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.