Cover Letter

Kaylee Christner         

7 December 2012

Engl 1100-71

E-Portfolio Cover Letter

            With my first semester of college, there have been many new; yet stressful experiences. From memorizing my route around campus, to writing my first paper for English 1100; I have grown in many aspects including my writing abilities. I came into English 1100 not having the slightest clue what to expect; hoping for the best, but preparing for the worst. One of my biggest strengths would be crafting a hook, which I used as much as possible in all of my projects. One thing I have improved on is incorporating my voice into my work. Until project two, I had been disconnected from my voice; but through peer review and my own revisions, I have come to rediscover my voice. I still believe I am and probably always will struggle with time management. Next semester I will attempt to finish my assignments on time and I may even carry around a planner to help with managing my time.

            For my final project, I chose to revise project one. I feel that I have grown most in my writing abilities since then and that I would be able to best revise it. I reordered a few paragraphs in the order I thought would best fit my revised project; placing the paragraph about the childhood of David Pelzer directly after the paragraph about what the signs of child abuse are, because the paragraph about David provided examples of some of the signs of child abuse. I also went into more detail about problems in cognitive, language, and academic abilities focusing on; abused children often have little or no reasoning skills, big gaps in their knowledge on topics presented, little ability to learn as much, and they fail to perform their best For a pathos effect, I named the child, Sophia, in the abuse scenario, to pull further at the heart strings of the reader.