a . An introduction (see p. 153) of at least 1,000 words in which you introduce the selections in your portfolio and reflect on your growth during the semester as reader and writer.

b. A sample of at least three photocopied pages from your assigned readings that illustrate your annotations of a literary text (or texts). Include a short (200+ word) analysis of how your annotations enriched your experience of the particular text(s). See page 153 for details.

c. A six- to eight-page typed, double-spaced selection of your best or favorite shorter notebook entries for the term (see age 154). By "shorter" I mean "hurry note" entries of approximately three sentences or less as illustrated in Chapter 4 of Reading and Writing from Literature. (Note: it is OK to include some entries that are longer than this, but I want to avoid having you take up the whole six to eight pages with only a few long entries.) Although you don't need to revise the content of individual items in this selection, you should exercise your selective poweres in deciding which items to include. Also, attach a preface in which you discuss your experiences with note taking by addressing the questions listed on page 154.

d. A single longer "creative" work of 800 words or more, in any form (e.g., essay, short story, dialogue, letter, etc.), that will emerege out of the daily writing you do in your notebook. Include a preface (see page 154) that explains in detail the origins of your text, why you chose it for your portfolio, why and how you developed the work in the form you did, and how the work evolved. Your text should be thoroughly revised, edited, and proofread.

e. An essay about literature of at least 800 words on a topic that I will announce during the semester.

f. Process Memorandum: As part of the portfolio I want to see how your writing process works, how you start with an idea and work it through various transformations into a final paper. Therefore, in your portfolio turn in all the process work (photocopied annotations, preliminary notebook entries, drafts and revised drafts, and final version) for either d. or e. above. Attach a process memorandum (see p. 155) to these materials.