Lauren

Lauren Crupi English 103 Final Portfolio 12/7/10

__**FINAL LOOK ON ENGLISH103 PORTFOLIO**__


 * Cover Letter:[[file:COVER LETTER FINAL.docx]] **

I started out with the my Sociology Paper I wrote about Mark Zupan in “Gimp.” His story is unbelievable, and I was amazed at how great of a person he was. We had to write this paper for extra credit. I added it into my portfolio because it was one of the first extra credit papers I wrote that I got a perfect score on, and it was after we wrote our memoir paper in this English class. I did so well on it because of the feedback and constructive criticism I had received on my memoir paper and response letters we had written. This was one of my best papers I have written in my college career so far.
 * Sociology Paper: "Gimp"**


 * Psychology Research Paper: Stress**

I had a good idea to add in my research papers form psychology class. Why you might ask would I add in my psych papers? These psych papers show how much better I became at writing from this class. I seemed to get better with each paper I wrote, and somehow writing became no big deal and a simple task. Now I much prefer writing papers as opposed to studying for anything. Writing a paper no longer stresses me out. Ironically, the paper I wrote about in psychology was about stress.

At the time I enjoyed writing this public letter to get my point across about the transition from high school to college. At the time, I was really finding myself getting stressed out about college life. I was constantly struggling to find a free day to relax and not have to open a book or study or write a paper. This was a way for me to get all my stress out and vent about how much harder the transition was from high-school to college. This was probably the reason I enjoyed this letter/essay so much. I'm sure many people can relate to the essay and have found themselves struggling as well. I am glad we were able to write a paper like this so I could take my stress out on the paper, which ended up being a great paper. The multi-genre was my favorite essay we wrote in this class, on that note, it was probably the most favorite paper I have written in my career of being a student. It was fun to write, and every person could relate to their own story they wrote about. I wrote about my experiences of high-school soccer, and the highlights of my career as a player. It brought back a lot of fun memories writing poems and short stories about my high-school soccer experience. I feel like this was one of the best papers I have written because I put so much thought and time into this paper. It was interesting and fun to go back and look at my newspaper articles, pictures, and reminisce on the good times of high-school soccer. This was by far the most fun paper I have ever written as a student, I found myself creating poems for this essay in my free time.
 * Public Letter: Transition from High-School to College**
 * Multi-Genre Essay: My Experiences of High-School Soccer**

This was a fun paper to write because we chose the topic with a group of friends. We chose animal testing, and it was interesting to look up the facts, shocking stories, and statistics about lab testing on animals.I learned the most from this essay. I was shocked at how cruel and unfairly these animas are treated. After reading all the information, it was fun to be able to put together a piece that reflected my opinion on animal testing. I enjoyed creating an argument, and siding with what I believed in. Getting my point across was a little hard at times, but I managed to end up making it all work out.
 * Argument Paper: Animal Testing**