The Final Portfolio
EPP 110 – Spring 2013

The final portfolio is designed to show what you have accomplished during your semester in English 110. The portfolio is made up of the following:

1. A 2-3 page self-reflection essay (50 points). As the name suggests, this is where you discuss your progress as a writer and a user of the English language. Think about the following questions:
What did you struggle with when writing your original papers? What did you struggle with when revising? Did this change over the semester?
How did you grow as a writer this semester? Are you more comfortable writing in English than at the beginning of the semester? What challenges have you overcome, and what challenges do you still face? What mistakes have you stopped making, and what kind of mistakes do you still make?
Look at your past assignment—this is a great way to see how your writing has progressed from the beginning to the end of the semester. Use your End of Semester Reflection for help as well.

2. Revised, polished versions of your 3 big essays (150 points). The point of the portfolio is to show that you have learned how to assess your own writing and revise it accordingly. How are you going to do this?
Take out your 3 “big” essays (Media Analysis, Personal Narrative, Argumentative Essay). Look at each one and decide how it can be made even better.
Revise each essay so that it is even stronger—just because a final draft received an A does NOT mean that it will be an A in the portfolio!
Put the first two essays’ rough draft, final draft, and portfolio draft into your folder or envelope. For the Argumentative Essay, you only need a rough draft and your portfolio draft.

Your portfolio needs to adhere to the standards we have set for this class: Times New Roman font, size 12; 1-inch margins; double-spaced lines; page numbers and your last name in the header or footer of each page.

Your portfolios should be placed into a folder or a large envelope––you cannot…