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The student reflects on completing a writing intensive English class, summarizing the projects and assignments. They wrote resumes in different formats, instructions for making pumpkin cheesecake and tested its usability, a brochure for a cupcake business, and a job recommendation report. While most projects demonstrated the learning outcomes of the class, the student believes their personal project on the cupcake business was their best work. They also reflect on how they would revise parts of their other projects. In closing, the student believes they have gained professional writing skills from the class that will benefit them going forward.

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Final Reflection Letter English

The student reflects on completing a writing intensive English class, summarizing the projects and assignments. They wrote resumes in different formats, instructions for making pumpkin cheesecake and tested its usability, a brochure for a cupcake business, and a job recommendation report. While most projects demonstrated the learning outcomes of the class, the student believes their personal project on the cupcake business was their best work. They also reflect on how they would revise parts of their other projects. In closing, the student believes they have gained professional writing skills from the class that will benefit them going forward.

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1237 12th St.

N
Fargo, ND 58103

December 13, 2010

Department of English
North Dakota State University
NDSU, Dept. 2320
P.O. Box 6050
Fargo, ND 58108-6050

To The Portfolio Assessment Readers:

With the fall semester quickly coming to a close, I have been reflecting about my writing intensive
English class. This semester I have accomplished a variety of projects and assignments and have learned
a lot about professional writing. I learned how to write a great resume and how to use its different
formats. I have practiced writing many emails, business letters, transmittal letters, and cover letters.
My three largest projects that I completed were a job recommendation report, instructions on how to
make pumpkin cheesecake, and a brochure for my future cupcake business. All these projects have
helped me to master my communication skills which I will further reflect upon below. I have created a
portfolio in a blog format to post this reflection letter and my projects for your comments and
evaluation on my success.

The year started out with writing cover letters and resumes. I wrote both a designer and scannable
resume. I learned how to make my resume stand out and which format to use when. The next project I
have listed is my instructions and usability test. For this assignment, I worked in a group and together
wrote a set of instructions on how to make pumpkin cheesecake. We also tested our instructions
usability and followed up with our conclusions in a memo. Next is my personal project, I was assigned to
pick something of interest and propose a project that would take considerable planning. First I wrote a
proposal for my idea which included my idea, learning objectives, schedule, and rubric. In the end, I
decided to create a cupcake brochure for my potential business. Lastly, we had to write a
recommendation report to a client for potential career.

I think my personal project was my best work because I was able to be more creative and do something
that interested me. But I feel like every project could use a few revisions. On my cupcake brochure I
would like to edit some of the colors I used on the inside to match the tone on the outside. I would also
like to add more information about the company. For the recommendation report, I wish I had more
information. I did not enjoy working with the jobs my client chose and I feel like I could have done a
better job if there was more information available. I feel like I could have made better connections and
more strongly pointed out my recommendation. The resumes I wish I could also revise as I have
changed my major this semester and the current jobs are inaccurate. I would like to revise these
resumes as I near closer to graduation so I can find a good job. I would like to make stronger claims in
my cover letter. Overall most of the revisions I’d want to make would be in the information I am try to
convey.

In the syllabus, there is a list of outcomes that the class is intended to produce. I believe this class has
succeeded in helping me reach these goals. When writing my resume and cover letter, I completed
outcome #1 by communicating effectively my skills, personal qualities, objectives, goals, and convince
the reader to ‘pick me’. I also demonstrated this outcome with my instructions project, I was able to
clearly explain how to make pumpkin cheesecake and examine its usability. I addressed outcome #6 in
all my projects which states “integrate knowledge and ideas in a coherent and meaningful manner”. I
became knowledgeable about three different jobs and I was able to write in a coherent and organized
manner what I learned. I was able to communicate this information to my client by listening to their
needs and desires for a job and then meshing the sources together to complete a final recommendation.
The next outcome was to “manage sophisticated writing and research projects, planning, documenting,
completing, and assessing work on time and within the constraints of the project”. I completed this
objective with all my projects, but most specifically my personal project. I had to specifically plan out a
schedule of what I would do each week in order to complete my project by its’ due date. I also had to
show my ability of professionalism which includes skills like reliability and care in editing. I attended all
my group meetings and finished the assignments on time. I carefully edited all my work and did my best
to treat every project as if I was already working on a real job. Overall, I mastered the basic knowledge
of business writing in the professional world by demonstrating each of the listed outcomes.

I hope this letter and my showcase of documents have proven to you that I possess professional writing
skills. As I look back, I feel this class was very meaningful and taught me a lot about writing in the
business world. I will carry these skills with me throughout the rest of my life and I hope you can see my
knowledge I have gained throughout my work. Thank you for your time in reading this letter. I
appreciate all of your comments or thoughts.

Sincerely,

Chelsea Roehl
Chelsea Roehl

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