Running head: PORTFOLIO REFLECTION 1

Portfolio Reflection Taylor Nielsen College of DuPage Com osition I Eli!a"eth #nderson 1$%1&%1'

Portfolio Reflection $ Portfolio Reflection Throughout my time in English 11(1 I ha)e learned many ne* s+ills *hen it comes to *riting a a er, -any of these s+ills ha)e hel ed me to "ecome the *riter that I am today, The many different a ers that I had to *rite not only im ro)ed my *riting s+ills. "ut it also hel ed me to e/ and my *riting a"ility, -y ortfolio is a good e/am le of all of the *or+ that I had to do in this class, It not only sho*s my a ers. "ut it also sho*s my many different multimedia ro0ects that I had to include along *ith the a ers *e *rote, I o)erall. feel li+e this ortfolio gi)es good insight into the *or+ that I as an English 11(1 student had to do to im ro)e my o)erall *riting, #s I *as utting e)erything together and loo+ing "ac+ on my earlier ieces I noticed that my o)erall *riting and organi!ation has im ro)ed immensely, 1ecause of this im ro)ement in my *riting I am a"le to ha)e my a ers flo* "etter and 0ust "e "etter o)erall, Not only ha)e I im ro)ed in my organi!ation and flo* of my *riting "ut I ha)e also noticed ho* re)ision can really hel a *riter, In high school e)ery a er seemed to "e a final a er, I li+ed ho* in English 11(1 I *as a"le to turn in a a er and then fi/ that a er if I needed to, It really sho*ed me ho* a a er cannot "e erfect in the first draft, I feel li+e e)en though I did fi/ my a ers in my ortfoli, I can still tell ho* my first a er does not flo* as *ell as some of my other a ers, That also sho*s ho* I ha)e im ro)ed o)erall in my *riting, O)erall. I "elie)e that I deser)e an # on my ortfolio, The reason that I "elie)e this is "ecause of the fact that I s ent a lot of time erfecting my a ers and ma+ing sure that they *ere great 2uality for the ortfolio, I also s ent a lot of time on the o)erall loo+ of the ortfolio and ho* it flo*s, I did this so anyone *ho ha ens to come across my ortfolio *ould "e a"le to easily na)igate the ages and see my *riting and media ro0ects,

Portfolio Reflection ' O)erall. I en0oyed "eing a"le to ut my *or+ into a ortfolio, Not only is it a good *ay to sho* all of the *or+ that I ha)e done in this class "ut. it sho* the gro*th that I ha)e had in this class, I ho e that this articular ortfolio really sho*s ho* *riting can really im ro)e the more you do it, I really did en0oy this ro0ect and I truly "elie)e that my ortfolio turned out great, I ha)e en0oyed "eing an English 11(1 student and I ho e that I am a"le to ta+e this ro0ect and use it *ith my other ieces of *or+ in future years,