END OF THE YEAR PORTFOLIO
For your end of the year portfolio you will need to select 5 of your best works from the year. Three of these works should be poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.
In addition, please write a 3-5 page reflection essay on your work this year: This essay is extremely important. Be sure to discuss each of the works you included in the portfolio . Be selective but thorough. Focus on your personal growth as a writer.
Self Reflection Non Fiction - Creative Essay:
Reflective piece: 3-5 pages, double-spaced. Write about how you’ve grown as a writer this year, what has been easy/hard for you, what areas you feel you need more work in; reflect on your progress as a writer, a reader, and as a student. Write about each selected piece you have chosen to include in your portfolio (per genre): why did you include these pieces in your portfolio? How does the piece show your growth and development as a writer in this particular genre? What did you learn about yourself concerning writing from this assignment or project? Discuss the writing process you used to create the work, where you got your ideas, what you learned about the form or genre of the work as you wrote and revised it, what you learned about yourself as a writer, etc. Discuss special projects and reading that had an impact on you. Which books you read were of high interest and what did you learn about writing from reading them? What did you learn about writing and about yourself through these assignments and courses this year?
Continue to work on your independent projects.
