Compiling a Portfolio

This weeks reading was about creating a portfolio. There are many different types of portfolio but the chapter concentrates on writing portfolio. You should include your best work in the portfolio along with free-writing, rough drafts, and reflections on your work. For paper portfolios, you need to label everything and rearrange your work from earliest to latest. You may also create an online portfolio as a website. It is also a good idea to include an explanation of the portfolio.

Evaluations 2

In the first section of the reading, the first evaluation article is about cell phones. The author presents a couple points of what the latest cell phones have to offer. Then the next section of the article is "how to choose" a cell phone. I was a little unsure of what the author was writing about, either how to choose a cell phone or to tell about cell phone's features. The next article was about a restaurant. Throughout the article she compliments on almost everything, then waits until the end to make suggestions and give critiques. The third article was a book review, in which the author waits until halfway through the piece to even mention what book she is reviewing. It seems like she is more talking about the personal life of the author of the book. The last and final article is a movie critique. It seems as if the author is giving a play-by-play instead of a critique.

Evaluations

In this reading, a person evaluates the show "Dawson's Creek." I have heard of this show, but never actually seen it. It looks to cheesy to me. The author makes the point that it brings up real issues that teens are going through, and that they deal with them in a respectable way, rather than the typical teen-show. Then he brings up a point on how critics said that the issues aren't appropriate for the audience, and argues that it is a good show for teens to watch. I believe the purpose of this was to show how to evaluate something.