Portfolio Guidelines

You MUST make TWO copies of your Final Portfolio. These are the guidelines/steps:

1) The Portfolio is a collection of revised essays and a Statement of Belief.

2) It must be 10 pages long (minimum). It MUST include revisions of 2-3 essays and MUST include a 2-3 page Statement. It MUST be in 12-point font.

3) First, choose 2-3 essays that you'd like to revise.

4) For each essay, make a list of the corrections you have to make. (Use my notes, peer notes, old drafts, things you notice.)

5) Go into your files, and open up the documents so that you can start to change small things.

6) After you've made MINOR corrections, read the whole essay and decide on what MAJOR changes you will make (add ideas? expand ideas? include another comparison?). Work on those. Be creative and thoughtful.

7) Read the essays aloud--with corrections and changes made. What else needs to be done? Do the essays make sense?

8) Read the descriptions of each component of the Rubric. Are you doing work that strives for the "Excellent" description?

9) Make more corrections and changes.

10) Print up final copies of the essays. Read them all at once. What do they have in common? Think about your writing style and your ideas.

11) Write your Statement of Belief. This statement will explain what's in your portfolio and how you feel about your writing and ideas. (You should have started to think this over in class.)

12) In 2-3 double-spaced pages, answer ALL of these questions:

What is something in which you strongly believe?
How does that belief make you unique?
What have you learned/do you know about the struggles of individuals within systems?
When do systems work? When do they fail? Who gets hurt? Who benefits?
How do your ideas about individuals/systems connect to your belief?
How do those two things connect to the writing in your portfolio?
How have you used rhetoric to communicate these ideas?