The Portfolio Plan

1. What will I change in the research paper:
• Fix the formatting that makes the spaces between paragraphs appear double spaced.
• Clarify my first thesis.
• Fix in text citations and capitalization errors.
• take out unneeded words and add more expressive verbs in places were they are rather plain.
• ALTER THE TWO PLACES WHERE I USED THE SAME QUOTE.
• Clarify some points about Banksy. Probably remodel the whole paragraph about him to fix the reasons why, what his work does, and the prior to what point.
• Add in figure 1 in the Banksy paragraph.
2.  News Report on Reflective Essay:
• The thesis will introduce that I have made a few important improvements in my writing this semester.
• I probably use my media review essay as the basis for my reflective essay, describing how sub-par my prior writings were in comparison that leads me to believe so.
• I will use the essays in my portfolio to show my strength with active verbs and better wording that improve the overall aesthetics of the papers.
• I will bring up where I started using an outline to help organize the structure and clarity of papers.
• I will express how I need to improve my understanding of grammar in writing papers since I am generally able to be moderately grammatically correct but I do not understand WHY it is grammatically correct.
• I will conclude my paper by express my belief that even though I have not made a major jump in progress from the beginning, I have learned a lot through the baby steps I have taken. Overall the outcome has improved my current writing skills and I've taken one step closer to becoming a proficient, competent writer.
3.  Which Essay Will I Choose and Why:
• I feel like I will probably choose the event/media review essay to demonstrate my writing skills because this essay will be the one in which my more refined skills will be used to write the essay and it will be more thought out than I feel that the other two are. I also feel like I will be more passionate about the subject and understand what I am doing so much more than I was in the prior essays.
• I might choose the descriptive essay because I feel more comfortable with descriptions than I do with examples. I will only do this, though, if I do not feel comfortable with how the event/media review is turning out.

By Sierra Baumann