Subject: Re: Portfolios
From: Jim Rovira (jrovira@drew.edu)
Date: Fri May 10 2002 - 12:21:49 EDT
heh...nothing's wrong with poetry. :) I read it too too much. Just FAR
MORE people write it than can write it. Reading bad poetry is like
listening to knock knock jokes by a four year old. It goes on forever
and never gets any better...
Jim
Micaela wrote:
>
> Who said reading? I'm just a lowly undergrad :) I'm writing the damn
> thing. And what's wrong with poetry?
>
> -m
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-bananafish@roughdraft.org
> [mailto:owner-bananafish@roughdraft.org]On Behalf Of Jim Rovira
> Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 11:38 AM
> To: bananafish@roughdraft.org
> Subject: Re: Portfolios
>
> heh...I don't know if I envy you for reading those poetry portfolios, or
> pity you :)
>
> Jim
>
> Micaela wrote:
> >
> > Jim, that sounds really fair,...although a bit like the admissions process
> > here. Reader upon reader, etc.
> >
> > Good luck guys. I've got 3 exams of my own this week: two take-home, one
> > self-scheduled, and a poetry portfolio. Somehow I have to find time to
> pack
> > my stuff to go home, too. Not to mention that I haven't found a summer
> job
> > yet and I'm in the midst of planning a month-long hike on the Long Trail.
> > Despite all of this, I will manage to have a great weekend, and I hope you
> > all do too.
> >
> > -Micaela
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-bananafish@roughdraft.org
> > [mailto:owner-bananafish@roughdraft.org]On Behalf Of Jim Rovira
> > Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 10:57 AM
> > To: bananafish@roughdraft.org
> > Subject: Re: Portfolios
> >
> > yeah, sounds pretty much like the same thing we do here -- the self
> > evaluation is part of the introductory essay (I can see the logic of
> > putting it at the end, though), and we only use 2 actively revised
> > essays...but one of them is a 12 page or so research paper. If you're
> > using three 5-6 page papers, that's probably about the same amount of
> > reading that we do.
> >
> > Another thing we do that's pretty interesting (for ENGL 1, anyways), is we
> > have instructors review one another's portfolios and score them. Then the
> > instructor reads their own student's portfolios and scores them, then the
> > two scores are compared. If the two scores are more than about a point
> off
> > on a 1-6 point scale, then the essays go to a third reader. It's one of
> > those days where everyone is sequestered for about 6-8 hours and we order
> > chinese food or pizza :). We try to all agree on some kind of grading
> > rubric so we know the difference between a "3" paper and a "5" paper ahead
> > of time.
> >
> > You're at Wash. State, right? I think I used some stuff from that website
> > in my course :).
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > Will Hochman wrote:
> > >
> > > Jim, it's 3 "actively" revised essays from the term plus a short
> > > introductory essay about the essays, and then an afterword with a
> > > self-evaluation. It really collects the term for writers and this
> > > reader, will
> > > --
> > > Will Hochman
> > >
> > > Associate Professor of English
> > > Southern Connecticut State University
> > > 501 Crescent St, New Haven, CT 06515
> > > 203 392 5024
> > >
> > > http://www.southernct.edu/~hochman/willz.html
> > >
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