Luke Ware ‘Suzanne Ingram ‘Writing and Inquiry Context ! & It Final Portfolio Essay Al of my final writings and all of the draft pieces that could be considered junk copies can be found on my E-portfolio, The E- Portfolio was a challenge at first to fully grasp the concept of having all of my pieces of work come together on one site, but as the class went on | understood that the portfolio. was to show my progress as a writer and what | have learned and not fully learned. For my portfolio, used the Website known as Weebly. I chose Weebly because | have used the website before during my senior year of high school, so the layout and process of the website bullder was easier for me to understand. | regret this decision in some way because I think that choosing the alternate, Wix, | could have gone out of my comfort zone by trying something new. | feel like the EPortfolio does a good job presenting all the pieces of work | have done over the semester by organizing all the pieces from each other. ‘ The organizational structure of by website starts off on a homepage where there is a litle bit of ond t Information where | talk about myself; what Hike-and enjoy doing, Directly above theyfitle page you will see tabs that have the sections of my website. For instangeif you would like to view my blogs that have pe been written over the semester, you would click on the}log tab. This will take you to view all of my blogs and likewise goes for all the other tabs. | liked this design for my website because itis very clear Visually and has an elegant look to it. The one | had previously was just a dark backdrop with a grayish forest for the backdrop. | thought that looked less appealing to the eye of the viewer so changing theWare 2 visuals to something bright and clean would make the reader more excited about looking at my work. There are a few modes of communi tion seen throughout my E-Portfolio. One of the ways | communicated throughout the website is through blog posts. This was very simple because you would directly type the text into the website, there was no transferring documents to the page or anything, along those lines. Another way of communication that was used in this project was embedding, documents into the page. This was very helpful because this allows the reader to look at the document without having to download the piece of work to their own computer. More means of communication can be seen through how | placed the information. For instance there are a few pictures that helped give a reference to what I was writing on some of my pages. Using pictures with this project helps because visual aids help explain to the reader, especially if they were not completely sure with what you were trying to get across. Different types of fonts are also an effective form of communication because when | hhad something | considered more important | would place that thing in bold or italics to grab the reader's attention and emphasize the importance of the piece of work. Different types-6Féolors for the words are also important because they can keep the reader on their toes and keep them interested because using the same fonts and same colors can be a litte boring in my opinion. However using colors can distract the reader from the actually piece of writing they are-actuafy feading so this form of ‘communication must be used in moderation. When trying to find each piece of work from the E- Portfolio the best way to find everything is looking in the tabs and reading the headings. For instance if you click on Exploratory Essay you will see the drafts for that particular paper, as well as artifacts lke the feedback | was given and the brainstorming pieces from my writing process. in general, when finding my artifacts, there is no particular section for them, they are under the pages that the specific artifact correlates too. Each piece of my writing has a specific place on my E-Portfolio and carries a purpose. My paper about my passion is important because it talks about who I am as a person and gives the reader an ideaWare 3 about what | want my future to look like. | think this served a great purpose in my writing process because | feel like the reader can see the progress in my writing from each draft. By reading the suggestion of the readers and seeing how | took the suggestions they gave me and implementing them into my final draft isa cool process that helps in my writing. My research paper is included in my E> Portfolio because | did the research on something | was passionate about. | think that the paper does a 00d job showing how there are more sides to a story than one might think. There are many opinions about certain topi , and having a perspective on each side can help write a great research paper. In blog post number five we did a round table discussion that helped in seeing things from another perspective,” Politicians that have environmental topics on their platform. - Politics plays a vital role in the environment because politicians can determine the policies of environmental topics. In some cases politicians are more concerned about other topics than the environment.” The writing process ‘throughout my research paper helped me understand the need and usage for quoting work to help glue ‘your paper and facts together. | added the drafts for this essay to help show the difference in the start {and finish of the exploratory essay. For instance\in the first draft of this paper | had a long run on sentence,” Ever since | enrolled at the University of North Carolina Charlotte, | realized that everything from that point on would affect the rest of my life, knowing that my future career and the rest of my life depends on a degree from college.”, then | changed that sentence to,” Ever since | enrolled at the University of North Carolina Charlotte, | realized that everything from that point on would affect the rest of my life. Knowing that my future career and the rest of my life depends on a degree from college tells me that success matters.” There were many other sentences similar to this that needed restructuring and a better flow. | got the suggestion from my peers when they reviewed my paper. That is why | also included the hardcopies from these papers that my peers wrote their suggestions on. lalso enjoyed reviewing the other feedback tat focused on geting the message across tothe reader. From my first draft a peer wrote after reading, “Good paper overall might want to elaborate in some placesWare 4 to help the reader have a better understanding of what you're talking about.” My midterm review was something that | decided should be showed because the feedback it shows that there were some things that | need to work on. This artifact shows how helpful feedback can be and if there is always something. you can improve on. The visual bibliographies were in the form of an embedded Prezi presentation. | think thatthe annotate bibliographies helped me find alot of efferent sources and better summarize the sources to help me have a better understanding of what | was researching about. | included the feedback from my teacher because | think the artifact shows how | feedback from others shows were you actually are in the process compared to what you think you are,” Your annotations for #6-8 look thorough, but some of the others look brief.” The pieces on my E-Portfolio all have a reason to be there, whether they show my writing process or feedback others have given me, the pieces fit in well with the overall meaning of my portfolio Overall, my writing skills have not grown that much. | fee! like in this class it does not focus more on how we structure sentences and when to use pieces of grammar. However | believe that the way | think about writing and how I structure a paper has grown. Afterall of the exercises we have done in this class over the course of the semester, | have grown in my writing process and am more confident in is from ‘my writing abilities. For instance in my exploratory essay you can observe how | took sugge: my peers and took them into consideration and actually change my paper for the better. “ink ina uot oes COO Wore, Aeroy\ Ve LUNE ond ONUAYeY Yne loi (wier’ Genie ge wth moxiry Y Fake wal out evade? Key Coneeps? SANK Casver