My Portfolio Analysis

My relationship with literature has evolved to a much deeper appreciation. As I sit and think who and what literature is, I found myself looking at how literature speaks to me, how it moves me, how it inspires me and how it makes me question my very creative pallet. Literature is something that reflects society, makes us think of ourselves and our social interaction. It allows us to enjoy the beauty and language that it speaks to us. Many of the pieces that I encountered this semester has really touched home for me.

My English Literature major has helped me to achieve an outstanding level of appreciation, enjoyment, and knowledge of both American and British Literature. As a high school AP English student, I struggled through great works like Hamlet and To the Lighthouse. My teacher’s daily lectures (there was no such thing as class discussion) taught me merely to interpret the works as critics had in the past. I did not enjoy the reading or writing process. As a freshman at Loras, I was enrolled in the Critical Writing: Poetry class. For the first time since grade school, my writing ability was praised and the sharing of my ideas was encouraged by an enthusiastic and nurturing professor. Despite the difficulty of poetry, I enjoyed reading it.

After taking Honors Written and Oral Communication freshman year I have changed as a communicator. I have grown in many areas as a writer and speaker; however, I have also have skills that need improvement. From the Fahrenheit 451 essay to the six-word memoir, my writing capabilities and experience has changed. I have sincerely grown in certain areas whereas I have also fell short in other areas.

Looking back at the amount of writing I’ve done for AP Literature, I can see growth in my understanding of poetry and of literature. There are skills and concepts that I need to focus on and refine as I continue on through the class, but I am confident in the abilities that I have picked up so far.

My artifacts for this assignment are “Thomas-Kilmann Instrument” for conflict management, “Observer feedback sheet” I received from my colleague after the oral presentation that I gave in class and “The Competent Communicator graphic” provided by our instructor Amanda Le Rougetel. My reason behind using these documents as artifacts because these documents reflect my personality as a communicator. These documents made me realize on which parts of my communication style I have to work to become a competent communicator.

During sophomore year, we’d practice annotating, and analyzing poetry for inspirational purposes and to perfect our craft. Poetry is my

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

Throughout this semester in English 101, I have made a significant improvement on multiple things, including how to be an exceptional writer and thinker. English has always been one of my most favored subjects to study because to me it instructs students how to be intelligent, how to become a more creative and critical thinker, and be able to develop ethical values and imagination. You can express yourself more efficiently in English than you can in any other subject. This class has truly made me a more confident writer and helped me express myself in different ways through the different types of papers I wrote. By writing different types of papers I have improved multiple areas of my writing. I have grown as a student in diverse areas such

Over my high school career I have interned at two finance-oriented companies. IN 2012, I started at Megastar Financial, a mortgage company located in downtown Denver. Here, I learned about the complex mortgage industry along while assisting in the accounting and underwriting departments. The company I currently intern for is Innovest Portfolio Solutions. Here, I work in the marketing department, however I have a variety of exposure to the different pieces of the company’s different departments and committees. As I have been exposed to the world of finance, I have grown fond of the discipline. Along with these internships I have been an apprentice of both geophysics and botany at the University of Wyoming. The apprenticeships were completed

Growth, I believe, is inevitable when one is compelled to learn and apply that knowledge which has been presented to them. This semester has proved to be a time of development, change, and substantial growth. During my time in English 101 I have had the chance to really explore new genres of writing such as memoirs, rhetorical analyses, and persuasive essays. In this class I have been able to build upon old writing skills and cultivate new ones; and I have also come to recognize what I like and dislike writing about through the completion of the assignments we were charged with. Through this semester in English 101 I feel as though I have had the opportunity to enhance my ability to apply the rules of rhetoric to my work, convey my thoughts and ideas with greater clarity, and recognize the places where I can improve my work through the revising process.

It was a pleasure reading your post. Your post was well-written and to the point. In your first paragraph, you have mentioned that the benefits of a professional portfolio is to provide a space in which learners can plan and reflect in depth of the practice, and identify their strengths and building on them. I support this statement, when a person can identify his or her weaknesses, he or she is most likely can work toward that goal or enhance that area in need. According to Collins (2001), "the more organization has the discipline to stay within its three circles, the more it will have attractive opportunities for growth" (p. 136). In other words, if the learners can identify their challenges and weaknesses, they can create a culture of discipline

From the beginning of the semester I improved so much. I am able to read from the Bible, poems, and short stories and understand the meaning. Poetry has become my favorite genre to read; because is like an art but in words. This semester, I enjoyed reading “we wear the mask “by Paul Lawrence Dunbar. Dunbar’s work is really good to read because he speaks on real life situations that have or will take place in the world we live in. “we wear the mask” discuss feelings of African Americans that hide behind a fake expression. One story I found hard to read was “The Misfit “because I did not understand the lesson that was trying to be receive to readers.

As the year draws to a close, I reflect on what I have accomplished in my first semester of college. Not only have I grown as a writer but also as a person. This year was full of changes but I am glad that I remained steadfast in my beliefs and skills. While I learned things about myself in this course I also gained important writing and research skills.

From September 3rd, 2015 to October 28th, 2015, our group was given the opportunity to manage an investment portfolio, with the goal of maximizing the value of the portfolio through acquiring, holding, and selling stock. The beginning cash balance of the portfolio was $100,000, and our group had the ability to make up to 500 trades. During this time period, our group made 20 stock purchases and sold stock twice. At the close of business on October 28, 2015, the value of our group’s portfolio increased from $100,000 to $106,785.33, yielding a return of  6.78% (((106785.33/100,000)-1) x 100)). In comparison to the S&P 500 returned at 7.16% and the Dow Jones having a return of 8.65% (Yahoo).

According to the CAPM model:R_i=α+βR_m+ε, α represent the abnormal return gained by the portfolio. If the market is efficiency, the α has to be zero.