Portfolio explanation
When is it due?
Tuesday, May 5th, by 8:00 p.m.
Canvas Portal, Turn in electronically
What it is
The Portfolio is a way for you to reflect on your writing process throughout the course
This substitutes as the final for this course (25% of your grade)
The full rubric for this Portfolio Executive Summary will be on Canvas. If you are missing items, you will lose points.
What’s in it
A copy of your revision of your Analysis Paper
A copy of your Group Project Write Up
New items: Your executive summary and appendix
The executive summary
This paper is your written down reflection on how you have developed as a writer throughout this course
1200-1500 words, Times New Roman, 12 pt. font, Double-spaced, 1-inch margins
You will focus on content improvement throughout the course (structure, thesis construction, analysis, close reading, etc.)
You will pick four-five artifacts that show your development throughout the course to discuss in your executive summary. These can essentially be any writing we have done in the course, and most of these will most likely come in your appendix (see the next slide). Your Executive Summary needs to discuss every artifact you use to show you have improved in the course.
You could structure the executive summary around what about your writing improved or around the artifacts you are using to show your improvement.
Make sure that these items actually show development!
The appendix
This will be at the end of your portfolio
These are the items that you use to show your development in the course
What can these items be?
An online journal post (Copy/Paste This)
An outline of an essay
A draft of an essay
The Revision Memo
Any of the primary essays themselves
The group project
All of the items you reference need to be included in your portfolio
Examples of executive summary and portfolio structure
Let’s say that I wanted to discuss how I have improved throughout 1310 in the areas of structure, thesis construction, and analysis.
You should choose two-three areas of improvement (more than this would be too much to tackle, 1 is not enough)
To show this improvement, I decide to use my Argument Description Paper, my Argument Analysis Paper, my Revision Memo, and my Revision Paper.
The Executive Summary could look like this:
Introduction (Thesis: I argue I have improved in _________ areas, and I will show this through ___________ artifacts.)
First Body Paragraph: Structure (Show how this has improved through description paper and analysis paper)
Second Body Paragraph: Thesis Construction (Show improvement with Analysis Paper and Revision Paper)
Third Body Paragraph: Analysis (Show Improvement with Revision Memo and Revision Paper)
Conclusion
Here is an Alternative Executive Summary Structure:
Introduction (Thesis)
First Body Paragraph: Focuses on Argument Description Paper (Set Up How This Established the Need For Improvement in Structure)
Second Body Paragraph: Focuses on Argument Analysis Paper (Show how the Structure changed in this Paper, Also show the thesis construction)
Third Body Paragraph: Focuses on Revision Memo and Revision Paper (Transition into how Thesis Construction is better here, and also how both of these documents show an improvement in Analysis)
Conclusion
The Structure of this Executive Summary is your choice. You must mention all areas of improvement and artifacts you want to use to show this improvement. In this example Executive Summary, my Portfolio would need to include a copy of my Revision Paper and Group Project Write Up (All Portfolios Must include these documents even if you do not use them as artifacts), and in my Appendix I would Paste a Copy of my Description Paper, My Analysis Paper, and my Revision memo.
Order of portfolio
Executive summary
Copy of revision paper
Group Project Write UP
Appendix materials
The number of appendix materials you include depends on what you use as artifacts to show your improvement in the course. For example, if you want to use your revision paper or group project to show improvement, you do not need to paste these documents twice. Here are some examples of how this would look in the following slides:
Here is a layout of a Portfolio using neither the Revision Paper or Group Project as an artifact, but using four other artifacts
1st
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
2nd
COPY OF REVISION PAPER
3rd
GROUP PROJECT
4th
APPENDIX ITEM 1
5th
APPENDIX ITEM 2
6th
APPENDIX ITEM 3
7th
APPENDIX ITEM 4
**You could also do this layout with five extra artifacts, in which case there would be one more after this one.
Here is a layout of a Portfolio using both the Revision Paper and Group Project as an artifact, using five artifacts in total
1st
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
2nd
COPY OF REVISION PAPER
3rd
GROUP PROJECT
4th
APPENDIX ITEM 1
5th
APPENDIX ITEM 2
6th
APPENDIX ITEM 3
**If you were using the Revision Paper and Group Project but only four artifacts, the layout would not include this document
Here is a layout of a Portfolio using only the Revision Paper as an artifact, but using five artifacts altogether
1st
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
2nd
COPY OF REVISION PAPER
3rd
GROUP PROJECT
4th
APPENDIX ITEM 1
5th
APPENDIX ITEM 2
6th
APPENDIX ITEM 3
7th
APPENDIX ITEM 4
**You could also do this layout with four artifacts altogether, in which case this document would not be included.
How do you submit this?
We are doing online submissions. I will create a Canvas Portal for the Portfolio.
Your job is to put all of the documents (The Executive Summary, The Revision Essay, The Group Project, and Appendix Materials) in ONE Word Document.
The way to do this? Copy/Paste. You have access to these materials already. Simply put them all in one document (yes, this will be long). Then, at the beginning of the document, include the Executive Summary. Paste the rest in the order I have asked you to include items.