CONVERT YOUR MIDTERM ESSAY INTO A

TYPED DRAFT AND PREPARE YOUR FOLDER

Prepare Your Next Assignment

PREPARE YOUR DOCUMENTS

Step 1 Create a digital version of your midterm essay. Keep all of

your errors. Later you will Revise, Edit, and Proof your work.

DISCOVERY

Midterm Examination

BLUE BOOK

PREPARE YOUR DOCUMENTS

Carefully

Be sure to conform to the standard format: 12 pt Times Roman or Courier, 1” margins,

MLA header with the student’s name, the instructor’s name, the abbreviated version of

the course name, and the date of submission. Page numbers must be present on each

page and the word count should be indicated at the end of the document.

PRINT YOUR DOCUMENTS

Carefully

Add this document to the small binder which serves as your portfolio. Be sure to place

your inspiration collage, plagiarism guide, a copy of your other essays (including

Discovery books) in the folder as well first. Organize essays and draft according to

Writing Project Assignment, from first to last. The next few slides will help with this step.

Question: How should I organize my essay materials for the English

Class portfolio?

Beginning with the first essay, insert a fresh printed copy of the essay, followed

immediately by the hand-marked paper and grade report or rubic (if you have these), and

then the discovery book or any other papers related to that assignment. (No quizzes!)

I write

to live; I

live to

write.

-Frilot

Organize essay documents as follows:

Keep

Working!

Hand-marked paper +

(If you have it)

Fresh Printed Copy +Inspiration Collage +

Plagiarism Handout

Next,

Beginning with the first essay, insert a fresh printed copy of the essay, followed

immediately by the hand-marked paper and grade report or English department rubric (if

you have these), and then the discovery book or any other papers related to that

assignment. (No quizzes!)

Organize your essay documents as follows:

Grade Report or

Department Rubric

(If you have it) +

DISCOVERY

Midterm Examination

BLUE BOOK

Discovery Book

(If you have it) +

Peer Review/Smarthinking

Report/Plagiarism Report,

etc./Artifacts (If you have

any of these) + . . .

Question: What if I cannot locate an item? Will I lose points?

You will not lose points for lacking a document (yet). If you do not yet have feedback or

have not been able to locate a document, there is a simple, if temporary solution.

Create a placeholder. Use a blank sheet of paper, loose-leaf or lined to hold the place of

something that is missing. Write the name of the missing item. When you get the

document, simply place it in place of the placeholder.

Grade Report or

Department Rubric

(If you have it) +

DISCOVERY

Midterm Examination

BLUE BOOK

Discovery Book

(If you have it) +

Peer Review/Smarthinking

Report/SafeAssign Plagiarism

Report, etc./Artifacts

(If you have any of these)

BRING YOUR PORTFOLIO TO CLASS FRIDAY

Do not plan on assembling it in class. Do not come to class

without bringing a least five of these items:

Binder or folder

Inspiration Collage

Plagiarism Handout

Essay 1: Profile

marked draft/peer/Discovery

Essay 2: Literacy Narrative

marked draft/peer/Discovery

Essay 3: Evaluation

marked draft/peer/Discovery

Essay 4: Midterm/Concept

Discovery

Smarthinking/ Writing Center feedback

or Plagiarism