Portfolio Assignment

Collecting your work from a semester into a portfolio and reflecting on what you have done gives you a chance to see your accomplishments, but also focus on skills that you might need to continue working on.

We are taking the last two weeks of the semester to revise and edit work that you have done this semester. You are not required to revise all, or even any, of the following assignments, but this is the list you can choose from:

The informative (middle style) review: 50 pts.
The academic (formal style) review: 75 pts.
The commentary essay: 150 pts.
The PowerPoint video: 150 pts.
The "open" assignment: 200 pts.

The Portfolio:

A portfolio should consist of the following elements

A reflective cover letter (2-3 pages, single spaced).
The documents you revise.
The previous draft of the documents you revise.
Revisions to the PowerPoint video can be emailed to me, posted on Blackboard, or burnt to a CD (I don't use floppy disks).

If you decide that you would rather not revise any of your work, you will still need to turn in a reflective letter—the letter is worth 100 points.

Please include the following elements in your reflective cover letter.

Comment briefly on what you learned from the review assignments, the commentary assignment, the music video, and the open assignment. Two or three sentences on each unit will be fine.
Identify two strengths you see in your writing. (One paragraph.)
Identify two aspects of your writing you need to keep working on. (One paragraph.)
If you have revised, explain fairly specifically what kinds of revisions you have made. Indicate global or local revisions, and then refer to specific changes you made. (One paragraph for each paper revised.)

You are welcome to include additional material that might help me and you understand your work and put it in the context of your first semester at NDSU.

The cover letter will be graded on how well you worked with the generic conventions of letters, your ability to clearly describe what you have learned, your strengths, and your areas for improvement. If you have revised, the section describing your revisions should be clear and specific. Your cover letter should be carefully proofread and relatively free of errors.

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Portfolio Assignment