Final Portfolio

Reflection of the Quarter

        Before attending my first class of English 151, I had negative expectations for the course. I never enjoyed writing throughout high school and did not look forward to having to take a writing class in college. However, today I can honestly say that I am glad I got placed in your class because I have learned far more in your class than I did in any of my other three courses. The past ten weeks have greatly affected my overall writing skills, especially regarding discourse communities and taking into account who will be reading my texts.
        Now I am supposed to attempt to persuade you that I deserve an 'A', which I will admit, I am not too comfortable with this, but it is of great importance to me to get an 'A' in English 151. To start off, I want to tell you that I read every assignment in our Downs and Wardle book and did my best to analyze the text and answer the questions correct, even though some articles were rather difficult to fully comprehend. I also followed all of your requirements for each paper we did throughout the course and tried to be really helpful with my peer revisions. If you decide not to give me an 'A', that is perfectly fine, but I want you to really consider me for that prized grade and think of the effort I put forth in all of my assignments before deciding.
         I chose to include my fourth paper, a major rewrite of my second paper, one of my homework responses, and one of my peer revisions.

Fourth Paper: http://www.scribd.com/doc/85855993/Paper-4-Edited
Major Rewrite: http://www.scribd.com/doc/85872109/Final-Revision-Paper-2
Homework Response: http://cambolin.blogspot.com/2012/02/february-27th-homework.html#comment-form
Peer Revision: http://www.scribd.com/doc/84605751/Anna-s-Revised-Paper

         I do feel like I acquired a great deal of knowledge about rhetoric, discourse communities, and how to analyze scholarly articles while taking part in your class. Thank you for a great freshman English class and have a wonderful spring break.

Paper #4

In this research paper, I was trying to show how literacy technologies are constantly changing, ranging from quill pens to the most recent ones, computers. My main claim was that writers need not worry about whether writing technologies are beneficial or not, but they should accept the change and learn how to adapt to the most recent technological advances. I used several sources to support my claim and I provided points from scholarly authors. I had a few counter-arguments that were just showing how the latest technologies have caused people to become poorer writers. I think my paper had a decent flow and had plenty of sources to make it stronger. The only thing I'm worried about is if my paragraphs are too long. I want my peer responses to make sure everything I wrote actually makes sense and the topic doesn't change.  If I had more time I would probably write a few more paragraphs.

Here is the link to my 4th paper:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/83809454/The-Connection-Literacy-and-Technology

Research Paper Introduction

People have had multiple views on whether technological changes have helped or hindered people's writing, however people in this conversation should understand that these changes are going to happen and we should think more of how we can help people adapt to these changes. The history of writing has undergone numerous different forms of literacy technologies that have continued to encourage people to express themselves through writing. As of today, the the media-based writing has changed how, why, where, and how much we write as students and the mass public. This article will investigate how teachers and authoritarians can help students incorporate newer technologies into their writing.

Annotated Bibliography

Here is the link to my annotated bibliography:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/83450015/Annotated-Bibliography