. All of these skills are shown in my two essays that I have included in this portfolio, and they are what I really want to focus on.