Semester I Project: Writing Portfolio

Due Date: Monday, January 16, 2012 (no late portfolios will be accepted)

Instructions:
A portfolio is a collection of work designed to demonstrate a person’s skills. Because you’ve spent two quarters completing a variety of written assignments, this is an ideal time for you, as a writer, to put together your own portfolio.

For the assignment, I will be assessing you by evaluating your progress as a writer throughout the first half of the school year. To do this, I will be looking at all of the writing you’ve done this semester to determine how you’ve responded to feedback from me and from your peers to improve your writing and how you’ve learned from that feedback not to make the same errors in subsequent assignments.

You are welcome to print out all of the work you’ve done and turn in your portfolio in a folder or binder or you may submit an electronic portfolio (a zip file or a website or blog containing all of your written work).

Your portfolio should contain the following items:

1. Cover page – should be interesting and eye-catching
2. Table of contents – list all of the documents included in your portfolio
3. Introduction – a brief evaluation of how you’ve progressed as a writer this semester, discuss your opinion of your performance on each assignment, your opinion of how you’ve improved as a writer and what your goals are for the next semester
4. Opinion essay (11 September) – five paragraph essay stating your opinion about a controversial topic, include the assignment sheet (on Edline), your rough draft, the peer review questionnaire filled out by a classmate, your final draft and your grade sheet
5. Process essay (2 October) – five paragraph essay explaining a step-by-step process, include the assignment sheet (on Edline), your rough draft, the peer review questionnaire filled out by a classmate, your final draft and your grade sheet
6. Publication (25 November) – group project demonstrating your writing on a variety of topics, include the assignment sheet, at least one example of your own writing from the publication and your grade sheet
7. Lab report (18 December) – written assignment on a topic of your choice following the format of a lab report, include the assignment sheet, your rough draft, peer review questionnaire filled out by a classmate, your final draft and your grade sheet