Portfolio Contents

CCII PORTFOLIO REQUIREMENTS

REPRINTED FROM THE FYWP WEBSITE

https://ccca.rowan.edu/departments/writingArts/firstyearcorevalues.html

All students must include eight (8) pieces in their final CCII portfolio. 

Two short argumentative essays . . .

• During the semester, students will write and revise three (3) researched argumentative essays representing different rhetorical approaches, such as proposal, rebuttal, definition, causation, evaluation, etc.
• Two (2) of those three (3) essays go into the portfolio; students should have a choice as to which essays go into the portfolio.

. . . with an earlier draft for each essay.

• For each short essay, an early and a revised draft will be provided to demonstrate responsiveness to feedback.
• The short, argumentative essays must incorporate 2-4 sources, in-text citation, and a References section.
• The essays should range in length from 1,000 to 1,300 words.

A visual rhetoric assignment 

This requirement can be met by the analysis or the creation of a visual argument at the discretion of the instructor. 

An annotated bibliography 

The annotated bibliography should contain 10-15 sources. While sources that students used in their essays should be included in this bibliography, all entries on the bibliography might not have been used in the students’ essays. The bibliography should include a variety of types of sources, from traditional academic sources to popular sources, including multi-media sources.  

Reflective statement

The reflective statement should focus on the First-Year Writing Program’s five core values listed below and explain how the student has met the course expectations for these goals.

• Core Value I: Understand that writing is a practice that involves a multi-stage, recursive, and social process. (In particular, students should address how they have engaged in self-directed revision.)
• Core Value II. Understand that close and critical reading/analysis allows writers to understand how and why texts create meaning.
• Core Value III. Understand that writing is shaped by audience, purpose, and context.
• Core Value IV. Understand the role of information literacy in the practice of writing.
• Core Value V. Understand the ethical dimensions of writing.

Researched Position Argument

The end product of a semester-long research process, this 3000-word argument will synthesize the content of the three shorter researched argumentative essays and contain its own References list.

So. The Portfolio contains 8 items.

Portfolio Deadline

Drop Dead Deadline
BEFORE class MON DEC 09

Please DO NOT make a massive new post containing 8 items worth of material.

• All 8 items must be placed in your personal PORTFOLIO Category before you can meet me for your Portfolio Doublecheck during regular class hours on MON DEC 09.
• JUST BE SURE THE 8 items are in the Portfolio category for your username. NO NEED to make a huge post containing all that content.
• During class MON DEC 09, we will conduct a “Portfolio Double-check” to verify that portfolios are complete.
• When your Portfolio is certified, we will confirm the date and time of your Professor Grade Conference.

Revisions after Deadline

You may continue to revise your Portfolio materials after the Drop Dead Deadline, but changes will reflect in your grade only until your Professor has read and graded your Portfolio. As a general guide, your Professor is likely to read and grade Portfolios in the order of scheduled Grade Conferences. If you need time to make final revisions, schedule yourself for a later conference.

Grade Conferences

Conferences will be scheduled on a Conference Chart exactly as Mandatory Conferences have been scheduled all semester.

AFTER YOUR PORTFOLIO DOUBLE-CHECK 
Choose your own Grade Conference date and time from among those available on
WED DEC 11 / THU DEC 12 / MON DEC 16 / TUE DEC 17.

Among other things, conferences provide the opportunity for professor and student to come to agreement about the student’s final grade. Students who miss their grade conferences will have no recourse to challenge those grades.

Final Grades will be submitted as early as FRI DEC 20