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First draft of final?
Final Portfolio
Create a final portfolio—a single document—in four parts: (1) an introduction in which you perform a self-assessment of your semester's progress as a college writer; (2) a copy of an unrevised timed essay written in class; (3) a copy of a revised essay that I have previously graded, and (4) a copy of the same essay before you revised it. Use your introduction to write a short persuasive paper in which you argue for a particular final grade for the course based the grading criteria listed in the syllabus and based on the improvements you have made to your writing over the course of the semester. Format the entire document in MLA style. Title the entire document simply "Final Portfolio," but make sure to subtitle each of the four parts of the entire document as follows: Self-Evaluation, Unrevised Timed Essay, Revised Essay, and Previous Final Draft. Be sure to keep a copy of the entire project and to submit the document to me before the deadline expires. I will not be returning these papers to you. The portfolio is worth ten percent of your final grade.
Over the course of the semester we as students have been challenged to do several tasks. These include but aren’t limited to; writing a paper with a drop cap, write a paper that includes a picture with a caption. Correctly use a hyperlink such as this. Write a paper that uses the ten most common logical fallacies. If a student already knows how to do a task then why should they continue to do it? If we are to complete tasks we should have a desire to do so. A teacher’s job is to teach, a students job is to learn. We can’t have one without the other, therefore if there is a definite lack of learning there should be a new instructor. As a student in this class I've had a desire to learn. I have been disappointed by the lack of definition in the course. Through out the semester I attended class, I sat quietly and worked on the assignment. While I did not turn the assignments in I still completed a majority of them. I came into this class with high hopes of learning all the new rules of English. Instead I received the same English I took in high school, with the exception of a harsh critic, in the form of the instructor. I believe that I should pass English 101 so that I may move on to an English class where I will be challenged with actual English assignments, not trivial formatting issues.
Create a final portfolio—a single document—in four parts: (1) an introduction in which you perform a self-assessment of your semester's progress as a college writer; (2) a copy of an unrevised timed essay written in class; (3) a copy of a revised essay that I have previously graded, and (4) a copy of the same essay before you revised it. Use your introduction to write a short persuasive paper in which you argue for a particular final grade for the course based the grading criteria listed in the syllabus and based on the improvements you have made to your writing over the course of the semester. Format the entire document in MLA style. Title the entire document simply "Final Portfolio," but make sure to subtitle each of the four parts of the entire document as follows: Self-Evaluation, Unrevised Timed Essay, Revised Essay, and Previous Final Draft. Be sure to keep a copy of the entire project and to submit the document to me before the deadline expires. I will not be returning these papers to you. The portfolio is worth ten percent of your final grade.
Over the course of the semester we as students have been challenged to do several tasks. These include but aren’t limited to; writing a paper with a drop cap, write a paper that includes a picture with a caption. Correctly use a hyperlink such as this. Write a paper that uses the ten most common logical fallacies. If a student already knows how to do a task then why should they continue to do it? If we are to complete tasks we should have a desire to do so. A teacher’s job is to teach, a students job is to learn. We can’t have one without the other, therefore if there is a definite lack of learning there should be a new instructor. As a student in this class I've had a desire to learn. I have been disappointed by the lack of definition in the course. Through out the semester I attended class, I sat quietly and worked on the assignment. While I did not turn the assignments in I still completed a majority of them. I came into this class with high hopes of learning all the new rules of English. Instead I received the same English I took in high school, with the exception of a harsh critic, in the form of the instructor. I believe that I should pass English 101 so that I may move on to an English class where I will be challenged with actual English assignments, not trivial formatting issues.
Wrapping
Up the semester. 3 days of math left. A couple of this class. Finally. Finals. Wonder what I will pass. Wonder what I won't.
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