Jascha's Writing Portfolio
To Whom It May Concern:
First, I would like to thank you for taking time to read my works for my portfolio. These works in the portfolio represent what I have written this semester for the academic writing class. All the articles are related to the four short stories we have read, The Necklace, Americanization of Shadrach Cohen, Dead men’s Path and Grass Eater. Meanwhile, I devoted most of my time and effort to Dead men’s Path, because it attracts most of the four stories, and I had a feeling that I want to write something after I read it.
The second article is the first draft of my essay. I refined my thesis and found quite a lot support in the novel to organize my essay draft. In this draft, I analyzed several conflicts in the story and the characteristic of him in order to point out that if Mr. Obi, hero of the story, could pay enough attention to the communication with local people, these conflicts can be avoided. Thus, I drew the conclusion that communication is the key factor of the development of culture.
After peer discussion, I received several advices from my partners. Then I revised my draft to make the conclusion complete and supplemented my further thought of the conclusion to make it more convinced, and that is essay draft two.
The last one is the third timed-writing and the first and second are not included in this portfolio. The topic of the article is that what Mme. Loisel’s life would be if she had not lost the necklace and whether it would be better or worse. I analyzed the characteristic of Mme. Loisel and the contemporary social environment to prove my statement that the tragedy of Mme. Loisel is inevitable, so her life would not be better if she had not lost the necklace.
Registering this class is a wise choice. Mr. Ron has never introduced any writing techniques, but via these practice, we have been taught how to development our writing ability in a substantial way, which is effective and helpful. Also we are told to pay attention to some writing convention in English. I used to have a little reluctance when writing, but I enjoy writing now. Thus, I will express my gratitude to Mr. Ron.
Thank you for taking time to read my articles
Sincerely,