Marin's+Reflective+Portfolio

Marin Borst Reflective Portfolio

[|Final Reflective Letter]

[|Multi Genre] The multi genre assignment was one of my favorite projects in English 103. It definitely enabled me as a creative person do do just that, create. I was able to write in different genres, about something a topic I enjoy, and I was able to make a website, which I find all very interactive and interesting. I learned a lot about organization by doing this project and how important it is to have some kind of flow no matter what genre you are using. This assignment gave me a lot of freedom to express myself through the way I write, organize, and create and that was, in a way, liberating especially after a semester of being told how to write.

[|Memoir] The memoir was our first assignment of this semester and still one of my favorites. It is always somewhat easy and entertaining to write about one's self. I was able to tell my story about getting to cover President Obama's speech in Indianapolis for my high school's news program. I began this paper fairly easily but after class time and meeting with Dr. Hartman I soon realized the paper had more potential than first anticipated. It was nice to get feed back and turn my paper into college material.

[|Persuasive Essay] This assignment was probably one of my most difficult ones to accomplish. Naturally, I am not a very persuasive person, I usually am laid back and pretty down-to-earth, so to try and persuade someone to do something is completely out of my nature. I did enjoy this project because it pushed me to think differently then I normally would and even if it wasn't the best paper I have written, I believe it to be quite accomplishing in my book. I also chose a topic I was passionate about, which is local arts. I dont' believe I would have done well on this paper if I was forced to persuade an idea that I had no interest in.

[|Personal Writing] I tend to enjoy my personal writings more so than assigned papers because I have a lot more freedom so I decided to add one to my reflective portfolio. Most of my personal writings are about personal experiences or just observations. I tend to push aside my emotions daily, and at some point it becomes to much to handle and out of the chaos comes a beautifully written poem or free write that is a direct interpretation of how I feel or what I am going through. Not all of them turn out perfect, but this one is one of my favorite that I wrote on a plane going to California.

[|Preparing For College] This is actually a poem I wrote in English class during one of our free writing exercises, but I though it turned out very well. We were supposed to be looking at this preparing for college article and turning it from the genre it was into a different one, so I turned it into a poem. I was impressed at how easy it was for me to do this and at the end of the poem I was quite proud. I think the reason why it turned out so well is because I could relate to the situation. This wasn't for a grade but the accomplishment was enough for me.