E-Portfolio Requirements

Layout: professional with appropriate graphics

Profile: appropriate information and photo

Writing: HD level 1 quality

Posts:
1. Procedure: How to Fail the Portfolio
2. Procedure: The Hajj
3. Narration: Accident in the Desert
4. Narration: Ramadan Story
5. Process: Your choice
6. Process: Your choice
7. Comparison/Contrast: Your choice
8. Comparison/ Contrast: Your choice
9. Reflective Essay

Comments: Useful suggestions for all team members’ posts except the Reflective Essay.

Reflections on English 125

Introduction: Describe your overall experience with this course this term, especially as it relates to your writing, your blog/e-portfolio and your participation as a blog team member.

Body Paragraph 1: What was best for your writing in this course? What helped you the most? What did you do that contributed to your improving as a writer?

Body Paragraph 2: What was the most challenging for you in the writing portion of this course? What do you need to work on the most? What did you do to help yourself through these challenges?

Conclusion: Assess your performance in this course. What could you do in the future to help yourself be even more successful? What do you want to achieve in the future related to your writing?

Team Effort

Comparison contrast essays are due today! Please post comments on your team members' essays. You should cover:

* introduction on appropriate topics (topics given on HD1 site)
* 3 similarities given for comp paragraph
* 3 differences given for contrast paragraph
* general conclusion
* comparison & contrast vocab (see HD1 site)
* appropriate word length (200)
* grammar & spelling