Cody+S

=Cody Schoeff= =**Reflective Portfolio**=


 * Cover Letter-** [[file:The final Cover Letter.docx]]

The reason that I added this zero draft to my portfolio is because this is probably the thing I took most from this class. Before this class I had never heard of a zero draft. In high school I had only ever either done brainstorming or just a rough draft. With this I always really struggled with getting all of my ideas out onto the paper. I always had these great ideas in my head but I could never seem to get them all out onto the paper. Then I was introduced to the zero draft in this class which really helped me. A zero draft is basically just free writing and trying to get all of your ideas onto the paper not worrying about structure or the organization of the ideas or thoughts. This really helped me to not only get all of my ideas out but it also allowed me to read through the ideas and get a structure from the ideas. I will now always use this process on all of my future papers.
 * Memoir Zero Draft- [[file:Memoir Zero draft.docx]]**

This was probably one of my least favorite papers that we wrote during the semester. I found it really hard to get the exact structure and organization that i wanted in this paper. I wrote this paper on my first grade experience when I fell at school and had to go to the emergency room to get stitches. I can remember that day, and all of my thoughts and memories like it was yesterday. Even though I can remember this day very well, I found it difficult to find the exact meaning of this paper. I never really had a clear image or perception of what I wanted the paper to mean. This paper was difficult for me because I had never written a memoir before and it was also the first paper that we wrote this semester. I found out after this paper that I was going to need to spend a lot more time and effort on my papers if I wanted to succeed in this class.
 * Memoir Final Draft- First Grader**[[file:Memoir Final.docx]]

In this assignment we were allowed to write a public letter to anyone that we wanted to. I choose to write my public letter to Bud Selig who is the commishiner of Major League Baseball. The letter consisted of my thoughts and opinnions on the popularity of baseball. Baseball is losing fans at an alarming rate to basketball and football. One reasonable explanation that i came up with was to implement a salary cap in baseball, to pretty much even the playing field. I loved this paper because it allowed me to express my feelings and opinions in this paper. Many other papers are so structured that opinions and feelings are not supposed to be in the paper. This letter was interesting to me because it allowed us to write about a problem and a solution that we had for the problem.
 * Public Letter- To Bud Selig [[file:Letter final.docx]]**

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 * Unfamiliar Genre- Sports Season Review**

In this project we were asked to write a paper in a genre that we had very little knowledge or experience in. The genre that i chose to write about was a sports season review. I had read only a few of these but i had never written one before. This was probably one of my favorite projects this semester. I got to study and research this genre and i found that i really enjoyed reading and writing in this genre. I wrote a season review on the Cincinnati Reds, who are my favorite baseball team. I found that when you write about something you enjoy, or something you are passionate in the paper is so much easier to write. If i was going into a field with writing, I would definitely want to be a sports beat writer after writing this paper. I really enjoyed this paper and I am going to save this one for future references.


 * Multi-genre Assignment- [[file:Multigenre Assaignment.docx]]**

This was my favorite assignment of the entire semester. The assignment was to combine several types of genres into one paper and come up with a theme or message behind the paper. I wrote about dementia and how to coupe with a family member who has dementia. My grandfather has dementia and I have went through all of these things before so I thought i would write a paper trying to help somebody else go through what my family and I went through. I loved writing this paper because I had so much freedom in the paper, and was able to exspress all of my thoughts and feelings. This is one of the things that I am really passionate about. It was a really tough thing watching my grandfather get worse and worse. I wrote this to help all of the other people that are dealing with it as well. It is such a nasty disease because there is currently no known cure. I really loved this paper because it allowed me to say and express my feelings and thoughts that I most likely would not have said, or talked to somebody about.