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Introductory Portfolio Information for Instructors*For EWRT 100 and LART 100 Instructors:
All students who satisfactorily complete the English 100 required coursework will submit a portfolio of their writing for departmental assessment. You will be assigned a portfolio partner during the first week of the quarter and will be required to train to read during the quarter. Training times and reading instructions will be forthcoming.
You are compensated for the reading time at the end of the quarter.
You must plan for the portfolio and make sure that you have assigned the appropriate kinds of essays as well as assigning in-class essays.
The students' portfolios must include:
• one in-class paper and
• one paper written out of class
(at least one of these two papers must be an analytical paper, the definition of which follows),
• and a reflective paper describing and reflecting on your growth as a writer throughout the quarter ( the instructions for this follow the analytical essay and are also given separately.)
Guidelines for an analytical essay for EWRT 100.
Your essay assignment should ask for analysis, so that the student can show that she/he can take a subject, break it into parts, and examine the parts.
Definition: An analytical essay seeks to explore a central idea or question based on a text(s) and a student's engagement with that text. Key to the analysis is breaking down the text into components and showing the relationship between the subordinate arguments and overall controlling ideas. It must move beyond summary, description, or narration.
An analytical essay
• Responds to and examines ideas from a text or a variety of texts. The text(s) may include the following: an idea, a relationship, essay, novel, poems, movie, lyrics, life story, symbols, icons, or even a physical structure such as a shopping mall, autobiography, journal articles, fiction/non-fiction/creative non-fiction, auditory/visual/tactile media. The essay examines/uses texts.
• Is based on a central idea. This idea must be supported by evidence, which may include examples. Quotes and paraphrases may be used but always explained, in order that the essay not simply be a list of quotes. A key component of the essay is that it must show a clear connection of the evidence to the central idea. The essay should exhibit a connection between parts. The essay should follow a logical order of thinking, but it should not follow a formula.
• Shows some critical thinking, such as making inferences, interpreting evidence, anticipating readers’ needs, comparison/contrast, synthesis, argumentation, analysis, and/or problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrates awareness of counter-argument. The essay clarifies issues or shows why a simple resolution is not possible. The writer demonstrates an awareness of more than one perspective.
• Exhibits a clear sense of audience and purpose.
• Exhibits the essay writer’s own thinking process and shows a developing sense of originality, creativity, and voice.
The Reflective Essay
To submit a portfolio: Before writing this essay, meet the requirements of your LART100/EWRT100 instructor for success in that class.
Content: Write an essay of at least two pages (500 words) to look back on your progress in writing this quarter and explain why you are ready to go to EWRT1A. This goes in the front of your portfolio, as an introduction to your work for the teachers evaluating the portfolio.
Review all the work you've done for the class. Consider why you chose the essays in your portfolio and how they show your readiness for EWRT1A. Give specific examples from these essays to show your improvements.
- Discuss what you have learned in LART100 or EWRT100B. This might include practice in organization, analysis, development, vivid examples, construction of better sentences, proofreading, writing process, and so on.
- Include how your writing has changed as a result of what you have learned in this class. Remember to provide specific evidence for your claims.
- What still needs improvement? Write about what you'd still like to work on with your writing. Remember that all of us are still trying to be better writers, so what are you going to focus on in 1A and beyond?
Audience: De Anza English teachers
What we're looking for in the reflective essay:
- Clear organization
- Well-developed, focused paragraphs
- Specific examples, details
- Well-constructed sentences
- Correct grammar and punctuation
- Form: typed, double-spaced
Due: This essay is due as part of your portfolio on ___________.
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