FINAL COURSE PORTFOLIO
Professor Rodgers
Advanced College Writing
Preparing Your Final Course Portfolio
ABOUT THE FINAL COURSE PORTFOLIO
The Final Course Portfolio is a way for you to review all of the work that you have done this semester, revise some of it, reflect on it, and show me the progress you have made with your understanding of the various elements of college writing. While all of the assignments and essays that we have worked on this semester have been important, the final course portfolio gives you an opportunity to see how the various assignments and essays fit together and to archive the work that you have done this semester so you can refer to it and use it in the future.
You can submit your Final Course Portfolio in print or electronically via your Open Lab ePortfolio. However, please choose one, either print or electronic. Your ability to clearly organize and present your work is part of what will be assessed in this project, which is why it is important that you carefully compile this document and make it as user friendly as possible. Below, you will find a table of contents for the Course Portfolio. Please organize your materials accordingly. If you are missing any materials, that is fine, but I would appreciate it if you could include a sheet indicating that this work is missing.
Final Course Portfolio Table of Contents
- Letter to Prof. Rodgers reflecting on your writing and work this semester: What have you learned about college writing? What do you still need/want to learn about college writing? What did we do in this class that was most useful to you? What do you plan to do with your writing? Finally, please describe one or two possible reading/writing projects that you’d like to undertake over the summer break.
- One page abstract summarizing the findings from your Research Essay
- Revised Research Essay with Annotated Bibliography
- One page reflection on your Midterm Exam and Areas (see your grade in the various areas of the midterm exam) you plan to Work on For the Final Exam
- Midterm Exam
- One page reflection on your Definition and Response Essay: How does what you wrote in this essay relate to your Research Essay? What changes or alterations or additions might you make to this essay given what you know now about the topic of ICT and what you have learned about advanced college writing?
- Definition and Response Essay
- Reading Journal
- Class Notes
- Earlier Drafts of Research Essay (including draft Overview of Sources essay and completed Research Source Worksheets
