Assignment Question
Cover Letter: Write a cover letter introducing the pieces in your portfolio and allow you to reflect on your development as a writer over the course of this semester. This letter should be typed as a single-spaced letter in block format that is addressed to me. ⎯ You may want to begin the cover letter with an introduction to who you were as a writer as you came into this class, maybe something brief about your background and how you assessed your strengths and weaknesses, maybe something about what your assumptions had been about the class or about college writing in general.
The body of your letter should discuss the three essays you’ve included in the portfolio. Explain why you chose each essay’s topic or focus and how each illustrates your abilities as a writer. In essence, the letter should at least in part be an argument that you’ve achieved the course objectives of English 1A. (You may want to refer back to the course syllabus). Be sure to consider and discuss the applicable criteria of focus, development, organization, mechanics, and research skills that I will be evaluating. Be sure to refer to specific parts/places in each essay. For at least one of the essays (perhaps the one that gave you the most difficulties), trace the essay’s evolution through the stages of generating topic and details, drafting, revision, and proofreading. ⎯ Your conclusion (a final attempt to sway your reader) might include any recognitions you’ve made about yourself as a writer and any changes you’ve made (or plan to make) in your writing process. ⎯ An important reminder: Your letter itself should also serve as evidence of your writing competence in its focus, development, and organization. ⎯ Length guidelines: One page maximum.
ATTACHED RESOURCES BELOW INCLUDING: all revised essays and expected sources to refer to regarding guidelines and requirements for the argument – Course Description: This course focuses on critical reading and thinking, research strategies, and scholarly composition with proper documentation at the college transfer level. Students write expository, analytical, and argumentative essays informed by assigned readings, discussion, and/or research. Specific Student Learning Outcomes (SLO’s): Students successfully completing English 1A will: Evaluate sources. Apply rhetorical strategies to write argumentative essays. Integrate the ideas of others in appropriate documentation format. Demonstrate proofreading techniques so that written work conforms to the conventions of standard, written, academic English. essays will be in “Attached Files”.
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