Prtfli Infrmatin The Prtfli: An Overview JC s Department f Language, Literature and Arts has implemented the prtfli as an assessment tl fr all ENG 090, 131, and 132 curses. Please read the fllwing infrmatin abut the prtfli: Every writing student at JCC must submit a prtfli, cnsisting f a variety f revised papers cmpleted this semester that best demnstrate cmpetency in skills and strategies apprpriate t the curse in which yu are enrlled. The prtfli is wrth 35% f yur ttal curse grade. See yur curse syllabus fr grading infrmatin. Yur instructr will evaluate yur prtfli and ffer cmments n the strengths and weaknesses f yur wrk. Successful prtflis cntain papers that have undergne serius revisin. This prtfli is the culminatin f yur semester s wrk and shuld shw evidence f careful revisin and editing. Yur prtfli will be evaluated hlistically; yur instructr will give feedback n yur verall wrk. See the back f this sheet fr departmental descriptins f gd writing. The Prtfli Cntains Plished essays written ver the curse f the semester. A ne page reflectin n yur grwth as a writer in this class. This is a separate essay, ne page minimum reflecting n yu as a writer: what yu have experienced and learned as a writer in this class. Claims shuld be supprted by evidence frm yur writing prcess, essays, and curse materials. See the reflective essay instructins at the end f this dcument Prtfli Requirements Yur cmpsitin prtfli demnstrates yur grwth ver the perid f the class. The prtfli cnsists f twelve pages f yur best academic writing, cmpleted in this class and the reflective letter. This prtfli fcuses n skills such as critical thinking, stylistic cmpetency in the assigned mdes, understanding f the rhetrical situatin, and mechanical cmpetency. Fr ENG 090 and 131 adhere t a 10 page minimum; fr English 132, adhere t a 12 page minimum. These minimums d nt include the prtfli reflective essay, title pages, r wrks cited pages. All essays in the prtfli must be a minimum f three full pages, nt including title and wrks cited pages. Research-based essays must be at least five full pages.
Yu must include the research prject: Rhetrical Analysis Essay; Argument Essay. Yu may include either r bth f the Reflective and/r Evaluative essays. This decisin is yurs and based n what yu want yur reader t see in terms f yur prficiency and grwth as a writer. The decisin may als be determined by minimum page requirements. Curse Minimum Number f Pages Accepted Genres Reflective Letter ENG 090 10 page minimum Narrative, Descriptive, Infrmative. Optinal: Analytical, Persuasive ENG 131 10 page minimum Memir, Prfile, Reprt. Optin: Analytical, Persuasive ENG 132 12 page minimum Analytical, Argumentatin. Optinal: Reflective, Reprt, Prpsal, Evaluatin A research paper f at least 5 pages is required in English 132. Frmatting f the Prtfli Include a cver sheet fr the entire prtfli listing yur name, curse and sectin number, and instructr s name. Place yur prtfli reflective essay after the cver page (see frmatting fr the reflective essay at the end f this dcument). Essay frmatting: duble-space, 12 pint fnt, with ne inch margins n all sides. MLA frmatting fr essays: Name and page number in the upper right hand crner f each page. Use the header functin in Micrsft Wrd t accmplish this. When yu use surce materials, fllw MLA Guidelines fr dcumentatin and citatin. Specifically, include parenthetical citatin and a Wrks Cited page when surces are used t supprt yur writing. Althugh MLA des nt require title pages, yu must include a title page fr each essay in the prtfli. List the title f the essay and a brief descriptin f yur purpse r reasns fr writing and the audience r intended readers yu imagine fr it.
TITLE OF PAPER AUDIENCE IDENTIFICATION STATEMENT OF PURPOSE This statement shuld include an indicatin f the assigned genre Fr example: This essay will prfile.(prfile) This essay will reprt.(reprt) This essay will infrm. (infrm) This essay will argue. (argument) This essay will analyze. (analysis) This essay will emply the fllwing criteria t evaluate. (evaluate) This reflective essay will explre/reflect upn. (reflective) Reflective Essay Yur prtfli must be accmpanied by a reflective essay--a summary statement prviding an verview f the essays in yur prtfli and yur experiences as a writer in this class. This essay prmtes yur thinking abut yur writing and writing prcess. Please fllw directins carefully and cmpletely. This letter will be shared with ther Jacksn Cllege cmpsitin instructrs. Frmatting f the Reflective Essay 1 page n mre, n less (at least 300 wrds). Single spaced 1 inch margins Twelve Pint Fnt: Times, Arial, Calibri, Verdana This is yur pprtunity t frame the quality f the different experiences and papers in yur prtfli and explain hw they add up t a single, cmprehensive picture f yur perfrmance as a writer.
In yur essay, yu will reflect n yur grwth as a writer in this class. Use the strategies fr writing a reflective essay that we studied in Unit 2. Address the fllwing areas in yur essay: Intrductin: This shuld set the cntext fr the essay: include the curse number (132) and a brief summary f yur cmmunity, and the papers yu wrte in relatin t that cmmunity. Yur intrductin will need a thesis that makes a claim abut yur grwth as a writer in terms f writing prcess, rhetrical situatin (audience and purpse), genres, research strategies, and cllabratin with peers. Bdy: The subjects f yur papers and why yu chse them. Identify and explain any psitive changes r develpments yu have nticed in yur writing prcesses ver the curse f the semester. A gd way t explain this is t reflect n hw engaging prcess impacted yur final papers. Pay attentin t hw yu revise by cmparing the riginal, early drafts f yur essays t the final drafts fr yur Prtfli. Briefly explain where ne wuld see evidence f the psitive changes in the Prtfli Writings. Be specific. Explain hw any f the writing and hmewrk assignments, textbk, and in-class individual and grup activities cntributed t these psitive changes. Identify what has nt changed r develped in yur writing ver the curse f the semester, and be sure t explain what r wh yu think might be respnsible fr yur grwth. Incrprate a discussin f the Academic Outcmes fr the curse. ENG 090 ADO 1 Develping cncisely, and ENG 131 ADO 1 Develping cncisely, and ENG 132 ADO 1 Prficient cncisely, and ADO 9 Develping Wrking in Small Grups ADO 9 Develping Wrking in Small Grups ADO 7 Prficient Critical Thinking Explain hw yu have fulfilled bth f these ADOs. Prvide brief examples and evidence frm yur wrk this semester. Think abut yur participatin in cllabrative writers grups. Did participating in discussins abut yur writing and serving as a peer editr strengthen yur skills as a writer?
Cnclusin: Summarize the abve pints and explain what yu feel yu have accmplished as a grup member, a writer, and a cllege student in this class Include the mst imprtant thing yu have learned abut writing this semester r abut yurself as a writer. Be specific and thughtful.