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Bruce English 360 Conference 2: Portfolio Preparation Rami Michail English 301

What to Bring: o This worksheet, completed (also upload it to Titanium) o Any documents youre considering including in your portfolio.

Questions: 1. As you can see on our Portfolio Instruction Sheet (available on Titanium), each students portfolio must include one fully revised, major assignment (blog posting, profile, or persuasive essay). Review your work and my comments on these assignments. Which of these documents are you most interested in revising, and why? Which of our student learning outcomes (see page one of our syllabus) could you satisfy by revising this document (and yes, it can satisfy more than one)? Where will you have to focus your revision efforts to produce a document that will satisfy your standards? Im re-writing the blog because it was my best piece of work. I must add sources to it to satisfy the SLO, but I should be able to do that easily with the information Ive learned from my other papers. I must also make sure to include information regarding the rhetorical triangle. I must also clean up my final paragraphs because I got repetitive and was jumping around. The blog will cover the SLOs 1-The blog post and cover letter will cover the informal and formal aspects. 2-I can add sources to my blog to satisfy this part 3- I can add counter arguments or thoughts of my perspectives on the images. 4- The blog already has an audience that it is focused on. Also the cover let will have a certain audience 5-It will be hard to not be bias in my blog, but as long as Im very specific and detailed I should be able to avoid it. 6-By re-writing my blog I should be able to satisfy this SLO

2. Your portfolio team should meet to discuss which major assignment each of you intends to revise. First, each student should pitch their assignment choice to their peers, arguing for its ability to satisfy our SLOs and stating your purpose in revising this document instead of one of the others. Below, summarize your peers comments and suggestions about your choice. Do they agree or disagree with you, and why? How did

L. Bruce English 360 they advise you? Which SLOs do your peers think your chosen assignment will satisfy? What kinds of revisions do they suggest?

Water Blog Post Phillip agreed that I needed to add sources to satisfy the SLO. He also agreed with my peer reviewers comments that my paper needs to be cleaned up. Without revisions my paper would not meet many of the SLOs, so I have much work to do. The blog will cover the SLOs 1-The blog post and cover letter will cover the informal and formal aspects. 2-I can add sources to my blog to satisfy this part 3- I can add counter arguments or thoughts of my perspectives on the images. 4- The blog already has an audience that it is focused on. Also the cover let will have a certain audience 5-It will be hard to not be bias in my blog, but as long as Im very specific and detailed I should be able to avoid it. 6-By re-writing my blog I should be able to satisfy this SLO.