PORTFOLIO PROJECT
1. Using the bulleted WPA guidelines, prove that you have learned what you are supposed to have learned by identifying the FYC objectives for students and then explaining, using your work from class, that you completed those objectives.
2. Some students choose to follow the WPA outline and just write their paragraphs explaining their knowledge beneath the bullets. Others choose to create a power-point or a graphic novel. Presentation is up to you, as long as you prove you learned what you say you learned.
EXAMPLE ENTRY FOR PORTFOLIO:
I. Rhetorical Knowledge
a. Write in several genres.
This year in English 900, I learned how to write in several genres. Below are two examples, one from my narrative essay, and one from my argumentative that show how I am able to write in different genres.
Ex: "When I looked over the field I saw the flying blue bonnets dancing and smiling in the wind while they played the banjo and cried."
You can see from this example that I am describing the scene in a story, and since I used "I" it is easy to tell that the story is narrated, or told, by me.
Ex: "Scientists claim that eating candy corn will cause ulcers and AIDS. This is only one reason that you should stay away from candy corn, but there are more. Some doctors claim that eating candy in the guise of real food is doubly bad. Your body might think it is gaining some nutrient from corn based on the misleading name, but it is not. Candy corn, despite its pleasing name, is extremely dangerous for your body."
This passage is convincing, since I used words like "Since" and "Claim" and "is extremely dangerous." My language is different in the persuasive, and you can see that I wasn't speaking like I was telling a story, but like I was trying to convince.
Since I can write a narrative and an argumentative essay, I can write in several genres.
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