Jared+S.+Portfolio


 * English 103 Portfolio**



Writing For This Class
Memoir: This piece was definitely the one that I was most excited about writing. As soon as it was assigned, I knew that I was going enjoy the writing process and reflecting on a moment of my childhood. With this being the first piece of writing that I was asked to do, it shows my writing techniques entering college. After going 4 months without writing, I was a little nervous when I turned this paper in. But the grade I received was very reassuring.

Open Letter: When we were first assigned the task of writing an open letter, I really wasn’t sure what I would be writing about or whom I would be writing it to. After all of the examples that we read, I was under the influence that the sub ject of the letter had to be negative. So with that being the case, I decided to write about the “steroid era” and how Bud Selig mishandled it. After thinking of other options, I consulted with Professor Hartman and found out that the subject could be negative or positive. At this point, I knew what I wanted to write about as well as whom I wanted to write to. I draw great inspiration from the story that is Jon Lester’s baseball career. I knew that by writing to him in an open letter format, I could get the story of his inspirational battle with cancer out to others who may not of heard about it. I really struggled with the first few drafts of this paper. My meeting with Dr. Hartman couldn't have been more helpful. Once I got on the right track, I knew that this paper would be one of my better ones.

Research Paper: Choosing a topic seemed to be the easiest part in the entire process. Instant replay in Major League Baseball is an ongoing debate that is taking the game by storm. Although I loved the topic, finding things to write about it was a major struggle. This is due to the fact that it is a very black and white, cut and dry subject. Like the previous two essays, I had a fairly good idea of the grade that I would receive. Unlike the other two, this grade was not good.

Multigenre Essay: Overall, I think that this writing assignment was good to make me think “outside the box”. I think that the differing genres used throughout the piece definitely help to break up the monotony that would be evident if it were written as a normal essay. In this paper, I tried to tell the story of the 2004 Boston Red Sox in the ALCS. I really liked this assignment because of the creativity that I was able to use. I got a good grade on this paper as well.

Writing For Another Class
History 150 Paper: This paper was an assignment for my history 150 class. The assignment was to write about any historic event that fits into "western civilizations". There was a very broad range of topics to choose from. Being an economics major, I figured that it would be a good topic to write about. This paper was much different than any paper that I have written in the past due to the fact that it had to be written in Chicago Style. Also, It was difficult because as a writer, you had to have a primary and secondary source. I was very proud of the finished product of this paper. I received a perfect 50 out of 50 on it.