Dear Portfolio Readers:
I would firstly like to thank you for taking time to read my portfolio. There is a need to introduce myself. My name is Adam Zhang. I am a 20-year old boy living in Shanghai, and I am studying in the Management School of Fudan University now.
In this term----the second semester in Grade Two in Fudan, I was given honor to have access to Mr. Ron----a kind humorous and erudite teacher from Virginia Commonwealth University. I think through the course and portfolio making, I learnt something in writing essays. I learnt before finishing a good essay there are some steps to go through and there are some items you must pay attention to. Firstly, choose a topic; secondly, think and interpret the material; thirdly, develop a thesis; then select some powerful evidences to support your thesis and write these into the body section; later, relate your points to a larger meaning of the story and the last part is editing, finding errors and correcting. During the process of writing I learnt some points we should know as an essay writer. For example, when I mention the author’s name first time, I should use his full name but the second time only the last name is sufficient. These tips Ron told us are very useful in my opinion.
What is much more important is the influence to my way of thinking. In the creating process of the portfolio, I met various varied opinions to the same item, but I thought there could only be one answer, one right opinion. Later on I was proved wrong because so many peer students gave their evidences to support their opinions successfully. And even Ron----our teacher----did not ever use assertive words to express his idea. Always he adds “Maybe you are right, and maybe I am right” or “I am not sure”. Therefore I have built such a view that there is not only one answer to a question. What’s more, I have built such ability—“improve and correct”, getting avoid of haste and hurry in writing or studying. I always know haste is a no-no in learning and writing but the drive was not powerful enough to make me change the bad habit until these days, when I saw my better and better draft, I was convinced by the fact to acknowledge that continuous improvements to my draft is quite necessary because that can produce a good essay.
Then I want to identify my 6 identify items which are Reading Log, Final Timed-Writing, Draft1, Draft2, Draft3, and Cover Letter.
I arrange them in this order by logic sequence or by the cognition sequence (from easy to hard). Because the reading log is easiest and most accessible to the majority, it is easy to finish and takes only a little time. Final Timed-Writing is more completed, it need me to take more time and more energy to put into it, so there is no doubt that the title in the timed-writing is always large. Then comes the Draft1, Draft2 and Draft3. They are the most time-consuming; as I said “There are so many steps to go through to finish an essay.” In the end I put my cover letter there, and I think this is easy to understand because the cover letter introduces a lot of background of the portfolio and me----the author. Therefore it should be put there, on the top.
My first entry----Reading Log relates to “Dead Men’s Path” by Chinua Achebe, I analyzed the hero, Michael Obi who was appointed headmaster of Ndume central School in January 1949, then rudely insulted the local rituals of tribal life and at last met a lot of troubles which corresponded with his rudeness. Through his experience I come to an conclusion that we all should revere the things we don’t know.
My second entry is the Final Timed-Writing. I finished it in 30 minutes this morning in my class. In order to answer the question “From The Necklace, what might have been the quality of Mme Loisel’s life if she had not lost the necklace? Is her life better or worse now”, I firstly imagine a picture in which Mme Loisel would live without losing the “valuable” necklace and then analyze the rationality of the imagination.
My third part of entries is three drafts. They are arranged chronically and latter one is the improvement of the former one. The three drafts relate to “The Grass-Eaters” by Krishnan Varma. The three drafts are developed to prove “Babu (the protagonist) enjoys his present life”. From Draft1 to Draft3, I have made a lot of improvements to the article, from the body structure rearrangement to the sequence of putting evidences, from the change of title to corrections of grammatical errors. Above all, I have poured a lot of energy and time into the essay. Here, especially I want to thank my partner, Sophia Ruan most. She gave me much useful advice to improve my draft. Without her help, I wouldn’t finish this essay successfully.
The last part is this Cover Letter. These three paragraphs above are the identification of my portfolio items.
In the end, I want to thank everyone in my English class. They accompany me to finish this course and help me with my English studying. When I made a mistake, they gave me excusals. When I burst out an excellent sentence, they gave me prizes. Thank you all wholeheartedly!
Sincerely,
Student Adam Zhang
June 21, 2007
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