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090 Portfolio Prompt and Rubric
Your portfolio is worth 20% of your total grade. It should be your strongest writing and should showcase the skills you’ve learned this entire semester.
You will include the following information uploaded to the D2L Dropbox titled “Portfolio”:
Two of your major writing assignments, substantially revised, each with a template cover sheet that identifies the intended audience and purpose.
A reflective essay of 500-750 words.
Part I. Artifacts: The Revision of Two Major Assignments
The revision requirement highlights the importance of writing as a process. Whether we’re writing a resume or completing a class assignment, the due date does not mean it is the best it ever will be. Revising at the end of the semester shows you how you’ve grown as a writer and demonstrates your proficiency in all the things you practiced during the semester.
Revising Major Writing Assignments:
Revision options include the following:
Further developing content
Reorganizing content
Improving coherence (such as adding transitions, avoiding repetition, and making connections)
Enhancing key features of the applicable genre and format
Correcting surface features (such as spelling, grammar, and punctuation)
Properly framing quotations and/or supporting details (introduced and explained)
An altering of tone to fit audience/purpose
Addressing any feedback
Other improvements are also welcome
Notes on Revision Process
Revisions should adhere to the initial assignment expectations.
An excellent revision will go beyond responding to the comments I have provided. You will need to determine for yourself what needs additional revision. Let your revision illustrate what you’ve learned this semester.
Part II. Writing the Reflection: 500-700 words
This part of the portfolio requires you to reflect on how you met the Course Outcomes (see below) in the revisions. This is not about proving your complete success in all areas of the course. Instead, this is an exercise in which you describe and analyze your process and progress in the course—even when you struggled, were frustrated, or didn’t understand. The best reflection will include specific examples from the revisions in the portfolio.
Introduction: Write an introduction that honestly and thoughtfully reflects on what you learned about writing, reading, communication, etc., and/or how you’ve grown this semester.
Body paragraph one: Explain how you met or struggled with these outcomes from the Rhetorical Knowledge category. Use specific examples from your portfolio artifacts to show how you met or struggled with these outcomes.
Rhetorical Knowledge category
Understand that every text has a particular rhetorical context: audience, purpose, genre.
Communicate ideas in an organized, coherent manner for outside readers.
Body paragraph two: Explain how you met or struggled with an outcome from the Critical Thinking/Reading category. Use specific examples from your portfolio artifacts to show how you met or struggled with these outcomes.
Critical Thinking/Reading category
Actively read and respond to texts, including their own written drafts, and those of their peers.
Distinguish between and make connections between their own ideas and the ideas of others.
Body paragraph three: Explain how you met or struggled with an outcome from the Writing/Research Processes category. Use specific examples from your portfolio artifacts to show how you met or struggled with these outcomes.
Writing/Research Processes category
Adapt the writing process to the needs of individual writing tasks.
Produce writing that demonstrates basic proficiency in standard edited English so that meaning is not obscured by mechanical or grammatical error.
Body paragraph four: Explain how you met or struggled with an outcome from the Academic Writing Conventions category. Use specific examples from your portfolio artifacts to show how you met or struggled with these outcomes.
Academic Writing Conventions category
Begin adapting conventions such as format, structure, and tone to a given rhetorical situation.
Exercise basic skills in incorporating the ideas of others accurately and fairly through summary, paraphrase, and direct quotation.
Conclusion: In a few sentences, wrap-up your reflection by explaining how the skills you developed in this course are applicable professionally, academically, and/or socially.
Submission
Format the portfolio as three separate documents and submit to D2L’s Dropbox.
For each revision, make sure you name your file with your last name and the assignment (last name_digitalliteracymap) or last name_revisionprofile). You must save your assignment as a .doc file or .docx file. If I cannot open the file because it is not in the format requested, I reserve the right to not accept your portfolio and grade it as a zero (0).
For the reflection, make sure you name your file with your last name and the assignment (last name_portfolioreflection). You must save your assignment as a .doc file or .docx file. If I cannot open the file because it is not in the format requested, I reserve the right to not accept your portfolio and grade it as a zero (0).
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Rubric for an “A” Portfolio
An A portfolio demonstrates rhetorical knowledge by:
Integrating appropriate, thoughtful, and meaningful Content.
Illustrating logical Organization through appropriate transitions, sentences, paragraphs, and sections.
Addressing Audience and Purpose through sophisticated choices in tone, language choice, and style.
Adhering to and optimizing Design and Format conventions of the genres.
Controlling Surface Features to limit distracting errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
Engaging in meaningful Revision of the portfolio artifacts.
