UMEI 004C

Dear all,

Here are the guidelines and criteria for the Writing Portfolio.

Writing Portfolio Objectives 

The work in the portfolio is understood to be that of the writer alone and includes appropriate documentation of outside sources when necessary.  Plagiarism will result in automatic failure. 

I.          The work in the portfolio demonstrates an understanding of and ability to use the writing process.      

A.        Understand APPLE     

B.         Use prewriting strategies                 

1.         choose and narrow a topic                 

2.         write a first draft     

C.         Use postwriting strategies to revise writing                 

1.         use peer-, self-, and teacher-assessments                  

2.         use editing and proofreading marks                  3.         write multiple drafts 

II.         The work in the portfolio demonstrates the ability to make a point and support it with evidence in an organized, cohesive way.      

A.        Effectively use a three-part organizational structure     

1.         Write effective introductions      

2.         Write effective conclusions     

3.         Use rhetorical forms appropriately     

B.         Write a clear, effective thesis statement and topic sentences     

C.         provide supporting evidence     

D.        Use cohesive devices within and between paragraphs  III.       The work in the portfolio demonstrates the ability to write clear, correct sentences with appropriate lexical choices and to use punctuation correctly to avoid fragments, comma splices, and run on sentences.       

IV.       The work in the portfolio demonstrates the ability to apply conventions of manuscript mechanics, capitalization, and correct English spelling.     

Portfolio Requirements for the Fall 2006 Intensive Program Midterm: 

1) Multiple drafts of your personal essay (“Myself as a Writer”), including prewriting and planning, intermediate drafts, and self, peer, and teacher assessments

2) Two reader response posts from our blog

3) One timed writing (e.g. a TOEFL essay)

4) A 1 ½-2 page (typed, double-spaced) reflection that does the following:

• interprets your portfolio by thinking about the drafts of the personal, the reader response posts, and the timed writing
• explains what the collection means to you as a whole and how this portfolio reflects you as a writer
• discusses how you think your writing, reading, and thinking skills are related and how they may have developed or changed over the course of the past six weeks

Use your own writing as evidence for the arguments you want to make. 

Because this essay interpets and explains your portfolio, it tells me how to read and evaluate your portfolio. So what you tell me the portfolio means and how seriously you take it will directly guide my evaluation and grading.  In reviewing your portfolio I will look for the following:

• a consideration of how thinking, writing, and reading are related for you

• evidence of critical analysis of your writing and your writing process