Essay

Im taking ENGL101 class. its my eportfolio essay about my development in this class. 

(I want you to do my essay like you are taking this class)

e-Portfolio Reflective Essay

Assessing Your Development as a Writer

Assess – (from my American Heritage Dictionary) “make a judgment about”

Write an essay in which you make a judgment about your development as a writer this semester in English 101.  You will use the following criteria:

1.    General habits (planning out your assignment, drafting, revising, allowing enough time)

2.    College Composition Goals: Three ENGL 101 course objectives from the Overall Course Objectives (see B.OVERALL COURSE OBJECTIVES)

3.    Writing Skills: Three “major topics” from the syllabus (see page 2)

A more detailed description of the evaluation criteria is included on the description to the “e-Portfolio Assessment Project,” distributed in class on Friday, May 1.

You will use the evidence you have been putting into your e-portfolio  to support the criteria.  In addition, you will use hand-written  comments from papers and scoring rubrics that I have returned.

Please follow the SCORING RUBRIC(below) while you are writing the essay.

Paragraph 1:                                                                       5 points

begin with a brief introductory statement about this semester in English 101.  You will conclude the introduction with a thesis statement that best assesses (makes a judgment about) your development as a writer.

Paragraphs 2 - 4:                                                                 5 points each

these paragraphs will be descriptions of your habits, College composition goals, and writing skills.

Paragraph 5:                                                                       20 points

This paragraph will be a reflective paragraph, evaluating your development as a writer.  You will draw from the specific details you identified in paragraphs 1 – 3 to illustrate your evaluation.

This reflective paragraph may include a mixed judgment: you may have improved in some areas, but did not change in others; you may identify frustration in some areas of writing as well as a sense of achievement in others. Your judgment will connect with at least three specific details from paragraphs 2 – 4, and shows some insight or reasoning about why you improved did not improve.

Your essay should be about 400 – 600 words.                         10 points

You may use first person pronoun, but eschew second person pronouns.  Your writing should be clear, concise, and error free. 

This should be an honest and objective assessment of your writing, not a persuasive essay to get a high grade.

Please follow the SCORING RUBRIC(below) while you are writing the essay.

B.          Overall Course Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to do the following:

1.     employ a recursive writing process that includes invention, planning, drafting, revising, proofreading and  editing;

2.     work collaboratively with peers to plan, develop, and carry out writing projects and provide constructive feedback;

3.     write well-organized, unified, coherent essays with clear and complete thesis statements that express a purpose;

4.     think critically and support the thesis with details, examples, reasons, and other evidence;

5.     employ a variety of rhetorical strategies and modes to express complex ideas;

6.     vary sentence structure and length;

7.     use language in a manner appropriate to a given audience;

8.     conduct research; access and choose appropriate sources from standard library resources which may be in a variety of formats both print and electronic;

9.     evaluate sources (which may be print or electronic) by  examining authenticity, currency, validity, and reliability;

10.  incorporate outside material into essays by summarizing, quoting, and paraphrasing   correctly;

11.   provide documentation for sources with a Works Cited page and parenthetical citations, using the MLA format;and

12.  conform to the grammar, punctuation, and spelling rules of standard written English with a minimum of errors.

C.     Major Topics

                              1.         Audience awareness

                              2.         Writing as a recursive process

                              3.         Essay organization and development

                              4.         Unity, coherence and clarity in written language

                              5.         Rhetorical strategies

                              6.         Sentence variety

                              7.         Grammar, punctuation and usage review

                              8.         Summarizing, paraphrasing and quoting

                              9.         Documenting and citing both print and electronic sources in MLA format

                           10.         Writing the research paper that employs a variety of print and electronic sources

                           11.         Revising

                           12.         Editing and proofreading

                           13.         The impact of technology on writing

e-Portfolio Assessment Project

Scoring Rubric for Reflective Essay