final portfolio

The rough copy of my final portfolio is finished, and even thought it took some time I am actually pretty happy with how it is shaping up. None of my three writing assignments needed too many major revisions, so the bulk of my time was spent on writing the three essays included in the portfolio.

For my introduction to the writer essay, I spent some time reflecting on how my writing has stayed the same and changed between now and high school. I focused on how my writing in high school was mainly fact-based and how the writing I did for this course was more open to creativity and opinion.

For my reflection on the writings essay, I mainly quoted myself, noting the changes I made to the various assignments. I also included why I made those changes and how I felt my writing would improve after making those revisions.

My concluding essay was the most difficult for me to write. I struggled with the question we were supposed to address, which was: "What do I need to know in order to evaluate learnings/progress/effort this semester that this portfolio does not demonstrate?" I think I've decided that for my final portfolio, I would answer that question by talking about how much my time management skills have improved and how I have become better towards making effective writing decisions (like choosing a topic to write about, genre to write it in, etc).