Portfolio Reflection Essay and Portfolio Rubric

Purpose

The Portfolio Reflection Essay connects to the UWP1Y learning outcomes of

reflecting on rhetorical choices and critically self-reflecting on reading and
composing processes.

The purpose of the Portfolio Reflection Essay is to synthesize all of the

learning about reading and writing you’ve done this quarter and to make an
argument for how your portfolio provides evidence that you’ve met the
UWP1 learning outcomes. Research has shown that when students reflect on
what they’ve learned and think about how they can apply it in future writing
situations, they’re more likely to successfully transfer their learning to future
writing situations. The Portfolio Reflection Essay will be included in your
electronic portfolio.

Genre

Writers often include a reflective “cover letter” or “cover memo” for editors
that gives the editor context for their writing when they are submitting for
publication. Artists have a similar genre—the “artist’s statement”—that
provides context for an artist’s work in a portfolio or an exhibit. If you take
more classes in the University Writing Program, your teachers are likely to
ask you to include process memos with your writing assignments. You’ve
been submitting process memos for all your drafts in this class, and I’ve
asked you to do a lot of reflective writing in your reading responses and in-
class writing, so think of this Portfolio Reflection Essay as the culmination of
all the critical self-reflection you’ve been doing this quarter.

In the Portfolio Reflection Essay you will:

  Make an argument for how you’ve met the UWP1 learning outcomes

 Support your argument by citing specific examples from the drafts in

your portfolio and the work you’ve done throughout the quarter

 Describe what further revisions you would make if you had more time

 Consider how what you learned about reading and writing in UWP1
could apply to your future writing contexts

 Reflect on the most important aspects of reading and writing you need
to improve on.

Format

The Portfolio Reflection Essay should be included with your electronic

portfolio. Since this is reflective writing, you don’t need a formal introduction
and conclusion. The portfolio reflection essay should be around 1,200 words.

Important Dates

Include the Portfolio Reflection Essay in the ePortfolio due to Canvas by the
end of the day (1,200 words). 12/3 (for link checks) and 12/10 is final.

Assessment
The Portfolio Reflection Essay is one component of your final ePortfolio. I
will use the UWP1Y ePortfolio rubric (below) to assess your final portfolio.

You must THOROUGHLY address feedback/comments and revise.

 UWP1Y Portfolio Assessment Rubric
The UWP1Y portfolio rubric is meant to assess the extent to which students have met the UWP1
learning outcomes, based on students’ arguments in their portfolio reflection essay and the evidence
for those arguments in the projects included in their portfolio. In the portfolio reflection essay students
will:
 Make an argument for how they have met the UWP1Y learning outcomes
 Support their argument by citing specific examples from the projects in their portfolio
 Thoroughly address the 3 comments provided for them from the instructor on major
assignments
 Describe what further revisions they would make if they had more time to work on their
portfolio
 Consider how what they learned about reading and composing in UWP1Y could apply to their
future writing contexts
 Reflect on the most important aspects of reading and writing they need to improve on.

A-range B-range C-range D-range

Advanced: Proficient: Developing: Needs

strong control effective control equal number of improvement: not
and skills in and skills; strengths and yet showing
this area; many strengths weaknesses control or skill
strengths outweigh
present weaknesses

Rhetorical Thorough Adequate Limited Little or no

concepts understanding of understanding of understanding of evidence of
key rhetorical key rhetorical key rhetorical understanding of
concepts concepts concepts key rhetorical
concepts

Processes Extensive Adequate Limited revision Little or no

revision and revision and and editing evidence of
editing editing processes, processes and revision and editing
processes, including little processes or
including consideration of consideration of consideration of
thoughtful peer and teacher peer and teacher peer and teacher
consideration of
 peer and teacher feedback feedback feedback
feedback

Knowledge of Effective use of Adequate use of Inconsistent use Inappropriate

conventions conventions for conventions for of conventions in conventions and
different modes, different modes, limited modes, limited modes,
genres, and genres, and genres, and genres, and
audiences. audiences audiences audiences
Portfolios in this
range may also
creatively
experiment with
and expand
conventions.

Research Effective Adequate Limited Little or no

integration and integration and integration and evidence of
citation of citation of citation of integration and
primary and primary and primary and citation of primary
secondary secondary secondary and secondary
research research research research

Metacognition Thorough Adequate Limited reflection Little or no

reflection on reflection on on rhetorical evidence of
rhetorical rhetorical choices choices and reflection on
choices and and composing composing rhetorical choices
composing processes processes and composing
processes processes