for A-PLUS WRITER ONLY

1-    Be three pages long; single spaced.

2-      Identify each of your portfolio's submissions by title. Please use quotations when referring to your submission titles in the cover letter-e.g., "When Lightning Strikes: A Study of Inspiration";

3-       Provide an analysis of the submissions contained in the portfolio. To do this, avoid extensive summary;

4-      Demonstrate sustained writing self-awareness. Awareness includes your ability to be reflective about your own writing strengths and weaknesses;

5-       Point to specific examples from your submissions that illustrate the claims you have made about yourself as a writer

6-       Demonstrate knowledge of the writing, revising, and editing process by showing how this knowledge applies to the submissions in your portfolio;

7-       Describe your strategies for researching and integrating sources;

8-       Reflect on the ways in which you have written/revised to accommodate audience needs, expectations, and/or values.