EN 300 L: Portfolio Assignment
Humanities
Your final project of the semester
(due Tuesday, 12/11 by noon; late work on this project is not
acceptable) is to complete a portfolio that highlights the work you have completed in this class.
The portfolio is worth a significant percentage (30%) of your grade, so be sure to work hard on
it.
There are two options for turning it in:
1.
You may turn it in electronically via D2L, pasting the required documents into one
combined document and uploading it that way, or uploading each file separately (one
document is preferable).
2.
You may turn in a hard copy, presented in a two-pocket folder (not a three-ring binder,
please). Please bring this portfolio to my office, Morgan 232. I’ll be in my office by 9:00
am on 12/11.
Either way, each portfolio must include the following:
Substantially revised
, clean copies of
two of your essays
. At least one of the essays
must either Essay 2 or Essay 5. Please choose essays that are directed at different
audiences.
Make sure each final draft is clearly marked
.
Previous drafts
of the above essays, including at minimum the version I graded.
A 500 word (or more)
cover letter
, discussed in more detail on the next page.
Objectives:
The skills and concepts taught within English 300 are designed to reinforce, supplement and
extend those introduced in English 101. By the end of the semester students in English 300 will
be able to . . .
1.
perform complex and sustained analyses of texts
2.
support
and sustain logical and ethical argumentation
3.
conduct
sophisticated research
4.
engage
with and synthesize sources
5.
demonstrate
sustained reasoning and critical thinking
6.
show
an understanding of how form and language can be applied within a
discipline
7.
use
academic writing conventions appropriate to upper-division work
8.
appropriately
adapt language for rhetorical situation
9.
reflect
upon and revise one’s own writin
Assessment:
These objectives will be assessed through a final course portfolio which must include a minimum
of two polished essays addressing differing rhetorical situations as well as a reflective cover
letter. These essays must include:
substantial and sophisticated research
sustained
analysis
logical
and ethical argumentation
observable
revisions
Your portfolio will be graded holistically based on its completeness and the rubric handed out
with this sheet.
Cover Letter Guidelines:
The cover letter of at least 500 words should make clear the following:
Which essays you chose to include and why
What your goals and audience were for each essay and how you adapted each essay to its
rhetorical situation
What specific steps you took to revise the included essays, with examples
How your included essays demonstrate 1) substantial and sophisticated research, 2)
sustained analysis, 3) logical and ethical argumentation, and 4) observable revisions.
