Assignment/Activity TitleFourth Quarter InterdisciplinaryYearFreshmanSkillWriting, ResearchPortfolio CategoryCritical Reasoning

In my fourth quarter freshman year I was assigned to write an article on the Cuban missile crisis, a well-known event of the Cold War that had many Americans speculating the possibility of a nuclear war. When I was assigned by my groupers to write of the Cuban missile crisis I had close to no knowledge on the situation, all that I knew was that Cuba had missiles and the US was unhappy about that, it's fair to say that history is not my best subject.The assignment itself was to write a two page article about our subject, for most of my group this was an easy process, as they had written news articles in the past, for me however, this was my first time writing a news article. I put this assignment in critical reasoning because this was one of the first times that I had to write a news article, and research a topic that I was not familiar about. This project really illustrated my strengths and weaknesses because in the article it shows how I am not very good at this sort of serious writing, and also how I struggle with basic sentence structure in my writing. If I could redo this project I would have slowed down on my writing, and taken more time to make the sentences less choppy and more easily understandable.This project from my fourth quarter interdisciplinary is important to put into my portfolio because it shows how I am changing, and becoming a better writer throughout my first year in the CAP program. This assignment is also a good example of me stepping out of my comfort zone, and writing news articles, which I never thought I would end up doing. This project has helped me change as a student and make me more comfortable with different writing styles.

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Assignment/Activity TitleYearFreshman, SophomoreSkillWriting, Media, Research.PortfolioCritical Reasoning, Ethics.

Metacognitive ReflectionThe following questions ARE NOT A SCRIPT!! Use the ideas within the questions to reflect on the assignment and its significance to you.

Your reflection MUST use Times New Roman font, size 11, single spacing How does this assignment reflect your growth in the category in which you are placing it? How have you changed as a result of this assignment? Why is it important to include this piece in your portfolio? How and where does this fit in with your prior knowledge? How do you think that others will react to this product? What process did you use to complete the product? What did you learn by doing this assignment? How does the portfolio product illustrate the connection(s) you've made between yourself and the course material? In what ways would you do things differently if you could do it over again? What did you discover about yourself? How does it relate to your future? How does it illustrate your strengths and/or weaknesses? What obstacles and challenges did you have to deal with, and how did this struggle change you? How does the portfolio product show that your perspective on the world has deepened? How does it relate to your understanding of the world around you? Which of your accomplishments makes you feel most proud?

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